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| Page 1 of 4 | Previous | Next | STEVE BLANK AUGUST 31, 2009 The Customer Development Manifesto: Reasons for the Revolution. After 20 years of working in startups, I decided to take a step back and look at the product development model I had been following and see why it usually failed to provide useful guidance in activities outside the building – sales, marketing and business development. So what’s wrong the product development model? | STEVE BLANK AUGUST 27, 2009 The Leading Cause of Startup Death – Part 1: The Product. This series of posts is a brief explanation of how we’ve evolved from Product Development to Customer Development to the Lean Startup. The Product Development Diagram Emerging early in the twentieth century, this product-centric model described a process that evolved in manufacturing industries. agree. | | STARTUP LESSONS LEARNED OCTOBER 20, 2008 Lessons Learned: The engineering manager's lament Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, October 20, 2008 The engineering managers lament I was inspired to write The product managers lament while meeting with a startup struggling to figure out what had gone wrong with their product development process. He has a good team, and theyve shipped a working product to many customers. | | | | | | | |
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BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | TUESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2010  Startup Sales – Why Hiring Seasoned Reps May Not Work
Even if you don’t have “direct&# sales I would tell you that “everything is a sale&# including fund raising, hiring, getting press and doing business development. One of the biggest mistakes I see early-stage startups making is hiring “seasoned&# sales professionals or hiring people too senior, too early. MORE >> -
BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | THURSDAY, MAY 26, 2011  Startup Mantra: Hire Fast, Fire Fast
There is an old management adage that says, “ Hire slowly, fire fast.” Hire Slowly? also subscribe to the views that you should always be recruiting (ABR) and when great people pop up you hire them and then find a way to make the role fit. Only Hire A+ People. Hiring at a Startup. Be open and productive. MORE >> -
STARTUP LESSONS LEARNED | MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2008 Thoughts on scientific product development
Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, September 22, 2008 Thoughts on scientific product development I enjoyed reading a post today from Laserlike (Mike Speiser), on Scientific product development. The goal of iterative development is to give us guard rails so we dont veer off to either extreme. Kill it. for H. MORE >> -
STEVE BLANK | THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2009 The Customer Development Manifesto: Reasons for the Revolution.
This post describes how the traditional product development model distorts startup sales, marketing and business development. For example, some startup sales execs believe hiring the core sales team is a key objective. Here’s what the product development diagram looks like from a sales perspective. MORE >> -
STARTUP LESSONS LEARNED | SUNDAY, APRIL 26, 2009 Lessons Learned: Product development leverage
Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Sunday, April 26, 2009 Product development leverage Leverage has once again become a dirty word in the world of finance, and rightly so. But I want to talk about a different kind of leverage, the kind that you can get in product development. Its a key lean startup concept. Yeah, weve got that. MORE >>
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- The Customer Development Manifesto: The Startup Death Spiral (part. STEVE BLANK | MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2009
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- Lessons Learned: When NOT to listen to your users; when NOT to. STARTUP LESSONS LEARNED | MONDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2008
- 5 ways to help remote workers thrive UP AND RUNNING | THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 2012
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- Lessons Learned: The ABCDEF's of conducting a technical interview STARTUP LESSONS LEARNED | SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2008
- Smooth-Stone Changes Name to Calxeda; Adds Hires AUSTIN STARTUP | TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2010
- 9 Deadliest Start-up Sins FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG | WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25, 2012
- 9 Deadliest Start-up Sins STEVE BLANK | MONDAY, MAY 14, 2012
- Four Common Startup Issues Which Threaten Survival STARTUP PROFESSIONALS MUSINGS | WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20, 2011
- Eight Business Processes Every Startup Must Have STARTUP PROFESSIONALS MUSINGS | SUNDAY, AUGUST 1, 2010
- Ten Steps to Survival by Innovation STARTUP PROFESSIONALS MUSINGS | MONDAY, MARCH 15, 2010
- A new way to recruit for (and find) startup jobs STARTUP LESSONS LEARNED | FRIDAY, JULY 31, 2009
- The unfortunate math behind consulting companies A SMART BEAR: STARTUPS AND MARKETING FOR GEEKS | MONDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2011
- Four myths about the Lean Startup STARTUP LESSONS LEARNED | SUNDAY, APRIL 18, 2010
- Tech Companies Expand ‘Student Ambassador’ Programs – Video CAMPUS ENTREPRENEURSHIP | MONDAY, JULY 18, 2011
- Choosing A Minimally Viable Co-Founder ONSTARTUPS | WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2011
- Scott Cook - Wisdom WILL PRICE | WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2009
- How Much Money Do I Need for My Startup? TIM BERRY'S BLOG - PLANNING STARTUPS STORIES | FRIDAY, JULY 29, 2011
- Ten Principles Which Spell Continuous Innovation STARTUP PROFESSIONALS MUSINGS | WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9, 2011
- A Postmortem Analysis of Standout Jobs INSTIGATOR BLOG | TUESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2010
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- ‘Out of Control’ Startups Fail on 8 Key Processes STARTUP PROFESSIONALS MUSINGS | WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2011
- Tech Support *is* sales A SMART BEAR: STARTUPS AND MARKETING FOR GEEKS | MONDAY, MAY 17, 2010
- Too Many Leaders Still Rely on Their ‘Golden Gut’ STARTUP PROFESSIONALS MUSINGS | MONDAY, MARCH 26, 2012
- Lessons Learned: A new version of the Joel Test (draft) STARTUP LESSONS LEARNED | WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2008
- Risk-takers and Strategists: Jeremiah Owyang on Long-Term Social Media Planning READWRITESTART | WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2010
- What will happen when a software company downs tools for a week? BUSINESS OF SOFTWARE BLOG | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2010
- Lessons Learned: The lean startup STARTUP LESSONS LEARNED | MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2008
- Telling Your Company's Story in Video FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG | MONDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2011
- Use of Funds INSTIGATOR BLOG | FRIDAY, MARCH 26, 2010
- Setting And Shaping A Strong Startup Culture SEED STAGE CAPITAL | THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
- How To Scale a Development Team ADAM.HEROKU.COM | FRIDAY, MAY 18, 2012
- Lessons Learned: Achieving a failure STARTUP LESSONS LEARNED | FRIDAY, JANUARY 30, 2009
- Minimum Viable Product: a guide STARTUP LESSONS LEARNED | MONDAY, AUGUST 3, 2009
- Lessons Learned: The three drivers of growth for your business. STARTUP LESSONS LEARNED | MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2008
- Top 10 startup articles of the week STARTUP MUSINGS | FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2009
- 10 Concrete Steps to Assure Business Innovation STARTUP PROFESSIONALS MUSINGS | WEDNESDAY, MAY 23, 2012
- Lessons Learned: What does a startup CTO actually do? STARTUP LESSONS LEARNED | TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2008
- Doing It Right the First Time: The 15 Most Common, but Avoidable, Mistakes Made by High Growth Start-ups VC DEAL LAWYER | MONDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2009
- Outbox Wants to Revolutionize U.S. Mail FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG | MONDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2011
- How a startup should leverage a personal assistant A SMART BEAR: STARTUPS AND MARKETING FOR GEEKS | MONDAY, AUGUST 30, 2010
- Lessons Learned: What is customer development? STARTUP LESSONS LEARNED | SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2008
- Why Every Company Needs a Jerk FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG | TUESDAY, JANUARY 3, 2012
- Build Yourself a Compatible Goals Filter TIM BERRY'S BLOG - PLANNING STARTUPS STORIES | TUESDAY, MAY 31, 2011
- Why diversity matters (the meritocracy business) STARTUP LESSONS LEARNED | MONDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2010
- Embrace technical debt STARTUP LESSONS LEARNED | WEDNESDAY, JULY 29, 2009
- The Cover-Up Culture STEVE BLANK | MONDAY, JANUARY 10, 2011
- Learning is better than optimization (the local maximum problem) STARTUP LESSONS LEARNED | WEDNESDAY, APRIL 7, 2010
- The segmentation of the venture industry CHRIS DIXON | SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2010
- Lessons Learned: The one line split-test, or how to A/B all the time STARTUP LESSONS LEARNED | MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2008
- Launching Tech Ventures: Part IV, Readings PLATFORMS AND NETWORKS | SATURDAY, JANUARY 8, 2011
- When It’s Darkest Men See the Stars STEVE BLANK | WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2010
- What Makes an Entrepreneur (2/10) – Street Smarts BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2009
- Looking for a job? WILL PRICE | WEDNESDAY, JULY 6, 2005
- Continuous deployment for mission-critical applications STARTUP LESSONS LEARNED | MONDAY, DECEMBER 28, 2009
- The Essential MBA Library YOUNGUPSTARTS | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 2012
- Want To Change Tomorrow's Workforce? Here's How FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG | WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 28, 2011
- Products vs Services – Critical Success Factors STARTUP PROFESSIONALS MUSINGS | MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2010
- Startups & VCs: Learn How to Design, Market, & Eat Your Own. 500 HATS | SUNDAY, JANUARY 10, 2010
- A Compilation of the Web's Best Advice for Entrepreneurs PLATFORMS AND NETWORKS | WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2009
- Lessons Learned: Three freemium strategies STARTUP LESSONS LEARNED | TUESDAY, JANUARY 27, 2009
- 4 Anti-Lean Startup Archetypes MARKET BY NUMBERS | TUESDAY, AUGUST 4, 2009
- Amazing lean startup resources STARTUP LESSONS LEARNED | TUESDAY, JANUARY 12, 2010
- Startup Lessons From 17 Hard-Hitting Quotes In "Moneyball" ONSTARTUPS | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2012
- Hackers and Hustlers LEARN TO DUCK | TUESDAY, JULY 6, 2010
- 6 Things a Non-Engineer Should Know Before Founding a Web Startup « WePay.com BLOG.WEPAY.COM | WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28, 2010
- Sell Like a Woman: 4 Expert Tricks FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG | THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2011
- Passion and Performance STARTUPCFO | WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2010
- Lessons Learned: Inc Magazine on Minimum Viable Product (and a. STARTUP LESSONS LEARNED | MONDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2009
- What is a startup? STARTUP LESSONS LEARNED | MONDAY, JUNE 21, 2010
- Why Launching a Startup Is More Expensive Than You Think MASHABLE.COM | MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2011
- The Magic Moment When You Shift To Executing As Fast As You Can FELD THOUGHTS | TUESDAY, APRIL 17, 2012
- Lessons Learned: Customer Development Engineering STARTUP LESSONS LEARNED | SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2008
- Lessons Learned: SEM on five dollars a day STARTUP LESSONS LEARNED | SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2008
- How to conduct a Five Whys root cause analysis STARTUP LESSONS LEARNED | THURSDAY, JULY 2, 2009
- Startup Tools STEVEBLANK.COM | FRIDAY, JULY 8, 2011
- The VP Product Role SVPG | SATURDAY, MARCH 5, 2011
- What Startups Are Really Like WWW.PAULGRAHAM.COM | WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28, 2010
- Method's 4 Rules for Staying Innovative FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG | WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7, 2012
- Managing Startups: Best Posts of 2011 PLATFORMS AND NETWORKS | THURSDAY, DECEMBER 29, 2011
- How Will You Redefine Yourself? FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG | TUESDAY, MARCH 27, 2012
- Concept to Company Update - Great Event WILL PRICE | TUESDAY, APRIL 18, 2006
- Managing Angel Investors: It's Like Herding Cats FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG | FRIDAY, APRIL 6, 2012
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