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Is the Lean Startup Dead?

Steve Blank

And if their initial guesses were wrong, they needed a process that would permit them to change early on in the product development process when the cost of changes was small – the famed “pivot”. Still, unless your startup has access to large pools of capital or have a brand name like Katzenberg, Lean still makes sense. The result?

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20 years ago Raj and I started a little company together in our dorm room…

Jeff Hilimire

It was there that I was placed with a roommate named Raj Choudhury , a skinny British kid who was immediately the most interesting person I had ever met. 2001 – Raj and I at our first ‘real’ office – Colony Square in midtown Atlanta. Raj and I found we shared two passions: Tetris and building websites.

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[ADV] Admiral Markets – Make Your Financial Transactions Risk Free And Protected

YoungUpstarts

Admiral Markets specialises in developing and marketing various technically advanced trading software solutions. Worldwide presence:- Right from its inception in the year 2001, Admiral Markets have successfully made a name for itself in the world market.

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15 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Name

Hearpreneur

What exactly is going to be the name of your business? Whatever the inspiration or relation may be, the naming of your business is one of the most important parts of becoming a CEO. When brainstorming a name for a new venture, zero in on the promise you want to make to your customers. 1 – Modern Warriors.

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Ecommerce: How to Survive its Troughs

ReadWriteStart

The rise of ecommerce started in 2001 – during the growth of the commercial availability of the internet in households. It’s during the rise of this revenue model; banks found a way to increase their presence by pushing development in online payment gateways like Paypal, VISA, etc. But your brand’s name is nowhere to be seen.

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The unimportance of product names

37signals.com

The unimportance of product names. Don’t waste too much time on picking a perfect name for your product. And what about picking a name that’s available as a domain? Obsessing over a name is an easy time trap to fall into when you should be focused on more important obstacles (i.e. Apr 27 2010. Ty Fujimura.

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Back To Basics: Document Management Best Practices

YoungUpstarts

Most businesses have a large problem with staying consistent with the way folders are named and structured. Consistent Naming of Documents. People constantly name files the way they want, which creates a major headache when searching for the files. Avoid using names that are overly cryptic. Sharing Files Securely.