Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 5, 2010

When I wrote a review of Four Steps on this blog in November, 2008, I did my best to be candid and warn of a few shortcomings: And Steve is the first to admit that its a "turgid" read, without a great deal of narrative flow. Four Steps primarily centers its stories and case studies on B2B hardware and software startups.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 7, 2023

And we did that all the way back in 2008 and we said it, everyone went, you know, absolutely no way not gonna happen. (03:03): Now, you know, in 2023, people are going, well, you know, that's nothing new like Tiffani, like we've been doing this a while, but remember this was 2008. 03:51): Do we create a new role? Is the paper bamboo?

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 22, 2019

I’m not coming from a judgmental place because when I started in SEO, I launched my first site in 2008. John Jantsch: Yeah, and it really became important for them to start focusing on quality, them being the search engines, to focus on quality and I think that that probably goes more towards this idea of less but better.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 14, 2009

Through case studies, exercises, and discussions, Eric Ries will guide entrepreneurs of all stripes through the key areas that determine success for startups: product, engineering, QA, marketing, and business strategy. We attempted to use Waterfall and market ourselves as B2C. We changed our model to B2B and adopted Agile around 2002.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 22, 2010

Now is the time that you need “all hands on deck.&# That awesome gal you hired in engineering has job options and she knows it. Anyone around then knows that B2B stood for “back-to-banking&# and B2C stood for “back-to-consulting.&# I took people’s money. Their not committing quickly to that bridge.

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Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 10, 2008

Friday, October 10, 2008. The Bessemer 10 laws of SaaS - Fall 2008 Release. When we first published Bessemer’s Top 10 Laws for Being "SaaS-y" in early 2008 in conjunction with our annual invitation-only SaaS CEO Summit, we were overwhelmed with the positive response and feedback we received. Add RSS feed. SaaS 13 Index*.

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Occam's Razor

JANUARY 28, 2013

The suggestions engine they have. There is a lot any business — B2C, B2B, A2Z — can learn from Songza. Then they match it back to their rules engine that serves me the best options. So like every other human on the planet I go to my favorite search engine and type in "ADT Security Plans."

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