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Lean Startups aren't Cheap Startups

Steve Blank

For those of you who have been following the discussion, a Lean Startup is Eric Ries ’s description of the intersection of Customer Development , Agile Development and if available, open platforms and open source. And most startup code and features end up on the floor as customers never really wanted them.

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Lessons Learned: Don't launch

Startup Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Friday, March 13, 2009 Dont launch Heres a common question I get from startups, especially in the early stages: when should we launch? And even worse, wed cranked up the burn rate in order to be ready to handle all those millions of mainstream customers we anticipated. Great article. Cannon said.

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Lessons Learned: Cash is not king

Startup Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Friday, March 27, 2009 Cash is not king Cash on hand is just one important variable in a startup’s life, but it’s not necessarily the most important. March 29, 2009 11:48 PM Sean Murphy said. Double your rate of failure." March 30, 2009 8:24 AM Eric said. Dave - completely agree.

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Lessons Learned: Achieving a failure

Startup Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Friday, January 30, 2009 Achieving a failure We spend a lot of time planning. This is why agility is such a prized quality in product development. The passionate early adopters who flocked to the product at its launch could not sustain this outsized burn rate. We can skip the chasm.