Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 27, 2009

and lean manufacturing to guide the creation of technology businesses that create disruptive innovation. This presentation will empower entrepreneurs and managers to: -Identify a profitable business model faster and cheaper than your competitors. for Harvard Business Revie. Take a look and let me know what you think.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 8, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Saturday, August 8, 2009 Introducing the Lean Startup Cohort subscription program Over the past few months, I have been engaged in another customer discovery exercise with passionate early adopters of the lean startup methodology. This program would be by subscription only; each company would pay $3000/month.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 28, 2009

On the one hand, I think they have an urgent problem, and need to invest 100% of their energy into finding a business model (or another form of traction). Eric - There is definitely a business/marketing analog to exactly this situation that happens a lot too. for Harvard Business Revie.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 29, 2009

For example, IMVU’s early business model was made possible by Paypal’s easy self-serve and open access payment system. To do that, we add specific speed regulators, like integrating source control with our continuous integration server or the more elaborate dance required for continuous deployment.

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 14, 2009

What matters is proving the viability of the company’s business model, what investors call “traction.&# Of course this is not at all true of many profitable small businesses, but they are not what I mean by startups.) for Harvard Business Revie. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 13, 2009

You have to know your business model. Most startups launch before theyve figured out what business theyre in. Would have been nice to have this last year when I started my own business. A soft launch is a very good test to your business model, and allow you to fix bugs and optimize your products.

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APRIL 18, 2010

What differentiates them is their disciplined approach to determining when to spend money: after the fundamental elements of the business model have been empirically validated. for Harvard Business Revie. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. Learning is better than optimization (the local ma.

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JUNE 21, 2010

This is equally true of a packaged good in a grocery store, an ecommerce website, a non-profit social service or a variety of government programs. Most businesses – large and small alike – are typically excluded by this context. Most businesses – large and small alike – are typically excluded by this context.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 15, 2010

We have to continually invent new categories of products, new platforms, and new business models – all extremely risky bets. We have to continually invent new categories of products, new platforms, and new business models – all extremely risky bets. for Harvard Business Revie.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 17, 2009

Identify a profitable business model faster and cheaper than your competitors. Continuously discover what customers want to buy before building or making follow-on investments in new features. for Harvard Business Revie. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. Amazon PostRank

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AUGUST 16, 2010

With careful and continuous learning processes, SlideShare is inverting that idea and going to market with a validated product. That is the essence of proving the business in micro-scale. Well see if the marketing launch results follow the predictions of SlideShares validated business model. for Harvard Business Revie.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 9, 2009

No business model, either. All my products and ideas focus on early cash and a business model that works from the first day. So, the idea of starting without a business model is good ? It doesn't matter what business model you have thought about, in the early day. And Google?

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