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The new startup arms race (for Huffington Post)

Startup Lessons Learned

In the past two decades, they have accounted for nearly all the net job growth in our country. The cost of creating new companies is falling rapidly, and access to markets, distribution, and information is within the reach of anyone with an Internet connection. Startups are the lifeblood of our economy.

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A new field guide for entrepreneurs of all stripes

Startup Lessons Learned

While I got my start as a technology entrepreneur, I have always felt that industries such as traditional book publishing or Fortune 500 retailing will reap huge competitive advantages by adopting Lean Startup approaches. Will you need a big net (full-page ads in the WSJ) to catch lots of small sardines? It was a fairly organic thing.

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Lessons Learned: Principles of Lean Startups, presentation for.

Startup Lessons Learned

As Ive written previously , lean startups are built upon three main trends: Technology commoditization. Combined with the technology trends above, it also enables rapid deployment strategies like just-in-time scalability. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. Agile software development.

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Lessons Learned: SEM on five dollars a day

Startup Lessons Learned

Since we were only paying per click, it didnt cost us anything to cast a wide net. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. Towards a new entrepreneurship ► 2009 (88) ► December (4) Continuous deployment for mission-critical applica. We tried obvious competitors as well as long-shots.

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

Startup Lessons Learned

If youre just getting negativity from someone, they are more likely a internet troll - not an earlyvangelist. 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: What is customer development?

Startup Lessons Learned

This theory has become so influential that I have called it one of the three pillars of the lean startup - every bit as important as the changes in technology or the advent of agile development. Very few startups fail for lack of technology. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n.

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Lessons Learned: The four kinds of work, and how to get them done.

Startup Lessons Learned

Playing with new technologies. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. Towards a new entrepreneurship ► 2009 (88) ► December (4) Continuous deployment for mission-critical applica. Four kinds of work Innovation / R&D - this is what all startups do in their earliest stages.