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Lessons Learned: The lean startup

Startup Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, September 8, 2008 The lean startup Ive been thinking for some time about a term that could encapsulate trends that are changing the startup landscape. After some trial and error, Ive settled on the Lean Startup. Of course, many startups are capital efficient and generally frugal.

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Making Decisions in Context

Austin Startup

August 20, 2017: This is another in my series of posts all leading up to a book on Startup Decision Making. One of the most common mistakes I see in startups is making decisions that lose sight of the context , including the past, present, and future. Compensation decisions obviously affect hiring and retention.

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10 Concrete Steps to Assure Business Innovation

Startup Professionals Musings

Continuous innovation is required to survive in all businesses, beginning with a startup, and increasing in importance as your business matures. In a startup, that needs to be the founder or CEO, and that person has to be regularly and personally involved. New product development process. This is an imperative.

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Ten Principles Which Spell Continuous Innovation

Startup Professionals Musings

Continuous innovation is required to survive in all businesses, beginning with your startup, and increasing in importance as your business matures. In a startup, that needs to be the founder or CEO, and that person has to be regularly and personally involved. New product development process. This is an imperative.

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How To Allocate Friends & Family Startup Capital

Business Plan Blog

How To Allocate Friends & Family Startup Capital. The most important principle of startup fundraising that every entrepreneur needs to know is: raise enough capital to achieve a set of milestones that will allow the company to attract the next round of investment. Founding Team, Key Hires, Advisory Board. Startup Funding'

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Ten Steps to Survival by Innovation

Startup Professionals Musings

Continuous innovation is required to survive in business, beginning with your startup, and increasing in importance as your business matures. In a startup, that needs to be the founder or CEO, and that person has to be regularly and personally involved. New product development process. This is an imperative.

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The Company Milestones Angel Investors Care About

Business Plan Blog

The most important principle of startup fundraising that every entrepreneur needs to know is: raise enough capital to achieve a set of milestones that will allow the company to attract the next round of investment. Product Development. Founding Team, Key Hires, Advisory Board. The Milestones Angel Investors Care About.