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Lessons Learned: About the author

Startup Lessons Learned

Maybe youd like to start with The lean startup , How to listen to customers , or What does a startup CTO actually do? ) He serves on the advisory board of a number of technology startups, and has worked as a consultant to a number of startups, companies, and venture capital firms. Looking forward for your future posts.

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Four myths about the Lean Startup

Startup Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Sunday, April 18, 2010 Four myths about the Lean Startup Myth: Lean means cheap. Lean startups try to spend as little money as possible. Truth: The Lean Startup method is not about cost, it is about speed. Myth: The Lean Startup methodology is only for Web 2.0/internet/consumer

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Marching through quicksand

Startup Lessons Learned

We faced this same problem in entrepreneurship and venture capital, but we are getting past it. Just like in the world of startups, we can start to use micro-scale pilot programs, executed in lean fashion, to gather real facts for making ROI decisions about new project investment. 12comments: Dougvs said.

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The New York Startup Market Rocks and is REAL

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In addition, over 750 investors came in from all over including London, California, Boston, and DC to network and participate. And with that, it was clear to see how much these startups could accomplish with so little capital and just sweat equity.

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The New York Startup Market Rocks and is REAL

BeyondVC

In addition, over 750 investors came in from all over including London, California, Boston, and DC to network and participate. And with that, it was clear to see how much these startups could accomplish with so little capital and just sweat equity.

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Unintended Lessons

Steve Blank

Home Books for Startups Secret History-Bibliography Steve Blank Startup Resources Steve Blank Entries RSS | Comments RSS Categories Air Force (9) Ardent (9) Big Companies versus Startups: Durant versus Sloan (29) California Coastal Commission (3) Conservation (2) Convergent Technologies (1) Customer Development (98) Customer Development Manifesto (..)

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Out of the Crisis #9, the founders of Frontline Foods on the moral imperative to support frontline workers at scale

Startup Lessons Learned

Ryan Sarver was a partner at venture capital firm Redpoint. And I do think part of it is unique because we're all sheltered in place and people have maybe a little more time to give and also want to be able to lean in to do something. The founders of Frontline Foods are three of these people. So thanks for taking time out.