Up and Running

MAY 12, 2020

Not only is it necessary due to the coronavirus, but it could potentially give you a strategic long-term advantage against current competitors and help you avoid massive overhead. Your plan doesn’t need to be a lengthy document either, especially if you follow a Lean Planning methodology. Antivirus software. Invoicing software.

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The Startup Magazine

MAY 27, 2023

Think carefully about what it is that you’re trying to achieve, and then you can look for the appropriate tools or software. When the name of the game is quality, you might find that information like this proves to be highly valuable. Your idea is a good one – it’s one that you believe in.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 25, 2012

The Lean Startup movement provides a wonderful template, and Ross wrote a great post in which he discussed how managers can use these principles in their own marketing campaigns. For very small sums a business can target a very specific local audience (in many cases right down to the zip-code). Outdoor and print. Direct mail.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 13, 2022

That often involves working long hours and keeping your costs lean. Chief financial officer (CFO): As the name implies, the CFO is responsible for major financial tasks. This typically includes reviewing financial reports, overseeing budgets, managing overall financial planning, and more.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Think about it — your customers will likely showcase your products to their friends and family, and your brand name will come up in conversations and recommendations. Now, since all of this happens organically, tracking referral purchases gets pretty difficult (if not impossible) without having referral marketing software in place.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 20, 2008

If engineers want more time to spend making their old code more pretty, they are invited to do so on the weekends. The idea is that once we move to the new system (or coding standard, or API, or.) The current code is spaghetti, but the new code will be elegant. Its become "legacy code" and part of the problem.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 14, 2021

The USP that communicates this is: “ConvertKit helps you find your audience, turn them into true fans, and earn a living as a creator with our audience building and email marketing software.”. Advocates are more likely to agree to an interview due to positive sentiment. It could help us shape the future of [COMPANY/PRODUCT NAME].

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 10, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Wednesday, September 10, 2008 Smarticus — 10 things you could be doing to your code right now Smarticus — 10 things you could be doing to your code right now A great checklist of techniques and tools for making your development more agile, written from a Rail perspective. Expo SF (May.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 31, 2024

Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! I'm going to lean on JT to not make it too crazy technical, but there's some things that you need to know. John (09:21): It's basically just a long encrypted code is what it amounts to. Because there's syntax and things like all kind of coding things that have to be done.

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ConversionXL

AUGUST 5, 2021

Next, map out how each app and tool assist with each step of this journey : Here, each step is color-coded by the tool. When the time comes to implement more complex automations, consider building a digital roadmap and take your time with low-code (or no-code) solutions. Marketing requires a multi-channel approach.

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Up and Running

JANUARY 15, 2018

Create a Lean Business Plan. Instead, you can create an alternative to a traditional business plan—a Lean Plan which is easier to adapt throughout the life of your business. In addition to basic equipment such as a computer, phone, and desk, you’ll need to consider the cost of registering a domain name and building your own website.

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Up and Running

JULY 24, 2017

Start with your business’s name, location, and contact information. With business plans for internal use and Lean Plans, nobody expects one. But, investors can’t do due diligence without a full business plan. Your executive summary is the key to having your business plan reviewed. Who you are.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 30, 2011

I’m a very big proponent of the “lean startup movement&# as espoused by Steve Blank & Eric Ries. I recently read this anecdote in the press (withholding company name because I actually really love the concept). Those of us that espouse “lean startups&# often do so from personal experience.

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David Teten

OCTOBER 1, 2015

Should you co-found your company with a software development shop? I’ve talked with a number of software development shops who are eager to get into the business of cofounding companies, i.e., getting product revenue and equity instead of just consulting revenue. Vlad is also the CEO at DarwinApps , a software development shop.

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Hearpreneur

JULY 3, 2020

The rise of no-code solutions has provided a platform for non-techies to build their own proof of concept and early technology solutions. Thanks to Amber Christian, Wonderly Software Solutions, creator of Bella Scena ! #2- I think potential clients or customers will value customer service rather than a big name company.

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The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Start-ups are lean and designed to grow or scale up quickly. Your industry and the level of management that you’re meeting with may dictate the dress code to a certain extent, but the general rule is, the more senior you are, the better you should dress. However, a low budget doesn’t mean you have to sacrifice professionalism.

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wordsting.com

APRIL 4, 2013

Rigorously simple copywriting for software products. Fat startup: Learn the lessons of my failed Lean Startup. by Word Sting in Lean Startup , Software copywriting , Copywriting for startups. Many software copywriters or developers dream of building their own company. April 1, 2013. My co-founders and I did.

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Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 1, 2021

3:46] Are there any kind of core stories from your upbringing, your family, your culture that you lean on that to tell to help people get your why? [6:10] Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! Enter your name and email address below and I'll send you periodic updates about the podcast. Like this show? powered by.

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Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 20, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Friday, February 20, 2009 Work in small batches Software should be designed, written, and deployed in small batches. Its had tremendous impact in many areas: continuous deployment , just-in-time scalability , and even search engine marketing , to name a few. For software, the easiest batch to see is code.

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Software By Rob

OCTOBER 14, 2010

And after talking about this subject at length, I found myself again evangelizing it last week at the Business of Software conference. And these days with how easy it is to build an application, your code isn’t worth much, either. Ideas (and in many cases the code itself) are not worth as much as we think.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 12, 2009

Since then, PHP (as part of the LAMP stack ) has really been the dominant development platform, at least in the free software and startup worlds. Some of them are probably still cursing my name, because - lets face it - PHP can be pretty painful. Memory-resident code made it slightly slower to iterate on scripts.

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Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 10, 2009

Our code pushes take another six minutes. Since these two steps are pipelined that means at peak we’re pushing a new revision of the code to the website every nine minutes. On average we deploy new code fifty times a day. Code reviews and pairing Great practices. That’s 6 deploys an hour.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 13, 2024

Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! Connect with John Jantsch on LinkedIn This episode of The Duct Tape Marketing Podcast is brought to you by Work Better Now Visit WorkBetterNow.com mention the referral code DTM Podcast and get $150 off for your first 3 months. What kind of content does it lean towards?

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 3, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, August 3, 2009 Minimum Viable Product: a guide One of the most important lean startup techniques is called the minimum viable product. I was delighted to be asked to give a brief talk about the MVP at the inaugural meetup of the lean startup circle here in San Francisco. Thanks Eric.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

Whether you’re starting a home-based business due to financial considerations or for another reason, you can use this checklist to help you figure out firstly whether or not it’s the right option for you, and if so what you need to do to get set up officially, including creating a great working environment! Register your business name.

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SoCal CTO

AUGUST 3, 2010

5 Lessons from 150 startup pitches - A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks , July 11, 2010 I just reviewed several hundred startup pitches for Capital Factory. should have leaned on them a lot more, but I didn't, or at least not in the right ways. Most were on paper and video; 20 were invited to pitch in person. Silly, right?

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 29, 2009

I hope to show why lean and agile techniques actually reduce the negative impacts of technical debt and increase our ability to take advantage of its positive effects. But there is more to technical debt than just the interest payments that come due. The failure of the feature had nothing to do with the quality of the code.

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The Next Web

MARCH 3, 2014

As time passed and I took on the marketing role for my startup (while everybody else was busy coding), I started to see marketers differently. A tip from our dev team: don’t hard-code strings in your app. First, you need to optimize your app’s name, as it carries the most weight amongst your keywords. What a splurge!

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 6, 2020

The days of creating amazing content, paying for advertisement, and then leaning back on your chair to get great results are essentially over. Some essential entry options include: The participant’s name. Address and zip code. Here are five essential inbound marketing tools for startups and entrepreneurs. Email address.

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View from Seed

MARCH 19, 2015

He’s dubbed the approach “ pretotyping ,” and it shares many of the same principles as both its similar-sounding (if later-stage) cousin, prototyping, as well as the more well-known lean startup movement. ” So I left Google to do another startup, Agitar Software. And the word pretotype was born. Another success.

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Up and Running

APRIL 30, 2020

” It’s been a favorite management tool of mine since my time as VP for a market research firm, and it’s a method I used for decades growing a software company from zero to well over $10 million in annual sales. Confusing file names and overwriting are the most common errors in doing spreadsheet scenarios.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 23, 2016

What exactly is going to be the name of your business? Whatever the inspiration or relation may be, the naming of your business is one of the most important parts of becoming a CEO. Once he decided to start his own business (as opposed to buying a franchise), the search for a good name began. 2 – A Unique Name.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 2, 2022

GumGum now also lists similar clients, including Vodafone and Sprint, a sign of how one big-name client can attract others. For example, recently I was in the market for some transcription software. I headed to Google to search for “best transcription software” and read some blog posts that reviewed the best options.

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online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

Computer Software. NAME Comcast. NAME Verizon Communications. NAME Yahoo. Media & Marketing. Small Business. More Industries. Accounting. Advertising. Broadcasting & Entertainment. Computer Hardware. Consumer Products. Defense & Aerospace. Financial Services & Insurance. Food & Tobacco. Hospitality. Marketing & Strategy.

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Up and Running

JANUARY 8, 2019

It can be as simple as a short, Lean Business Plan that serves as a strategic roadmap for your business, or as comprehensive as a formal business plan that instills confidence in bank lenders and investors. Remember, if you just need a Lean Business Plan, not a formal business plan, shorter is better. It’s scientifically proven.

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steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

Home Books for Startups Guide Secret History-Bibliography Steve Blank Startup Tools Steve Blank Entries RSS | Comments RSS Email Subscription Get Steve Blank via your RSS Feed RSS - Posts RSS - Comments Categories Air Force (12) Ardent (10) Audubon (1) Big Companies versus Startups: Durant versus Sloan (39) Business Model versus Business Plan (..)

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Up and Running

AUGUST 28, 2018

A Lean Business Plan might be a better fit if you simply need to think through all the different aspects of your business. A Lean Plan will be shorter, and it lends itself to quick revisions, but both types follow the same general outline. They tend to be lengthier and more detailed. Executive summary. This is your value proposition.

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