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Should Early Stage Startups Move to Austin because of Customers?

Austin Startup

In September 2017, I spent 2 weeks in Austin, Texas to understand what makes this vibrant startup ecosystem tick. It follows up on my posts discussing why early stage startups should — or should not — move to Silicon Valley. Should Early Stage Startups Move to Austin because of Customers?

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Yes, but who said they'd actually BUY the damn thing?

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

This is Part 3 of the series: 5 lessons from 150 startup pitches.? Of hundreds of startup pitches at Capital Factory , almost none had unearthed 10 people willing to say, "If you build this product, I'll give you $X.". Aren't you sick of every startup blogger on Earth badgering you about this? But you're still not listening.

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Beyond the garage

Startup Lessons Learned

It’s been just over a year since the inaugural Startup Lessons Learned conference , and it’s time to do it again. The Lean Startup movement has made tremendous progress in the past year. Kent Beck himself helped us explain that “quality work” means something different when we’re facing the extreme uncertainty of a startup.

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Philosophy Helps Start-Ups Move Faster (WSJ on the Lean Startup)

Startup Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Thursday, May 20, 2010 Philosophy Helps Start-Ups Move Faster (WSJ on the Lean Startup) The Wall Street Journal covers the Lean Startup movement in todays paper. The article includes comments from Kevin Dewalt and Drew Houston. Even Marc Andreessen weighs in.

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Lean Startup’s Eric Ries joins HubSpot’s Advisory Board to help companies evolve their marketing

The Next Web

Companies are about to get a big dose of the Lean Startup philosophy. On the contrary, HupSpot believes in the movement — in fact, it was built using the lean startup method. ” What exactly are businesses looking for in the Lean Startup movement?

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Building Bridges for the Texas Innovation Ecosystem: Two programs, One State, One Summer

Austin Startup

During that time, we successfully ran three accelerators in two cities and convened more than five hundred resources, experts, partners, business leaders, and investors to support 181 startups from all corners of the world. This year, we’re looking to turn the startup support industry on its ear. This year is going to be huge.

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Woodstock for Entrepreneurs – the Startup Lessons Learned Conference

Steve Blank

(The best entrepreneurs pivot on each hallucination until they get it right – then we call them practitioners of the Lean Startup.). Last Friday’s Startup Lessons Learned Conference may go down as the Woodstock of entrepreneurship. This conference and the Lean Startup was the work of one amazing individual – Eric Ries.