Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 19, 2013

Change requests should be documented, sized, and tradeoffs presented for approval or disapproval. There''s always going to be something newer, something faster, something bigger; and the perfect product is a never ending chase — but only if you allow it to be. entrepreneur startup funding product features business'

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Transformify

JULY 13, 2019

Many entrepreneurs read Transformify HR Blog, we’ve even developed the ‘ ’Market Entry Pack for Startups ’’ for them. When I advise entrepreneurs, I ask them to identify what their team members are good at. You can’t do business development strategically without understanding cultural nuances.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 18, 2017

However, when it comes to MLM product development, marketing ideas and compensation plan strategy, being a creative copycat could be a legal and ethical shortcut to achieving your business goals for your new MLM, party plan or direct selling company. The same goes for new MLM product development.

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The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 11, 2023

It is necessary to cover the early stages of product development, thorough market research, and other processes during the initial step. The initial official fundraising round is called seed funding, and it comes immediately after the pre-seed investment stage. After that, the money is used to maintain the company’s expansion.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 5, 2010

Brant and Patrick undertook a difficult challenge: to provide a generally accessible introduction to Customer Development, without diluting its impact or dumbing-down its principles. The Entrepreneur’s Guide is an easy read. Many “airport business books&# urge entrepreneurs to never give in. I think theyve succeeded.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

I’ve been fortunate enough to be on both sides of the table, as an entrepreneur and a VC, and I’ve observed that most investors look for the same things I do when deciding whether to invest in a company. As an immigrant founder, I didn’t have the industry connections that entrepreneurs often rely on to be successful.

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 25, 2011

Steve Blank called last year’s conference “ Woodstock for entrepreneurs ” and my goal is do even better this year. (If SLLCONF featured incredible entrepreneurs on stage to put those ideas to rest (watch, for example: Aardvark , Grockit , Dropbox , PBworks ). Brad doesn’t meet your typical image of a scrappy entrepreneur.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 14, 2015

Change requests should be documented, sized, and tradeoffs presented for approval or disapproval. There''s always going to be something newer, something faster, something bigger; and the perfect product is a never ending chase — but only if you allow it to be. business entrepreneur feature creep scope creep startup'

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 7, 2023

Entrepreneurs looking for investor funding often fail to realize that all money comes with strings. For example, if you have watched the Shark Tank TV series, you probably noticed that the Sharks always ask the entrepreneurs for their intended “use of funds.” Make your focus and priorities clear.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 3, 2013

If you were built to lead instead of follow, a career as an entrepreneur might be right for you. We developed our flagship product, TurningPoint, an audience response and polling software system that integrates with Microsoft PowerPoint, to maximize engagement during training sessions and presentations.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

It may sound counterintuitive, but in an attempt to save money and keep their company afloat, many entrepreneurs have actually ended up misspending their funds. Perhaps this is one of the reasons some entrepreneurs dismiss newer forms of technology so easily. It can also be a result of second-rate cost-reduction tactics.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 15, 2010

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Friday, January 15, 2010 Two Ways to Hold Entrepreneurs Accountable (for Harvard Business Review) The next part in the series I am writing for Harvard Business Review is online. This time, Im discussing the challenge for corporate CFOs and VCs alike in holding entrepreneurs accountable. Read the rest here.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 7, 2009

Finally, I’ll write about how Eric Ries and the Lean Startup concept provided the equivalent model for product development activities inside the building and neatly integrates customer and agile development. Each starts inventing and testing their own alternatives about how to sell and position the product.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 13, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, July 13, 2009 The Principles of Product Development Flow If youve ever wondered why agile or lean development techniques work, The Principles of Product Development Flow: Second Generation Lean Product Development by Donald G. Reinertsen is the book for you.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

It allows you to publish your plans as images, PDFs, or secure web presentations. In today’s social media-driven world, you need tools that can take your products to the right groups and communities. It is a task organizer tool that helps you sort your team’s development efforts efficiently. Mighty Networks.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 3, 2015

See the presentation here.). Over my career as a serial entrepreneur I observed that since the late 1990s, no early-stage Silicon Valley investor had used business plans to screen investments. It taught lean theory ( business model design , customer development and agile engineering) and practice. Today the U.C.

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Steve Blank

MAY 6, 2015

Waterfall Development. While it sounds simple , the Build Measure Learn approach to product development is a radical improvement over the traditional Waterfall model used throughout the 20 th century to build and ship products. It often took companies three tries to get products right. Testing Hypotheses.

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

JUNE 1, 2020

Whatever goals and objectives your business may be working to – growth, new product development, digital transformation – you will need a roadmap to make sure you don’t get lost on the way. A well-drawn map sets you on the right path and helps you get to your destination as quickly and efficiently as possible. Take stock.

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View from Seed

MARCH 24, 2021

” Below are our favorite pieces from the past few years, divided in to a few key categories: fundraising, company building, product development, industry trends, and the life of a VC. 7 Common Mistakes Entrepreneurs Make in VC Pitches and How to Fix Them “Different partners in a VC firm are different.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 12, 2020

Entrepreneurs looking for investor funding often fail to realize that all money comes with strings. For example, if you have watched the Shark Tank TV series, you probably noticed that the Sharks always ask the entrepreneurs for their intended “use of funds.” Make your focus and priorities clear.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 7, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Sunday, September 7, 2008 Customer Development Engineering Yesterday, I had the opportunity to guest lecture again in Steve Blank s entrepreneurship class at the Berkeley-Columbia executive MBA program. Steve Blank was very impressed by this presentation and mentioned it when he spoke at TiE on Wed-Sep-19.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 6, 2011

Change requests should be documented, sized, and tradeoffs presented for approval or disapproval. There's always going to be something newer, something faster, something bigger; and the perfect product is a never ending chase — but only if you allow it to be. Changes will be required to every project, so plan for them.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

Change requests should be documented, sized, and tradeoffs presented for approval or disapproval. There's always going to be something newer, something faster, something bigger; and the perfect product is a never ending chase — but only if you allow it to be. Changes will be required to every project, so plan for them.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Master of 500 Hats: Startup Metrics for Pirates (SeedCamp 2008, London) This presentation should be required reading for anyone creating a startup with an online service component. I break the answer to that question down into three engines: Viral - this is the business model identified in the presentation as "Get Users." Choose one.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

The Forrest Four-Cast: February 7, 2019 Fifty diverse startups will aim to impress a panel of judges and a live audience with their skills, creativity and innovation at SXSW Pitch Presented by Cyndx. Our team is experienced with over 150 years of research and software product development experience that includes five startups and an exit.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 23, 2018

The entrepreneur who founded and grew the largest startup in the world to $10 billion in revenue and got fired is someone you have probably never heard of. Who was the entrepreneur who founded what would become General Motors 16 years earlier, in 1904? A version of this article appeared in the Harvard Business Review.

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 29, 2024

How to Be an Entrepreneur in 2024: 15 Tactics Revealed written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing The Duct Tape Marketing Podcast with John Jantsch In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast, I interviewed Paul Cheek, a serial tech-preneur, educator, and software engineer. It's like entrepreneurs have goals.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 25, 2010

This is the first post that moves into making specific process recommendations for product development. Two Ways to Hold Entrepreneurs Accountable Beware of Vanity Metrics For Startups, How Much Process Is Too Much? Labels: product development Speed up or slow down?

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

So far, I have found "lean startup" works better with the entrepreneurs Ive talked to than "agile startup" or even "extreme startup.") The application of agile development methodologies which dramatically reduce waste and unlock creativity in product development. What are the characteristics of a lean startup?

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 5, 2021

We asked entrepreneurs and business owners about the technologies that will have the biggest impact on technology and here are the responses. #1 As a result, internet entrepreneurs should prioritize privacy above everything else. Entrepreneurs are often wearing ALL the hats in the business while they're bootstrapping through growth.

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Hippoland

OCTOBER 9, 2016

As an entrepreneur, you think your idea is unique. If you’re still in the early stages of your entrepreneur-education/journey, you may even think you need to protect your idea and not share it with anyone. Most entrepreneurs overpitch their ideas but underpitch how they’ve been executing. And convey this in your pitch.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 25, 2012

Fox’s book can help you meet that goal by presenting 75 common-sense rules that will help you guild your career and work your way to the top. In this book, the authors present a new model for anticipating innovation and changes in industries, one they promise is more reliable and consistent than past ways of doing things.

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ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

By the end of this article, you should have a better understanding of how to develop new products or tweak your existing offerings by working with existing or prospective customers to incorporate their feedback to create viable solutions to their problems, and clearly communicate their value. So What is Customer Development?

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 4, 2010

The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? Two Ways to Hold Entrepreneurs Accountable (for Ha. Lean Startup Circle - a mailing list of dedicated and helpful entrepreneurs. No departments The Five Whys for Startups (for Harvard Business R. April 23, 2010 in San Francisco.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 2, 2008

Chris and I had the opportunity to present on our approach this past spring at the MySQL Conference. You can also download our presentation, " Just-In-Time Scalability: Agile Methods to Support Massive Growth." The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup?

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 16, 2009

Ever since that time, I have struggled to explain how the feedback loop in customer development should interface with the feedback loop in product development. Eric Ries Lean Startup Schematic View Of Agile Development And Customer Development View more presentations from Eric Ries.

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Up and Running

APRIL 12, 2018

Creating financial forecasts and budgets are not typically how many entrepreneurs envision spending their time, but these tools are incredibly necessary. Things like product development, materials and packaging, performance-based bonuses, and more. Many entrepreneurs also start out with little, if any, business experience.

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