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Lessons Learned: The lean startup

Startup Lessons Learned

I would add -- think of your development and running your business like a PM/Developer uses Agile or Scrum in software development. The wise entrepreneur will take this advice seriously in order to distill his ideas down to their essence. No more, no less. September 15, 2008 9:19 PM James said. April 27, 2009 8:59 AM Anonymoussaid.

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Episode 3: Smart Bear Live!

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

How to differentiate yourself in a crowded market (and when perhaps you shouldn’t try). If you can’t get people to take it for free, even if it is early stage, then I think that’s a bad indication that you still don’t have enough differentiators from those other three. That’s easy, that’s super easy.

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The Surprising Ways a Distributed Team Can Help Your Company Succeed

crowdSPRING Blog

Luckily, we have found a way to make sure no team member has to work unnatural hours for our daily scrums. And when I want to work “normal” hours I have the option to stay at home, go to the office, work from my local coffee shop , or anywhere else where I have access to the internet. image credit: Sean MacEntee.

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Behind Every Great Product

SVPG

If you think the product manager job is what’s described in a Certified Scrum Product Owner class, you almost certainly fall into this category. This solution clearly differentiated for the sales team, and also ensured quality search results, whether paid or organic. BBC MOBILE – Alex Pressland.

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