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Is the Lean Startup Dead?

Steve Blank

A version of this article first appeared in the Harvard Business Review. Most entrepreneurs today don’t remember the Dot-Com bubble of 1995 or the Dot-Com crash that followed in 2000. Then the cycle repeats with a new set of technologies. The idea of the Lean Startup was built on top of the rubble of the 2000 Dot-Com crash.

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Twitter Link Roundup #166 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Why Good-Better-Best Prices Are So Effective | Rafi Mohammed-Harvard Business Review – [link]. How do I find good technical co-founders? LinkedIn – [link].

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A Non-Profit Lean Startup: The Story of Adopt-a-Pet

Startup Lessons Learned

David Meyer founded Adopt-a-Pet.com (formerly 1-800-Save-A-Pet.com) in 2000 as a way of ending pet overpopulation. Instead of running a non-profit that happened to be a web site, they reconceived Adopt-a-Pet as a technology company that happened to be a non-profit. The result was a reframing of how they understood their mission.

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Can You Trust Any vc's Under 40?

Steve Blank

Posted on September 14, 2009 by steveblank Over the last 30 years Wall Street’s appetite for technology stocks have changed radically – swinging between unbridled enthusiasm to believing they’re all toxic. The IPO Bubble – August 1995 – March 2000 In August 1995 Netscape went public, and the world of start ups turned upside down.

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Lessons Learned: A new version of the Joel Test (draft)

Startup Lessons Learned

He wrote it in 2000, and as far as I know has never updated it. Notice that none of those five reasons deals with TDD or automated testing, which have changed the game. I love Joels approach to usability, and I still recommend his free online book on UI design. This is the approach of test-driven-development (TDD).

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How Reed Hastings’ Facebook Status Update Landed Netflix in SEC’s Crosshairs

Gust

The move came as a shock to many in the tech business community, in which we’ve become accustomed to real-time disclosure by company executives through social media. To understand the SEC’s point of view , it’s necessary to review the principles underlying securities law in the United States.

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LinkedIn: The Series A Fundraising Story ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups. Silicon Valley is still emerging from the tech bubble and massive downturn of late 2000-2002. We’ve had a supportive board and encouraging metrics and a helpful climate for our community news notion (now 51 sites in 3 states). How to Evaluate Firms for a Seed VC.