Startup Lessons Learned
MAY 7, 2009
Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Thursday, May 7, 2009 Fear is the mind-killer Fear is an emotion that slows teams down. It makes us more cautious. It makes us over-invest in prevention. It makes us less willing to trust, to communicate openly, and - most painfully - to take risks. It is the dominant reason I see teams fall back on "best practices" which may not be effective, but are at least reassuring.
Steve Blank
MAY 7, 2009
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 (22) E.piphany (6) ESL (7) Family/Career (21) Market Types (9) Marketing (17) MIPS Computers (1) Rocket Science Games (7) Secret History of Silico
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Eric Friedman
MAY 8, 2009
I recently connected with the folks behind the Twitter profile of McCann_NY which is the New York office of McCann Worldgroup. I connected with Bruce Stockler who is VP Corporate Communications at McCann Erickson , NY and he answered a few questions about how McCann is using and participating online and with social media. I have enjoyed these interviews and would love to do more with companies and brands, specifically the people behind them – so get in touch !
Software By Rob
MAY 4, 2009
Software by Rob Passionate about Startups and MicroISVs Lessons Learned by a Serial Entrepreneur home about press micropreneurs archives ← Front End Developer Resume, An 11-pound Notebook, A 2-pound Netbook, and Internet 1996 One of the Most Time Consuming Startup Roadblocks → A Micropreneur’s Perspective: Selling Physical Products vs.
Speaker: Nick Noreña, Innovation Coach and Advisor, Kromatic
Every startup and innovation project exists within an ecosystem that either helps or hurts that project. As innovation managers, we need to keep a pulse of that ecosystem and make sure we're helping those innovation projects we're managing every step of the way. In this webinar, Nick Noreña will walk through an Innovation Ecosystem Model that he and his team at Kromatic have developed to help investors, heads of product, teachers, and executives understand how they can best support innovation in
Startup Company Lawyer
MAY 4, 2009
Adeo Ressi , the founding member of TheFunded , recently announced the establishment of TheFunded Founder Institute. The Founder Institute helps founders launch innovative companies by providing training, services, and company-building assignments, such as incorporating the business, filing provision patents, and setting up books and records. The Institute offers a four month program, called a Semester, hosted initially in the Bay Area and then expanding to locations around the world.
Altgate
MAY 3, 2009
@altgate Startups, Venture Capital & Everything In Between Skip to content Home Furqan Nazeeri (fn@altgate.com) ← More on the “VC Math Problem&# “What’s Next in Tech&# Event in Boston → Vivid Dreams: Larry Page Describes Google’s Origin Posted on May 3, 2009 by fnazeeri Yesterday Larry Page gave the commencement address at the University of Michigan.
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Steve Blank
MAY 4, 2009
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 (22) E.piphany (6) ESL (7) Family/Career (21) Market Types (9) Marketing (17) MIPS Computers (1) Rocket Science Games (7) Secret History of Silico
Startup Lessons Learned
MAY 3, 2009
Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Sunday, May 3, 2009 Videos galore Two new videos are online from recent speeches. The first is my talk on engagement loops and the levers of engagement from the Kontagent/Facebook Developer Garage. Slides from this talk are available here. For more on the subject of engagement loops, you can read my original essay here. 5.
Eric Friedman
MAY 7, 2009
Are you afraid to comment on a blog? I have spoken with a few people recently in person, email, and on the phone about their apprehension to leave comments on this blog or any blog for that matter. Whenever a topic gets on my radar 3+ times I tend to post about it knowing others may have smarter thoughts. I am not sure why but a growing number of people have emailed me amazing thoughts about a post, but do not want to leave comments.
abovethecrowd.com
MAY 8, 2009
On May 5th, Nielsen released its March numbers for the top 10 PC game titles. The number 1 spot is no surprise, with World of Warcraft from Blizzard holding a huge lead over all others. But the number two position may be a surprise to some of you, particularly with the wrath of negativism SecondLife has received in the press over the past 18 months. [.
Steve Blank
MAY 6, 2009
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 (22) E.piphany (6) ESL (7) Family/Career (21) Market Types (9) Marketing (17) MIPS Computers (1) Rocket Science Games (7) Secret History of Silico
Startup Lessons Learned
MAY 5, 2009
Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Tuesday, May 5, 2009 More video "what to do if customers dont like your (initial) product" plus full webcast First up is an interview with Mixergy, about lean startups and what to do if customers dont like your (initial) product. You can watch the whole hour-long discussion here. Heres a little taste from a story Ive mentioned on this blog a few times, but havent discussed in detail, about the decision at IMVU to abandon our IM add-on concept; you can also watch an e
Eric Friedman
MAY 5, 2009
A few months ago I started testing out Adsense for Domains which essentially turns unused domains into adsense filled landing pages. As Google guidelines point out you are only allowed 3 adsense units on each “real” website so that you do not appear too spammy – Adsense for domains gives you an alternative. Google describes Adsense for Domains as follows: Users often type domains into their address bar or follow expired links leading to sites with no content.
abovethecrowd.com
MAY 2, 2009
It is reassuring to see the press take a more modulated view of the swine-flu risks, especially as it becomes clear that both deaths and incidents have been overstated in the past week. Our “instant on” media has an insatiable appetite for the scintillating story. These days, you can actually sense the disappointment in the news anchor when [.].
Andrew Payne
MAY 7, 2009
I’m sure I’m a minority here, but are URL shorteners (e.g. TinyURL) really a “business”? Bit.ly raised $2m in funding for this? What? On the news that Twitter has switched URL shorteners, why isn’t Twitter doing this themselves? Either by handling URL shortening directly, or even better, treating URLs properly with respect to contributing to the 140 char tweet limit.
Jason Ball
MAY 7, 2009
Today we announced the Qualcomm Ventures Business Plan Competion. It's open to startups in the US, Europe, China and India. Semi-finalists from each region will win $100k, and then compete for a further $150k at the Qualcomm Ventures CEO Summit in November. We're looking for companies that impact the wireless space in the following areas: Consumer/enterprise applications and services.
Eric Friedman
MAY 4, 2009
I have been using yield optimizers for awhile such as Pubmatic and now YieldBuild , or Google Ad Manager. My primary reason for using them is to understand some of the optimization techniques used by big publishers who have a number of different programs available to them. I use them on my sandbox projects which really do not make a whole lot of money, except for covering their costs – and to get a better understanding of what these systems do and how they behave “in the wild”
Aymeric Gaurat-Apelli
MAY 2, 2009
Skip to content Follow: RSS Email Twitter Aymeric Gaurat-Apelli On building profitable web applications Home Contact me Creations Blog Books Entrepreneurship & Startups General Online experiments Programming tips and tricks Startup tips and tricks Tags challenge , english , personal branding Switching to english by Aymeric on May 3rd, 2009 As a Frenchman living in Australia, I have two social networks speaking two languages, French and English.
Andrew Payne
MAY 6, 2009
A few days ago, I wrote about the problems with metered/capped broadband in the US. Then I read this article , which said: Basically, the cable internet usage quotas have nothing to do with the internet, they are all about protecting the cable companies TV business. With any quotas in place, it is basically impossible to watch TV in an ‘average’ way over the internet.
Eric Friedman
MAY 3, 2009
Why leave Gmail when you can search from within it ! GoogleDoubleclick have a rich media creator and try to define rich media. YouCube (not a typo). I made my own YouCube with the 6 Most popular videos of all time. Google News Timeline – check it out, trust me. In Defense of Eye Candy. Is your username available ? I was digging this hype cycle graph this week – don’t ask me why.
Andrew Payne
MAY 4, 2009
Since we’re partially dependent on Time-Warner Internet access, I’ve had to pay more attention to bandwidth caps / metered broadband issues. See some recent discussions in GigaOM , and the Washington Post. Generally, I’m glad to pay extra for using a resource with (a) real scarcity, and (b) in a truly competitive environment. But neither of these apply in most broadband cases.
Eric Friedman
MAY 2, 2009
I have been thinking about press releases and updates about a moment in time (over a quarter or over a year) recently and begun to look at them through the filter of a future artifact vs. a document read today. When you write something like a press release, or an update, or a quarterly summary – you are essentially writing about something about a specific moment in time.
Andrew Payne
MAY 2, 2009
For Internet and mobile applications, the transaction path is like the West Wing floor plan around the Oval Office – power is measured by proximity. The valuable apps are those closest to influencing a transaction decision. Google is the strongest example: many purchase events start in the search box, making AdWords an extremely important point of influence.
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