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Lessons Learned: Using AdWords to assess demand for your new.

Startup Lessons Learned

It was fall 2004, and the presidential election was in full swing. The net result: we sold exactly zero presidential debate avatars. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. Towards a new entrepreneurship ► 2009 (88) ► December (4) Continuous deployment for mission-critical applica.

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Lessons Learned: SEM on five dollars a day

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Since we were only paying per click, it didnt cost us anything to cast a wide net. BillSeitz - yes, but that was already true back in 2004. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. Towards a new entrepreneurship ► 2009 (88) ► December (4) Continuous deployment for mission-critical applica.

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How to listen to customers, and not just the loud people

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This was 2004, and we had never even heard of MySpace, let alone had any understanding of social networking. Some techniques that Ive found especially helpful: Build your own tracking survey, using a methodology like Net Promoter Score (NPS) to identify and get a regular check-up from promoters (and to screen out detractors).

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Lessons Learned: Why PHP won

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When we started IMVU in 2004, we could rely on a staggering amount of open source software that jumpstarted our initial product offering. NET CREATIVE MIND TEAM [link] February 17, 2009 2:32 AM Anonymoussaid. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. February 4, 2009 10:40 AM James said. Thanks Again.

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