Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 8, 2008

But too often when its time to think about customers, marketing, positioning, or PR, we delegate it to "marketroids" or "suits." This theory has become so influential that I have called it one of the three pillars of the lean startup - every bit as important as the changes in technology or the advent of agile development.

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Up and Running

MAY 6, 2015

Each week we discuss the latest news, resources and advice for entrepreneurs and small business owners. Jonathan: Okay, so you definitely want to … Peter: On a college campus to there. It’s definitely a needed piece of equipment in a pizza place. One thing we definitely know we want to avoid is sliders.

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SBA Technical Review Software Review Small Business 60

trada.com

APRIL 7, 2010

Many people think stealth mode is about locking your team in a room, working through the nights unbeknown to anyone else, and emerging at some point with a fantastic market changing solution to something. My basic definition of stealth mode is borne out of a general philosophy of prioritization in startups. Great post!

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The Next Web

MARCH 3, 2014

Many app developers believe that the US is their target market, and while it may be true for some, it’s definitely not true for all. A tip from our dev team: don’t hard-code strings in your app. If your update is buggy, users will be intolerant and trash you in reviews and ratings. Next: A one-woman PR team.

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blog.expensify.com

APRIL 24, 2012

But it will definitely raise questions during the phone screen, for reasons that are best explained by simile: Programming with.NET is like cooking in a McDonalds kitchen. This is a rant about how startups, by definition, need to think of things from new angles, and those angles typically don’t involve.NET.

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Java PHP Software Review Coder 107

sivers.org

JUNE 25, 2010

They log in to translate the documents, one at a time, marking each finished when done, which sends the file back to the company for review.” Also important: Only go for providers who have great reviews from many past customers. Decline bids from providers without many great reviews. Some will definitely go bad.

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