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Lean Startup fbFund wrap-up

Startup Lessons Learned

bigs : @ericries says Stealth dev is a (undesirable, failure-presaging) customer-free zone. LeanStartup Of course, a big enabler of those kinds of mistakes is stealth-mode. Another recent meme that I hope more and more startups will take to heart: "stealth is a customer-free zone." Use some customer development to find out.

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Lessons Learned: Using AdWords to assess demand for your new.

Startup Lessons Learned

Now were not exactly in stealth-mode - weve pitched at Techcrunch - but Id rather not go dancing in my competitors faces. Tell your Startup Visa story Speaking 2010: Webstock, GDC, Web 2.0, April 23, 2010 in San Francisco. One concern I might have with doing this is that you are competing for ad space with your competitors.

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How to conduct a Five Whys root cause analysis

Startup Lessons Learned

Labels: five whys root cause analysis , product development 15comments: Anonymoussaid. I feel like I would have to introduce this by stealth. Tell your Startup Visa story Speaking 2010: Webstock, GDC, Web 2.0, April 23, 2010 in San Francisco. Leave your thoughts in a comment. I’ll do my best to help.)

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Bitesize Friday – Israeli Funding Recap

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V enture capital funding of Israel companies opened strongly in Q1 2010, with 55 deals completed since January 1oth 2o1o, according to Capital IQ. An undisclosed round in stealth startup ToyToyToy, which offers an online service that links websites for actual toys. Apr-8-2010. Apr-8-2010. Apr-7-2010. Apr-7-2010.

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Lessons Learned: Achieving a failure

Startup Lessons Learned

Build the product in stealth mode to build buzz for the eventual launch. It was considered naive that the "next AOL" would ship a product that wasnt ready for prime time. Stealth is a customer-free zone. This is why agility is such a prized quality in product development. We can skip the chasm. Great post!!!