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Lessons Learned: The lean startup

Startup Lessons Learned

The application of agile development methodologies which dramatically reduce waste and unlock creativity in product development. See Customer Development Engineering for my first stab at articulating the theory involved) Ferocious customer-centric rapid iteration, as exemplified by the Customer Development process.

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Startups in stealth mode need one piece of advice - Discussion

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What would have happened if, before Netflix had become established, one of the major rental store chains or perhaps a coalition of big movie studios had realised the potential of those new distribution models and the danger to the existing happy cash generators, and consequently thrown $100,000,000 into getting their own service off the ground?

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Crazy! 189 Answers To The Top Startup Questions On Your Mind

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Instead of spending 4 years at university, I spend 4 years starting 2 internet companies that failed. What is the first step in creating an internet-based business (After planning) ? Finding a team of developers, finding funding, or beginning the creation of the site and services with whatever resources are available?

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Startup Resources

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Steve Blank on Lean Customer Development. IP Location Tools. free, distributed source code control management system. Likelihood of Confusion -trademark, copyright and Internet Law. Lodestone Innovation Partners (IP) Ltd are spin-out specialists. Codeacademy. Lean Methodology Sources. Steve Blank.

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The cardinal sin of community management

Startup Lessons Learned

To imagine that this person does so only to get attention, or only to harass others, or only to harass you are to play into the hands of this geek autocracy on the Internet that just isn't viable anymore. I agree that listening and communicating is a key to success, but customer development can only do so much.

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