Startup Professionals Musings
AUGUST 25, 2017
This new culture builds on hobbyist technologies, extends the open-source inventory of hardware and software, and bridges the gap into real business solutions with other advantages, as follows: Shortens the time and cost from idea to prototype. There are already more than 2000 hackerspaces worldwide, as listed on the Hackerspace Wiki.
Startup Lessons Learned
SEPTEMBER 15, 2008
But by taking advantage of open source, agile software, and iterative development, lean startups can operate with much less waste. One that is powered by three drivers, each of which is a part of a major trend: The use of platforms enabled by open source and free software. What are the characteristics of a lean startup?
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Startup Lessons Learned
SEPTEMBER 22, 2008
is an elegant way to model any service-oriented business: Acquisition Activation Retention Referral Revenue We used a very similar scheme at IMVU, although we werent lucky enough to have started with this framework, and so had to derive a lot of it ourselves via trial and error. The AARRR model (hence pirates, get it?) Bring your questions.
discuss.joelonsoftware.com
NOVEMBER 1, 2010
Links: » Joel on Software discussion » Business of Software discussion » Business of Software FAQ » Business of Software Wiki » Forum guidelines (Please read before posting!) In the second group, you are recruiting from the zillions of people who would voluntarily sign up to work on an open source project.
Startup Lessons Learned
SEPTEMBER 13, 2008
And one day a remarkable thing happened: we started making more than five dollars a day in revenue. You mention "we had also built a simple cohort-based analytics system" Is tihs a commercial/open source systems. Lean Startup Wiki - including a complete list of local meetups and meetup organizers. Bring your questions.
Startup Lessons Learned
SEPTEMBER 28, 2008
In fact, in the early days, when IMVU would experience unexpected surges of revenue or traffic, it was inevitable that every person in the company was convinced that their project was responsible. Lean Startup Wiki - including a complete list of local meetups and meetup organizers. Seth Godin: How often should you publish?
www.chubbybrain.com
SEPTEMBER 28, 2011
spent $20 million to get back to the same revenue that I had when I was CEO. created a vastly higher cost structure; I had 80 people mostly on base salaries under $100,000 and was bringing in revenue at the rate of $20 million annually. spent $20 million to get back to the same revenue that I had when I was CEO.
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