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

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

Steve Blank says "get outside the building," Eric Ries says "seek validated learning," Sean Ellis says "seek product/market fit," Drew Houston says "the only way to learn on a $0 budget is to talk to people.". You repeat these mantras at Lean Startup Meetings but you're not doing it.? "Our I say "find ten people who say they'll buy."

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20 Impressive & Inspiring Productivity Experts on Twitter

YoungUpstarts

This University of Houston English professor specializes in time management and other hallmarks of productivity for creative types. No matter one’s technical prowess, Lifehacker offers up some awesome little projects for making pretty much anything and everything simpler and more streamlined. Lifehacker. Julie Morgenstern.

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Should Early Stage Startups Move to Austin because of Customers?

Austin Startup

Early adopters, especially those who are willing to pay for novel services, are the lifeblood of lean startups. There is a middle class that is growing due to the tech boom. Moreover, businesses in Dallas and Houston are both within a driving radius. Should Early Stage Startups Move to Austin because of Customers?

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Seeking Speakers

Startup Lessons Learned

This post was co-written by Eric Ries and Sarah Milstein , co-hosts of The Lean Startup Conference this fall. Last week , we announced the date and venue for The Lean Startup Conference: Dec 3 - 4, 2012 at the InterContintenal in SF. Where have applied a lean approach to a new problem we haven’t considered?

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What I Noticed On Social Media During the 2017 Hurricane Season

Austin Startup

Thanks to all of the news I received, I was able to avoid driving to Houston on what would have easily been the worst weekend to visit my second favorite Texas city. A rumor broke out during Harvey stating that immigration papers were needed in order to get assistance at Houston-area shelters. The maps on SNAP was useful today.

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Twitter Link Roundup #189 – Small Business, Startups, Innovation, Social Media, Design, Marketing and More

crowdSPRING Blog

Book Review: Ctrl Alt Delete, by Mitch Joel – [link]. Create a Crowd Competition That Works | Harvard Business Review – [link]. The Right Way to Hire Your Customers | Bill Lee – Harvard Business Review – [link]. Book Review: Ctrl Alt Delete, by Mitch Joel – [link].

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Out of the Crisis #19: Revolution Foods co-founders on feeding kids and families, being parent-entrepreneurs, and scaling food security innovations

Startup Lessons Learned

From a mission and purpose standpoint, we have always been about access and quality, so that was a natural place for our team to lean in harder to the support that we knew would be needed across our communities. You have investors from the impact space, but also some straight from the technology industry. What is our super power?