www.kernelmag.com

MARCH 8, 2012

Well, a few months ago, I migrated the hosting for my Selective Tweets app to Amazon’s AWS cloud hosting platform. in hosting costs for an app with nearly a million registered users that serves several million requests a month. Copyright © Sentinel Media Ltd. Development by Message and Adrian McShane.

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APRIL 13, 2013

David Lin and the Microsoft China Accelerator was gracious enough to host two wonderful days of events for me. Startups here are primarily in what they call the TMT (Technology, Media and Telecommunications) segment. Facebook was too frightening to Chinese censors, so Renren is the leading social media player.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 24, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, August 24, 2009 Marching through quicksand I have been spending a lot of time lately talking to people in various media companies: editors and agents, executives, journalists, producers and directors. For established media empires, this is a scary fact.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 5, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Wednesday, November 5, 2008 Getting educated about advertising, agencies, and media buyers I see lots of startups whose business plans revolve around selling high-value ad space to brand advertisers. Big-time media buying is a complex ecosystem that includes many entrenched players.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 14, 2009

The response so far has been nothing short of overwhelming, and I want to especially thank those of you who participated in the survey and customer validation exercise that helped shape this event. Twitter about it or post it to a social media site? For now, Id like to ask a favor. Take a look and let me know what you think.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 1, 2013

To explore what’s working on the ground, we’re hosting a webcast, Lean Impact: Implementing Lean Startup in Mission-driven Organizations , next Tuesday, November 5 at 10a PT. 3) Customer Development: In the social change space, the customer who "pays" (e.g. a foundation) is often not the beneficiary of the service.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

The host is seemingly-omniscient Michael Krasny who somehow manages to ask in-depth questions on every conceivable topic. Hundreds of locations around the world - from Birmingham to Bucharest - will host a simulcast of the complete December 3 program. It's a wide-ranging call-in show that covers just about every topic you can imagine.

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

For both origination and due diligence, a host of companies aspire to be the “Bloomberg of private companies”, including CB Insights , Crunchbase , DataFox , FuelUp , fundsUP , Mattermark , Qodeo , Quid , Tracxn , Unomy.com , and Zirra. 6) Negotiate deal. Accompany focuses on this use case.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 18, 2013

Join them on November 21 at 9a PT, along with conference co-host Sarah Milstein. Here are a few highlights of that conversation: Christie, on identifying and knowing your customer: One of the biggest challenges in the social sector in general is around who the customer is.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 22, 2009

And you’d like me to do my talk on Customer Development and startups?” “No, we’re the other CIA.” If the mites were to live on both ears, the host moth couldn’t hear the bat’s sonar and the bat would eat the moth and the mites. Air travel, media that conducts waves, velocity, acceleration.

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AUGUST 16, 2010

It requires separating the product launch from the marketing launch (see Dont Launch ) as well as other staple Lean Startup tactics: minimum viable product, split-testing, customer development and the pivot. SlideShare asked customers what they had expected in the product; the responses were often literal descriptions.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 11, 2013

By 2011, there were a total of 1034 Technology Business Incubators across China, including 336 as National incubators, hosting nearly 60,000 companies. (20% In recent years Business Incubators have developed into diverse models. Filed under: China , Customer Development , Technology , Venture Capital.

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www.instigatorblog.com

MARCH 2, 2010

link] Dev, Business web hosting Wow thats’s one great looking boardroom, its like the King Arther’s Magical round table hmmmmmmmmmmmmm [link] Dev, Business web hosting Wow thats’s one great looking boardroom, its like the King Arther’s Magical round table hmmmmmmmmmmmmm [link] Is a Lack of Experience Really Such a Bad Thing?

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Steve Blank

APRIL 11, 2013

By 2011, there were a total of 1034 Technology Business Incubators across China, including 336 as National incubators, hosting nearly 60,000 companies. (20% In recent years Business Incubators have developed into diverse models. Filed under: China , Customer Development , Technology , Venture Capital.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 28, 2020

With the theme “Build Back Better” Jerry Engel , Pete Newell , Steve Weinstein and I co-hosted nearly 500 Lean Educators from 63 countries and 235 universities online for a three-hour session to share what we’ve learned about educators on how we can help our communities rebound, adjust, and recover. Minimal Viable Products. Breakout Sessions.

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

He blogs to 10,000 web entrepreneurs at Software by Rob and co-hosts the podcast Startups for the Rest of Us. We’re Living In The Dark Ages Of Social Media - rosskimbarovsky.com , August 9, 2010 If you believe the media and social media “experts&# , we’re living in the Renaissance of social media. The Dry Run.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 25, 2022

How do they become present on new social media and communications channels? How do they connect with a new generation of customers who had no brand loyalty? My hosts, John and Avika, at the offsite were the co-leads overseeing the 15 topic areas. How do they bring on new supply chains?

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Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 6, 2009

The first event is January 21, and is being put on by Dealmaker Media as part of their Strategy Series events: In the Trenches: Cutting Costs in a Tight Economy. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? There are no canned presentations, so you can come set the agenda.

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Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 24, 2009

The customer is unknown, the product is unknown, and startups must be built to learn. It represents the triumph of learning, over the naive startup creation myths we read about in the media. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? IMVU learned to learn.

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Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 14, 2009

Each of these four currencies represents a way for a customer to “pay&# for services from a company. A great product enables customers, developers, partners, and even competitors to exchange their unique currencies in combinations that lead to financial success for the company that organizes them. Sorry about that.)

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 18, 2013

This post was written by Sarah Milstein, co-host of The Lean Startup Conference. Publicists and those seeking PR and media attention should look elsewhere. * Exciting news: we’ve nailed down dates for The Lean Startup Conference 2013. Instead , tell us what you’ve learned. Or share what didn''t work , or what took you by surprise.

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www.women2.org

MARCH 8, 2012

After quitting my job and starting Sorced , I spent a few months validating my business concept by creating the product mockups and doing customer development. Media Training. The Alchemist Series: Customer Development and Metrics. Tweet By Elizabeth Knopf (Co-Founder & CEO, Sorced). Partner Events.

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 9, 2016

October 2012 – Erin Turner and Gagan Biyani host the first Growth Hackers Conference in Menlo Park, California. Social media drives communication…to drive sales. It is simply getting customers. And by the transitive property, anything that gets customers is marketing. […] Welcome to growth hacking.

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

Retention - Users come back to the site through emails, social media and stay active with product features (“you’ve got a message”). Customer Development Labs recently shared a great experiment on using mTurk to interview 100 customers in 4 hours for less than $200. like/+1/follow?

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 7, 2008

Customers and prospects are overwhelmed by the number of media and companies clamoring for their attention. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? If your launch is not immediately successful, you quickly fall into oblivion. On the App Store, the same dynamic is in play.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

OCTOBER 24, 2011

My co-hosts were Bob Walsh and Patrick Foley , hosts of the well-known Startup Success Podcast. Because then you’d miss out on: Whether it’s better experience to build a complete, tiny startup or to do more in-depth customer development for a meatier problem. So I have a question for you, Jason.

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David Teten

OCTOBER 1, 2015

Design, development, and digital media shops, sometimes just a few years old, are doing bigger and bigger projects and come bearing cash flow and that scarcest resource, talent. Following month 4, agree on a 50% reduced rate ($12,500) to cover hosting, maintenance, and new feature development for 3 months.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 13, 2009

Do some Customer Development instead. We used social media to get alpha users as outlined here during Feburary. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? Help you raise money. If you are having trouble raising money, sometimes a little PR can help.

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Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 4, 2013

There are already over 100 confirmed livestream hosts worldwide; join one near you , or apply to add a new group. The livestream site will include a chat area for all of the livestream hosts, an opportunity to connect and network around the world. Our sponsors include companies like Intuit, O’Reilly Media and Amazon Web Services.

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conversionxl.com

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

note: If you’re a startup, you’ll want to use customer development questions for your page to resonate with future traffic). Do This: Use customer development techniques found in this post to build a profile of your ideal buyer personas. What are you using our product for? Do you consider any alternatives?

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maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

what are the most crucial steps to be taken by a new tech startup when outsourcing major part of the tech to IT firms or outsourcing “product development” eg new social media website project? Near shoring development with your team (ex: your team is based in Canada / India) is cool, but not outsourcing. 1) Hire A’s.

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Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 7, 2008

Our online media company is small, we have 6 employees, great proven leaders, great talent, great cashflow. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? I came out of the university at a relatively young age and I was recruited out of my lab by a startup.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 22, 2008

For an online service, just host the survey on a webpage with as little branding or decoration as possible. Because you want to be able to produce real-time graphs and results, this is one circumstance where I recommend you build the survey yourself, versus using an off-the-shelf hosted survey tool. What is customer development?

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JULY 2, 2013

This might sound like I’m advocating for a terrible customer experience, but consider that many products that people love and use daily are accompanied by zero tech support (GMail, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Vine). If it matters that your hosted product works 24/7, then you’re a slave to uptime. Nothing real-time.

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steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

interactions, widgets, effects Django – high-level Python framework Cappuccino – open source framework for app development Kodingen – cloud development environment, code editor, hosting service, collaboration platform.

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

VC Cafe highlights everything you need to know from hosting your code in hackathons to open source legal docs. Media Temple. Steve Blank on Lean Customer Development. Launchpad (Free hosting and OpenSource). Fnord (resources hosting). Gatling (resources hosting). kHTTPd (resources hosting).

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