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Thank you

Startup Lessons Learned

Expo Intensive rocked, the mainstream media has started writing about the Lean Startup, and - most of all - the movement continues to grow and evolve. When I first encountered customer development , it was considered pure lunacy by mainstream entrepreneurs and VCs. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n.

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Marching through quicksand

Startup Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, August 24, 2009 Marching through quicksand I have been spending a lot of time lately talking to people in various media companies: editors and agents, executives, journalists, producers and directors. For established media empires, this is a scary fact.

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The Lean Startup Workshop - now an O'Reilly Master Class

Startup Lessons Learned

The response so far has been nothing short of overwhelming, and I want to especially thank those of you who participated in the survey and customer validation exercise that helped shape this event. Twitter about it or post it to a social media site? Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n.

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Getting educated about advertising, agencies, and media buyers

Startup Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Wednesday, November 5, 2008 Getting educated about advertising, agencies, and media buyers I see lots of startups whose business plans revolve around selling high-value ad space to brand advertisers. Big-time media buying is a complex ecosystem that includes many entrenched players.

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Case Study: SlideShare goes freemium

Startup Lessons Learned

It requires separating the product launch from the marketing launch (see Dont Launch ) as well as other staple Lean Startup tactics: minimum viable product, split-testing, customer development and the pivot. SlideShare asked customers what they had expected in the product; the responses were often literal descriptions.

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Lessons Learned: The lean startup at UC Berkeley Haas School of.

Startup Lessons Learned

The customer is unknown, the product is unknown, and startups must be built to learn. It represents the triumph of learning, over the naive startup creation myths we read about in the media. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? IMVU learned to learn.

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Lessons Learned: The App Store after the gold rush

Startup Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Tuesday, October 7, 2008 The App Store after the gold rush I wrote earlier about the issue of distribution advantage on the iPhone. Customers and prospects are overwhelmed by the number of media and companies clamoring for their attention. October 13, 2008 8:25 AM Eric said.