Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 4, 2008

In 2007, BusinessWeek named Ries one of the Best Young Entrepreneurs of Tech and in 2009 he was honored with a TechFellow award in the category of Engineering Leadership. Thanks to Suns amazing PR blitz, there was tremendous demand for experts on Java, and I did my best to convince people that I was one of that mythical breed.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 9, 2009

Im confident of that last statement, because I made the same mistake again a few years later, when I won an award in 2007. Then I wouldnt have the chance to work with the incredible employees and mentors from whom I learned so much. We go to mixers, buy fancy offices, focus on PR, and try to one-up each other.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 11, 2009

Eric, When I came to IMVU back in 2007, I had really enjoyed the actual product (the chat client) and getting to know the regulars on the forum. Compared to 2007, the chat client runs whole lot smoother (well, right before 2.0 And when you have employees who really believe they are deserving of such, you are building a bad product.

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