Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 16, 2015

recently wrote a post talking about how some VCs meddle in operating company decisions or some executive teams are too reliant on VCs to jump in and make hard calls for them. So operating at a higher level, helping to set the framework for decision making and then sitting down and watching the game be played, is certainly the way to go.”

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ConversionXL

MARCH 19, 2020

Greater discipline during boom times offered more flexibility during lean years. And getting it right during the lean years, Bain reports , has a massive impact on companies’ growth rate after things improve: ( Image source ). Survey design. He continues: It’s OK to continue to operate. Image source ).

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Up and Running

JANUARY 25, 2018

Whether you are running a solo operation or you have a team of dedicated individuals set to help you get your business off the ground, it is important to clarify this during the planning stage, so you know exactly what you have to work with. List who’s on your team and why. Consider exploring DIY-models while you are still scaling.

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eCommerce Business Plan Audience Lean 96

Hearpreneur

JULY 3, 2020

Every waking day, we are having tremendous changes in regulations and technology which greatly affects the way businesses operate. Some entrepreneurs will say the future is definitely bright but to others, some of these changes are meant to work against their expansion and business operations. Thanks to Eckhard Ortwein, Lean Case ! #18-

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 1, 2009

We spent time out in the marketplace talking with customers, looking at their solutions, comparing ourselves with our competition and then squirreling ourselves away in our offices designing our next set of features. I used to always tell my development team, “you need to design a product that my dad could use.

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Customer Technical Review Software Review Mexico 280

Steve Blank

JUNE 3, 2013

Roominate , one of my favorite Lean LaunchPad teams came out to the ranch last week for a strategy session. As soon as they had designed the product, they found a contract manufacturer to build the product in China. They outlined their retail channel and PR strategy and told me about the type of consultants they wanted to hire.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 3, 2013

Roominate , one of my favorite Lean LaunchPad teams came out to the ranch last week for a strategy session. As soon as they had designed the product, they found a contract manufacturer to build the product in China. They outlined their retail channel and PR strategy and told me about the type of consultants they wanted to hire.

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PR China Lean Channel 211

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. Expo SF (May.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2011

Huge structural under-employment in much of the country and full employment in some niche tech markets where it’s impossible to hire developers, designers or sales professionals. Building billion-dollar businesses requires 7-10 years which means operating through at least one full economic cycle, if not two. You feel it, too.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 9, 2009

But what I wanted was an agile marketing team capable of operating independently without day-to-day direction. We will accomplish this through demand-creation activities (advertising, PR, tradeshows, seminars, web sites, etc.), The same was true for PR. Theme: Digg 3 Column by WP Designer. Blog at WordPress.com.

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Mike Michalowicz

JUNE 23, 2023

Without further adieu, here’s your list – from me to you: Business Planning and Strategy: The Lean Startup by Eric Ries – How to build a business using an iterative and customer-focused approach. You can find these on Amazon, and be sure to find your local bookstore to support them as well.

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Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 22, 2009

Whats striking about these stories, if you get past the PR hype, are two very important themes: These prodigies were self-taught, and had a fundamental fascination with technology from a very young age. these devices all need human instruction to enable correct and desired operation. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0.

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Programming San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment 143

crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 3, 2012

“The worst crime against working people is a company which fails to operate at a profit.” From scratch, Dylan designed a new system and a new process that helps us to deliver a fast, fair, and and friendly method that allows us to keep our promise to the community to respect and protect their intellectual property.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 19, 2018

IMP’s primary business goals for 2018 is to expand our company image from being not just a service provider, but also a reputable information source for the industries in which we operate. Thanks to Vincent Scatena, Industrial Motor Power Corporation ! #7- 7- Giving back to the community. Photo Credit: Lisa Pinnell.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 18, 2011

Lean Startups/Back to Basics (2000-2010): No IPO’s, limited VC cash, lack of confidence and funding fuels “lean startup” era with limited M&A and even less IPO activity. There was no repeatable methodology, startups and their VC’s still operated like startups were simply a smaller version of a large company.

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crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 28, 2011

Many NFPs operate in ways that would not be considered ‘business-like,’ AND these organizations, like their small, for-profit cousins, can benefit by leveraging the ideas and tools that we often discuss in the Lean Marketing series. But one of the tenets os lean marketing is to define short-term and intermediate goals.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

And so, the concept for a digital PR service was born. Using my existing skills and resources (including an old domain name), I tested a productized digital PR offer. About 18 months later, we pivoted our messaging to evolve beyond digital PR. These days, many agencies start as a lean operation. niche down”).

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500hats.com

AUGUST 2, 2012

It’s no coincidence we designed 500 Startups with these evolutions in mind, altho none of the required strategies have been easy to execute and we are still refining our approach. but the food was awesome, & the PR wasn’t bad either). They are operators, through and through. and no, we didn’t.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 4, 2009

Heres a representative view from an actual Amazon customer review : We all know how to operate our own entertainment center, but what happens when you have to explain it to your babysitter, mother-in-law, or your wife? In a startup, these channels of communication are critical to understand for advertising, launch and PR purposes.

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San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment DC 68

Steve Blank

JULY 28, 2016

It’s designed to project power – and when needed, violence. I learned quite a bit about the physical layout of a carrier, how the air crew operates and how the carrier functions in context of the other ships around it (the strike group.) I just spent two days a hundred miles off the coast of Mexico aboard the U.S.S. The Carrier.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 4, 2023

We are a PR and digital marketing agency specializing in regulated markets, like cannabis and psychedelics. In my opinion, the name Synergy Design & Construction for our company since the definition of the word synergy was inspiring. These days, a 99designs buyer can pick from an average of 120 different proposed designs.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 20, 2021

It may have meant that my creativity would have left with the restricted travel, but it has actually made me be more creative with how I operate my company. Mobile is more important than ever now that COVID is the new reality, and you have to lean into it. The user-friendliness and design of the website are key features to focus on.

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The Equity Kicker

JULY 8, 2019

The other most common focus areas for platform teams are to employ talent and PR/marketing experts who give advice to portfolio companies on strategy in these areas and have relationships and discounts with pre-vetted agencies who can deliver the work. Value add strategies make partners at VC firms more personally effective.

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Hearpreneur

APRIL 29, 2021

Hiring overseas virtual assistants solved the need to fill out the vacancies and accomplished the dream of operating 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. In the first few years after I initially started this company, we focused on logos, branding, posters, banners – anything to do with graphic designs. Photo Credit: Valerie Di Maria.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 27, 2009

This series of posts is a brief explanation of how we’ve evolved from Product Development to Customer Development to the Lean Startup. Everyone was using a road map that was designed for a very different location, yet they are surprised when they end up lost.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 13, 2021

It may have meant that my creativity would have left with the restricted travel, but it has actually made me be more creative with how I operate my company. Mobile is more important than ever now that COVID is the new reality, and you have to lean into it. The user-friendliness and design of the website are key features to focus on.

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Entrepreneur Mobile Valuation Global 62

Up and Running

MAY 23, 2016

Step 1: Start with a lean plan. It’s the fastest way to get your idea onto paper, and it’s the very first step in the lean planning process, which is much easier and more iterative than traditional business planning methods. Introducing Lean Planning: How to Plan Less and Grow Faster. How to Write a Traditional Business Plan.

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Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

I’ve seen many times what happens when a single department get’s holed-up in its own space, like the terrifying “ operations cave.&# Engineers are offenders in this category too, but so is any gender-segregated activity, like an all-female PR or marketing team. This is especially important across functional lines.

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Up and Running

JULY 24, 2015

Introduction to Operations Management. As you plan your business, you’ll also want to plan an operational strategy. This online course, offered by the University of Pennsylvania, is an eight-week course designed to educate you on the healthcare laws. See Also How to Do Your Own PR If You Can’t Afford to Hire an Agency.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 29, 2017

I’m a big believer of lean startup. As an e-commerce entrepreneur, this quote resonates with me greatly and it is has guided many aspects of my business operations, especially the user experience design of my website. Thanks to Bryanne Lawless, BLND PR ! #17 Thanks to Annkur P Agarwal, Pricebab ! #6

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2011

Secondly, they had an owned & operated (O&O) website – Google.com – and Overture had shut down GoTo.com at the request of their very profitable and large distribution partners. IdeaLab has a philosophy that if they can get a centralized group of expert staff to help with legal, accounting, recruiting, PR, etc.

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 11, 2011

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! PR is mostly ineffective when companies step on social media landmines – [link]. Zynga Leans On Some Workers to Surrender Pre-IPO Shares – [link].

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Social Media Small Business Design CTO Hire 94

ConversionXL

OCTOBER 7, 2021

And we charge money for it.” – Eric Ries, The Lean Startup. Like Apple, your strategy will require significant marketing investment in content, traditional media, and PR. It’s a strategy used by software providers like SAP and IBM i2 , whose systems are vital to companies’ operations. . Slow skimming.

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Product Marketing Software Review Social Media 142

crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 21, 2010

These posts and videos are about design, startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! 40 memorable design quotes visualized – [link]. Stylish White Package Design Inspiration – [link]. Industrial Design: 50+ Wicked Product Designs | designrfix.com – [link].

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 93

Steve Blank

AUGUST 3, 2009

Air Force’s long range bombing arm and the designated instrument of Armageddon. On the other side of the Iron Curtain, the defense of the Soviet Motherland lay with the Soviet Air Defense Forces , called PVO Strany , a separate branch of the Soviet military formed in 1948 designed to detect U.S. Theme: Digg 3 Column by WP Designer.

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betashop.com

OCTOBER 8, 2012

At Fab, our virtual product is our website & apps, our physical products are the merchandise we sell, and our experience product is our operations and service. Likewise, not a single designer gets approved to sell on Fab without Bradford’s input, review, and approval. The only thing that matters is how good your product is.

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Technical Review Technology Software Review Valuation 108

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

Even worse, entrepreneurs are faced with a constant barrage of vanity metrics from competitors and other companies engaged in PR. Companies want the coverage, but they don’t actually want to reveal anything useful about their operations. The PR firm helpfully left out that context.) Vanity metrics are generally bigger.

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