Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 21, 2013

Guest post by Lisa Regan, writer for The Lean Startup Conference. The Lean Startup Conference was founded four years ago to bring together real entrepreneurs who have applied Lean Startup techniques and have useful advice to share with each other. Retention (do they return?),

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The Next Web

NOVEMBER 17, 2013

When it comes to scaling your startup’s Web development resources (or lack thereof), it seems like you can never have enough assistance. But for startups, which is really better: in-house talent or outside agencies? In-house development gives you more day-to-day control, and lean software development is far more feasible.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Master of 500 Hats: Startup Metrics for Pirates (SeedCamp 2008, London) This presentation should be required reading for anyone creating a startup with an online service component. In my opinion, every startup needs to "pick a major" among these three drivers of growth. Choose one. The AARRR model (hence pirates, get it?)

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The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 30, 2021

But the launch of several successful startups during the pandemic has proved that it isn’t impossible. Here are some startup leadership insights to show the way. Startup Leader. A good startup leadership tip is that you need to be realistic and manage the expectations of the stakeholders too. Manage expectations.

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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 5, 2013

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Email Design Best Practices For Small Businesses and Startups – [link]. Four Ways to Market Like a Startup | Brian Gregg and Vivian Weng-Harvard Business Review – [link].

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

This philosophy comes from The Lean Startup methodology , which relies on testing hypotheses to better understand your customers’ pain points and goals. It can also be helpful for startups looking to expand without the resources to branch out beyond their existing target markets. Failing fast is different from failing often.

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ReadWriteStart

MAY 16, 2018

Startups have popped up left and right to show off their innovative new tools, and Google — the tech giant above all tech giants — now claims to be a machine learning company. The successful sales teams of the future will lean on these to win more deals: Personalized mobile apps. Not all sales tools are created equal, though.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 17, 2011

However, most small businesses and startups ignore training programs altogether, or cobble together ad hoc strategies when on-boarding new hires. Related posts: Small business and startup tips: track your own customer service data. Lean Marketing: Customer service strategies for small businesses and startups.

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Hunter Walker

MAY 13, 2023

“Worst case scenario we’ll sell to a larger startup or public company for about ~$1.5m I was on both sides of these transactions – buying startups for Google/YouTube and angel investing in high quality technical founders. per engineer.” of the time my answer is no f **g way].

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Steve Blank

APRIL 4, 2011

The Stanford Lean LaunchPad class was an experiment in a new model of teaching startup entrepreneurship. Politely it was described as “poor customer retention” but in reality it was because the product was really hard to use. Startups were actually happy with Amazon Web Services. This post is part four. Syllabus is here.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 27, 2019

I’m sure you hear a lot of people in corporate talk about design thinking, user-centric design, innovate like a startup in order to move faster and challenge the status quo. You attend conferences, visit startups and read books. This is all great but at the end of the day, how do you execute like a startup within a big company?

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Steve Blank

MARCH 4, 2014

In the last few years we’ve recognized that a startup is not a smaller version of a large company. We’re now learning that companies are not larger versions of startups. But paradoxically, in spite of all their seemingly endless resources, innovation inside of an existing company is much harder than inside a startup.

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SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 8, 2009

A post by Fred Wilson pointed me to Dave McClure's Startup Metrics presentation. This is a great presentation and one that I'm going to point out to startup / early stage company CEOs. Startup Metrics for Pirates (SeedCamp, Sept 2009) View more documents from Dave McClure. R : Revenue - can you monetize any of this behavior?

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Small Business and Startups: 5 DIY Things To Do For Your Brand! How To Choose A Market For Your Startup Or Small Business – [link]. Are Startups Recession-Proof?

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 14, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Tuesday, April 14, 2009 Validated learning about customers Would you rather have $30,000 or $1 million in revenues for your startup? In an early-stage startup especially, revenue is not an important goal in and of itself. Let’s start with a simple question: why do early-stage startups want revenue?

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crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 11, 2011

He told me that since his bank started a tradition of family-style holiday parties, employee retention had increased along with overall job satisfaction. Lean startups: Office space for the 21st Century. Small business and startup tip: managing bookkeepers, accountants, and the end-of-year mishegoss.

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Steve Blank

MAY 1, 2015

Thibault Duchemin and his team applied for our Lean LaunchPad class at UC Berkeley in 2014. Lean LaunchPad: A Year After. A month ago, Jason, one of my founder friends, shut down his startup. Pre-Lean LaunchPad – Giving a Voice to the Deaf. Lean LaunchPad – Stumbling Upon an Immense Need.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 24, 2009

In other words, they are facing conditions of extreme uncertainty, just like startups. But, as any startup can tell you, this opens up a tremendous set of opportunities for the rest of us. Just like with startups, this is a hybrid question. So I generally feel right at home in these conversations. 12comments: Dougvs said.

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 10, 2013

I have written often about strategies small business can use to operate modestly, spend wisely, and reduce cost by taking a lean approach to operations, marketing, and production. Lean Business Tips: Hiring Contractors for Fun and Profit(ability). False color skull X-ray: Wikimedia Commons.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 16, 2013

But it’s not just Fortune 100 companies that can benefit from sustainable strategies – small businesses and startups can also see cost savings while doing their own bit to reduce their environmental impact and lessen the effects of greenhouse gases by keeping an eye on their own carbon footprint. Lean Business: Do Unto Others*.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 31, 2013

Zappos has one of the highest customer retention rates in retail (among competitors both on and offline) and has created aan army of rabid fans. Related posts: Lean Marketing: Facebook advertising for newbies. Lean Marketing tips: business card as selling tool. Lean Marketing Tips: Hyperlocal Marketing Channels.

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Up and Running

MARCH 11, 2015

Fortunately, many of the top VCs share their thoughts on their blogs and are full of advice for startups, both big and small. Eric Ries of The Lean Startup has called Andrew Chen’s blog “one of the best entrepreneurship blogs of all time.” Here’s a list of our favorite VC blogs, in alphabetical order. andrewchen.co. Hunter Walk.

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Up and Running

JULY 1, 2019

This article is part of our SaaS Business Startup Guide —a list of articles to help you plan, start, and grow your SaaS business! You probably already know that there are plenty of resources out there to help you grow and scale your SaaS startup. Startups for the Rest of Us. How I Built This . Tomasz Tunguz.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 2, 2009

For the rest of us, there is an alternative: to create credibility by building a lean startup. Rather than just focus on the right kind of pitch to use, I wanted to write about the kinds of startups that create lasting value, and therefore are great companies to fund even in down times. Retention cohort analysis.

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Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

Yes, there are Lean Startups even in the United States federal government. For my take on how this is possible, you can see my previous post on Lean Government here. Today, I'm excited to share the latest round of startups that are being run by the Presidential Innovation Fellows program.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 16, 2013

But it’s not just Fortune 100 companies that can benefit from sustainable strategies – small businesses and startups can also see cost savings while doing their own bit to reduce their environmental impact and lessen the effects of greenhouse gases by keeping an eye on their own carbon footprint. Promote remote.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

Darren Nix , Group Manager of the Assessments product team at Indeed and founder of the Y Combinator -backed startup Interviewed (acquired by Indeed), puts it this way: “Users can’t design your product for you. “They are building a feature or set of features without the bigger picture.” Creativity is also a must for product managers.

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ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 26, 2022

I founded a startup years ago, and that’s how I started getting a taste of it. The startup didn’t work out, but I found ways to be around it, whether it was on the sales side in Goldman for a few years. How does that translate into advice that you give to your startups? I like the get fit and lean in.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 18, 2013

Surprise is more effective than other forms of retention-based marketing. Surprise is a more effective marketing tool than nearly all forms of retention-based marketing. in terms of increased sales, increased profit margin through customer retention, and reduced advertising costs) of such a strategy.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 16, 2015

For early stage companies, the metrics that matter might typically center around activation, engagement and retention. Metrics for Certain Categories of Startups. Lean Analytics recommends this set of metrics for some of the major categories of startups: Create a management dashboard. Net Income (Loss). App downloads.

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The Next Web

AUGUST 17, 2013

I asked a panel of 13 successful entrepreneurs to share their favorite best practices, especially for newer startups that may be tempted to focus on flash over experience: What’s one UX design best practice you think new startups should NOT overlook? We follow the “Lead Startup” method. Their most practical tips are below: 1.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 30, 2013

Every company markets – whether through direct sales, prominent signage, customer retention, word of mouth, or web and social media presence – every company engages in marketing and if anyone tries to tell you that they do none at all, just smile and list the 4-Ps. Lean Marketing Tips: Hyperlocal Marketing Channels.

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Hunter Walker

OCTOBER 25, 2020

Second, that community is the most powerful retention mechanism available to game developers, because you see, these “soldiers” were players in an online WWII multiplayer simulation. Lean Luxe (business of commerce and brands) has a newsletter and Slack group. First, that most people have no idea what real Mexican food tastes like.

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Hearpreneur

JULY 8, 2017

Todd McGuire is the Chief Technology Officer and co-founder of startup incentaHEALTH and we had to the opportunity to hear from him about starting business, the future of the company and what entrepreneurship means to him. Tell us your story: . A “gamified” incentive structure is used to deliver cash rewards every 3 months.

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Growth marketing borrows a concept from the lean startup methodology. They work to improve top-of-funnel metrics like brand awareness and identify opportunities to improve customer activation, retention, and referral efforts. It isn’t about finding quick hacks to boost short-term revenue. Where does growth hacking come in?

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 17, 2019

I had just left Salesforce.com where I was VP, Products, after they had acquired my second startup. Bank as well as many startups like Gusto and MakeSpace and innumerable massive clients that weren’t on my approved list of clients I could disclose ;) but we partner with Google, Adobe, Salesforce and many others.

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The Startup Toolkit

JUNE 27, 2016

I’d distinguish between hating your current role at your startup vs. hating the startup you’re building. Once they work the growth rate back up (they paused growth to fix activation & retention), either the current team will get re-engaged or he’ll be able to hire a new team. The latter is a problem.

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