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. I break the answer to that question down into three engines: Viral - this is the business model identified in the presentation as "Get Users."

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 8, 2023

TikTok and Influencers One viral video on TikTok can reach 1.5 3 Watch out for Startups and Emerging Markets Analyzing competitors’ activity in the market is essential, but businesses should think outside the box and keep track of startups and emerging markets. million people and generate monthly revenue.

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VC Cafe

MAY 13, 2014

Again and again (after a few drinks, of course) my European friends confided the same perception about Israeli startups: wonderful technologies, horrendous marketing. Viral Projects. Some brands understand the value of building a viral project, unrelated to their core offering, with broad appeal. Use stats.grok.se

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 23, 2013

Guest post by Lisa Regan, writer for The Lean Startup Conference. Analytics spark more questions and discussion than almost any other aspect of the Lean Startup method. Alistair and Ben, co-authors of the book Lean Analytics, will help you sort it out in our next webcast, Lean Analytics for Non-tech Companies.

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 28, 2012

Why has growth hacking so strongly resonated with the startup community? One explanation is that “growth hacking” is just a catchy way to rebrand marketers, but this begs the question as to why “growth hacking” went viral in the first place. Startups are facing growth challenges that were not apparent a few years ago.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, September 15, 2008 The one line split-test, or how to A/B all the time Split-testing is a core lean startup discipline, and its one of those rare topics that comes up just as often in a technical context as in a business-oriented one when Im talking to startups. Expo SF (May. . Expo SF (May.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

Another topic we debated early in the program was “lean startup” vs. “ fat startup ” where we both took the obvious hedge and said “it depends.” But truthfully both Dana and I are more aligned with the lean startup principles and believe you only go FAT when you’ve really proved out your product / market fit.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 7, 2008

It was one of those brilliant startup brainstorms that comes to the team in a flash, with a giant thunderclap. Eric, Excellent article about an essential technique for startups. To help find the right keywords, Ive written an article on my blog Web Startup Help that details How to Do Keyword Research for startups.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 12, 2008

vs. sustainable: Compare this to the renewable strategies, like viral marketing, SEO, widgets, and ads, which can scale into 10s of millions of users but are primarily centered around tough, non-user centric work. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? Expo SF (May. . Expo SF (May.

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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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Occam's Razor

APRIL 8, 2013

This thought was in my mind as I was reading Lean Analytics a new book by my friend Alistair Croll and his collaborator Benjamin Yoskovitz. In this post, we’ll look at each of the four steps in the Lean Analytics Cycle in more detail. If it's the number of invites sent, it's virality. But it is not routine.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 7, 2010

I’ve introduced a new class at Stanford to teach engineers, scientists and other professionals how startups really get built. In contrast, startups search for a business model. (Or Or more accurately, startups are a temporary organization designed to search for a scalable and repeatable business model.)

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 7, 2014

Automating processes with APIs, creating a large e-mail subscriber base, SEO and viral strategies are of course extremely valuable to any start-up. Don’t be afraid of growth, just start lean. The Lean start-up model is not only very useful when starting your business; it is something you want to embrace in every step of growth.

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Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 12, 2015

Over breakfast he got me up to date on his life since school (two non-CEO roles in startups,) but he wanted to talk about his third startup – the one he and two co-founders had started. In this first step, the goal of a startup is to search for a repeatable and scalable business model. Most startups die here.

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crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 19, 2012

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Startup (and Small Business) Tips: Ask Your Customers For Feedback. Startup Tips: Ask Your Customers For Feedback. Want to get a job at a startup? See the video above.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 26, 2021

Staples has developed a reputation in the marketing industry for being a creator of viral content. You’ll hear from Staples on the five positive emotions that are the most effective in content to get people to lean forward and share: happiness, awe, curiosity, empathy, and surprise. Click here to listen to the episode.

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Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 16, 2017

In February 2017, former Uber engineer Susan Fowler’s blog post about the sexual harassment she experienced while working at Uber went viral. The next semester, I went to a seminar sponsored by the organization Lean In when during a power point presentation I learned that less tan 18% of CS students were female.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 18, 2011

A few weeks ago, I wrote about Lean Marketing Strategies for Small Businesses and Startups. Many asked if we could share more lean marketing strategies and tips. Today’s post starts a new series in the crowdSPRING Blog – Lean Marketing 101 – focusing on lean marketing for startups and small businesses.

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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. We need to make sure we have these numbers. Great stuff.

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ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

Here are four critical challenges of tech startup PR. Technology industry startups have to pay more attention to their image than most other companies do. The business side chronicles which startups locked down financing rounds, who are providing them, and what the money is earmarked to do. Fighting a Poor Industry Reputation.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2013

I’m sure you’ve all heard saying derived from Voltaire, “don’t let perfect be the enemy of the good” which in a way is encapsulated in the lean startup movement and the ideology of shipping a “minimum viable product” (MVP) and then learning from your customer base. Startup Advice'

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This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 23, 2012

I have one failed attempt at a startup under my belt as a founder and I don't have any particularly usable skills that anyone would pay for like selling, designing, building, etc. Conferences, startup blogs, meetups--they're all filled with people telling you how to build your company. Most startups fail.

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View from Seed

MARCH 8, 2016

He and his firm are widely applauded for their work with high-growth startups, particularly those with a consumer focus. Unfortunately, too many startups come to us way too late. If you’re building a product that can grow virally—a social network, for example—brand is almost certainly less important at launch than product.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 31, 2011

Related posts: Lean Marketing Strategies for Small Businesses and Startups. 5 great viral marketing campaigns (and what small businesses can learn from them!). Do you have your own tips or resources for public relations? Share them here by posting a comment. Illustration: Eric (a.k.a.

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Hearpreneur

APRIL 13, 2022

One of the most important lessons entrepreneurs can learn from Dropbox is to adopt the lean start-up methodology and start. As a CEO of a technological startup, I often need to find trustworthy information as quickly as possible. Thanks to Fletcher Wimbush, The Hire Talent ! #2- 2- Dropbox. Photo Credit: Jared Stern. 4- Wikipedia.

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Mike Michalowicz

JUNE 23, 2023

Without further adieu, here’s your list – from me to you: Business Planning and Strategy: The Lean Startup by Eric Ries – How to build a business using an iterative and customer-focused approach. You can find these on Amazon, and be sure to find your local bookstore to support them as well.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 18, 2011

What are they, how do they differ and what can startup do to take advantage of them? Paths to Liquidity: a quick history of the four waves of startup investing. Lean Startups/Back to Basics (2000-2010): No IPO’s, limited VC cash, lack of confidence and funding fuels “lean startup” era with limited M&A and even less IPO activity.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 29, 2020

There has never been a viral outbreak of such magnitude before. In other words, you must start bootstrapping an online startup , because the future of the global business world is online. What is a startup? Before we look at ways to bootstrap a startup, let’s consider a comprehensive definition of what a startup is.

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crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 18, 2016

This simple fact led Michael Preysman to create Everlane , an online retail startup that intended to sell “Barney’s quality at one-third the price.” Preysman’s infographic was a viral masterpiece. Ultimately, a $6 tee shirt can be sold to the consumer for $50 or more. Image credit: Everlane.

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

startups want to launch their products without at least trying to language-market fit. Brendan Sterne , who unearthed the above articles on Amazon’s process, notes that Amazon differs from the model advocated in Lean Startup, which “aims to put a concrete prototype in front of consumers to validate the product.”.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

Costs of product on YouTube content is literally 99% cheaper than traditional TV and; Distribution of content can now go viral and can predictably distributed via social networks. No matter how much it bothers you, people do like to entertain themselves with a “lean back” experience. As humans we like story telling.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 19, 2011

In the world of startups and small business there are two basic kinds of company: those the media pays attention to, and all the rest. Related posts: Lean Marketing: Public Relations strategies for small businesses and startups. 5 great viral marketing campaigns (and what small businesses can learn from them!).

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ConversionXL

MARCH 31, 2021

The more shares a piece of content gets, the higher the chance of it ‘going viral. You can rig the game and play with these metrics if you want, by creating viral content or one that’s super searched for…but has nothing to do with your business. A share also suggests your reader agrees with or finds your content though-provoking.

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Brandanew

AUGUST 4, 2015

Theme 2: Social Media Marketing Tips For Startups And you! i) 5 Tips For Startups new to social media engagement. You can only measure social or content engagement once you know what it means for your brand or Startup. Theme 3: Life In A Startup. i) How to maintain work-life balance as a Startup founder.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 6, 2016

The problem is that most startups don’t have the budget to spend on fancy (or sometimes even simple) SEO tools or consultants to pay for deep analytics or content strategies. And for an overview of startup marketing, you should read this Kissmetrics post: The Ultimate Guide to Startup Marketing. Image credit: SEO.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 19, 2013

These are the companies that do the very best job engaging customers via the SM channels, creating viral content, and building strong word-of-mouth through their use of SM. Related posts: Lean Marketing: Facebook advertising for newbies. Lean Marketing: Delivering Customer Service via Social Media.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 27, 2009

At a high level, anything that drives virality should be free. To take your specific example about virality - why do we want to have more users sign up? I also work for a startup and we have been grappling with the same problem ever since we went public. No departments The Five Whys for Startups (for Harvard Business R.

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