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Philosophy Helps Start-Ups Move Faster (WSJ on the Lean Startup)

Startup Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Thursday, May 20, 2010 Philosophy Helps Start-Ups Move Faster (WSJ on the Lean Startup) The Wall Street Journal covers the Lean Startup movement in todays paper. The article includes comments from Kevin Dewalt and Drew Houston. The article includes comments from Kevin Dewalt and Drew Houston.

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Woodstock for Entrepreneurs – the Startup Lessons Learned Conference

Steve Blank

(The best entrepreneurs pivot on each hallucination until they get it right – then we call them practitioners of the Lean Startup.). It was an all day event devoted to the theory and practice of Lean Startups and Customer Development. This conference and the Lean Startup was the work of one amazing individual – Eric Ries.

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KQED Forum + conference update + a chance to win tickets

Startup Lessons Learned

We'll be discussing the Lean Startup movement, the upcoming conference, and whatever else you decide you want to ask about. Throughout the hour (from 10am-11am) we'll be picking people to win free tickets to the Lean Startup Conference on December 3. There are several ways to tune in: In the Bay Area, tune your radio to 88.5

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Lessons Learned: Inc Magazine on Minimum Viable Product (and a.

Startup Lessons Learned

Thats why some entrepreneurs are trying another approach to product launches: marketing a product online before spending much on research and development or inventory. Consider the method used by TPGTEX Label Solutions, a Houston -based software company that specializes in bar codes and labels for manufacturers and chemical companies.

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Steve Blank vs. Steve Jobs

Seeing Both Sides

Should they follow the Steve Blank, Customer Development Process school of product development or the Steve Jobs "vision" school? Along with the complimentary book by Eric Ries, The Lean StartUp , it provides an incredibly useful guide for starting companies, testing hypotheses and creating products that users love.

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Top 120 Startup Posts for 2010

SoCal CTO

Forum December 9th Lineup - Startup Houston , November 27, 2010 When to step on the gas and go for it? Berkonomics , November 29, 2010 Rice Alliance IT/Web 2.0