bizthoughts.mikelee.org

MARCH 8, 2012

iPhone & iPad #distribution #ormaybemarketing # 19 hours ago @davemcclure Idea 2: Partner with someone with an established distribution channel, ie. toolbars in browsers #distribution # 19 hours ago @davemcclure Idea 1: Have a core part of your product become more useful with friends, ie.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 7, 2022

Since I began in 2010, there have been ups and downs, but I wouldn't have it any other way. By establishing a company dedicated to inventive and speedy product development, I am able to use cutting-edge technologies and consistently innovate faster than competitors. Historically, lighting equipment advanced at a glacial pace.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 5, 2010

But be philosophically consistent: periodically take the time to question your own expertise and that of your friends, partners and investors. But be philosophically consistent: periodically take the time to question your own expertise and that of your friends, partners and investors. Make the effort to test your assumptions.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 28, 2008

We pitch to potential partners, vendors, publishers, conferences, employees, and even lawyers. Its different from selling a product, because it is not part of our regular business practice, is not something that relates to our core competence, and tends not to happen in a repeatable and scalable way. April 23, 2010 in San Francisco.

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steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

AgileZen – project management visually see and interact with your work Kanbanery – Simple online team or personal kanban board LeanKit Kanban – Great for visualizing work of product development Kanban Pad – “Nice and lean” and free online Kanban tool Banana Scrum – A tool simple as Scrum itself.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 12, 2008

You might get a bunch of inbound emails from other press and partners, and all of these things can contribute to a feeling that you’re on your way to getting tons of traffic. Tell your Startup Visa story Speaking 2010: Webstock, GDC, Web 2.0, Thoughts on scientific product development Lo, my 5 subscribers, who are you?

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 21, 2015

Evangelos has spent the last 15 years as a Venture Capitalist, first at Apax Partners and later at Trident Capital. By the 1920’s, in the Age of the Automobile and Oil, large companies sought to control the new product development process. Companies built corporate venture capital and business development groups.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 30, 2009

I thought Id share a little bit of that, too: I’ve been interested in different approaches to software development going back to 1987 when – in my first company Feld Technologies – my partner Dave Jilk and I started talking about “semi-custom software development&# (way ahead of its time).

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www.quora.com

JANUARY 16, 2011

14 Comments • Nov 15, 2010 +1 for use of Platonic. D Craig Montuori • Nov 15, 2010 My original comment (asked as an answer): Well written, good points. Anon User • Nov 15, 2010 Ryan another thing you can do if you like is to vote up this answer, which will also show your endorsement of it.

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 7, 2010

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Wednesday, April 7, 2010 Learning is better than optimization (the local maximum problem) Lean startups don’t optimize. In fact, the curse of product development is that sometimes small things make a huge difference and sometimes huge things make no difference. Get me a new one&# was closer.

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Venture Chronicles

AUGUST 2, 2013

and more on point is that the best product is a result of what you learn from your customers, not what you think you should be doing. If we did anything egregiously wrong at Get Satisfaction in the 2010-1012 time period it was to under-invest in the product with the assumption that the existing product was good enough.

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 2, 2013

We interviewed the heads of the top Web and mobile development companies, incubators, agencies and labs to understand what it takes to design and develop the most successful apps of our generation. But if you were to replicate the product exactly, all those decisions are made for you. 1) Twitter.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 6, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, October 6, 2008 When NOT to listen to your users; when NOT to rely on split-tests There are three legs to the lean startup concept: agile product development , low-cost (fast to market) platforms , and rapid-iteration customer development. Were doomed! Or the press. Or to our team.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 8, 2009

I got a powerful taste of datablindness recently, as I’ve started to work with various large companies as partners in setting up events, speeches, and other products to sell around the Lean Startup concept. There are lots of good reasons why I can’t have instantaneous access to this data, and each partner has their own.

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www.informationarbitrage.com

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Home About Press IA Capital Partners Archives After 17 years in M&A, Derivatives and Trading, Im spending my time with young entrepreneurs in and around financial technology and digital media. Main February 23, 2010 Advice for CTO Founders: Dont Let Business Kill the Business Founding a technology company is an amazing thing.

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www.quora.com

JANUARY 16, 2011

24 Comments • Nov 8, 2010 I love this answer. Steve Smith • Nov 8, 2010 I've always thought that a funny thing to do would be to post an ad on Craigslist saying "I'm a rockstar developer who is looking for the next great idea. Yishan Wong • Nov 8, 2010 lol.if Rockstar v.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 26, 2009

As a result, the companies get a lot of exposure to VCs, investors, and partners in larger, more traditional startup hubs. Tell your Startup Visa story Speaking 2010: Webstock, GDC, Web 2.0, April 23, 2010 in San Francisco. And they expose the startups to a vast network of mentors, none of whom get paid for their involvement.

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mashable.com

JUNE 11, 2013

In fact, recent research shows that 75% of startups fail (based on a study of 2,000 startups that received VC funding from 2004 to 2010). At first, we tend to see the business and our partners at their best, full of promise, and cant conceive that they will ever be anything but their best. Some startups are destined for failure. "A

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blog.nahurst.com

JULY 19, 2010

Software developers are a hot commodity right now, and many of them know it, so theyre on the lookout for really stellar business people to partner with, not some run-of-the-mill, me-too idea having, 10k foot synergizer without any concrete sales prospects, marketing ability, or product experience. Jul 19, 2010 Mircea said.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 13, 2009

Establish credibility with potential partners. In some businesses, especially in certain industries like traditional enterprise software, you simply cannot bring a new product to market on your own. You need to combine your product with others, and this requires partners like OEMs or system integrators.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 27, 2009

Herein lies the reason my partner and I started Dillotronics - as well as the reason your take on the matter resonated so well here. Tell your Startup Visa story Speaking 2010: Webstock, GDC, Web 2.0, April 23, 2010 in San Francisco. Thanks for an enjoyable evening. June 3, 2009 8:16 PM Tom Gimbel said. Bring your questions.

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Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 7, 2008

At the end of the day, the product development team of a startup (large or small) is a service organization. It exists to serve the needs of customers, and it does this by offering its capabilities to other functions in the company, and partnering with them. Tell your Startup Visa story Speaking 2010: Webstock, GDC, Web 2.0,

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techcocktail.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

be the manager and product developer). 1 comment… read it below or add one } John Guidos August 27, 2010 at 7:55 pm I want to be your legal counsel. Team Roles: There are six main roles that most new organizations need to consider in some capacity. Where do I sign up?

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betashop.com

OCTOBER 8, 2012

On October 27, 2010 I wrote a blog post about the “ 57 Things I Learned Founding 3 Tech Companies.”. This past week while I was in Tokyo for meetings with potential partners for Fab, I was invited to participate in a panel discussion on startups. Fab.com Fab Feed Bradfords Blog. The discussion quickly turned to those 57 things.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 28, 2010

has announced this morning a $1 million round led by Genesis Partners, Blumberg Capital and Innovation Endeavors , Eric Schmidt’s investment fund, as well as private investors including Joe Londsdale (founder of Palantir). I sraeli startup Any.Do The company has shown traction through it’s current Android App, which has.

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Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 14, 2009

A great product enables customers, developers, partners, and even competitors to exchange their unique currencies in combinations that lead to financial success for the company that organizes them. Tell your Startup Visa story Speaking 2010: Webstock, GDC, Web 2.0, April 23, 2010 in San Francisco.

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VC Cafe

APRIL 9, 2010

V enture capital funding of Israel companies opened strongly in Q1 2010, with 55 deals completed since January 1oth 2o1o, according to Capital IQ. LucidLogix raised an $8 million round from Genesis Partners, Giza Venture Capital, and Rho Capital Partners for futher R&D and faster penetration of LucidLogix’s gaming graphics chip.

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Up and Running

MAY 23, 2016

List key partners and resources you will need, and then list your core team as well as their roles. List key partners and resources you will need, and then list your core team as well as their roles. Another great way to test your idea is to create a minimum viable product, or MVP. The importance of a domain name.

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bhargreaves.com

MARCH 7, 2010

In brief, startups succeed because there is strong alignment of interests among all parties, especially with the people who are actually building the product. Development shops who work for $100+/hour and take no equity are poor partners in a startup. Me Im Brad Hargreaves, an entrepreneur in residence at Tipping Point Partners.

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mashable.com

MAY 24, 2011

May 23, 2011 by Christina Warren 20 Share on Tumblr email share Share on Tumblr email share The Mobile App Trends Series is supported by Sourcebits , a leading product developer for mobile platforms. Sourcebits offers design and development services for iOS, Android, Mobile and Web platforms. Have an account?

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ConversionXL

JUNE 9, 2016

Essentially, any product that you’ve tweeted will include a buy button, which means your audience can buy from you without leaving Twitter. Twitter has teamed up with a number of eCommerce partners to make it all possible (and seamless). Increase the number of conversations taking place about your products / company.

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Great for visualizing work of product development. Mark Suster GRP Partners Advice. Philippe Botteri, Bessemer Venture Partners. Their Partners all come from industry, where each has held senior level executive positions delivering industry-leading products. accel partners. Advent Venture Partners.

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ctotodevelopers.blogspot.com

JULY 11, 2012

Technology leadership need to consider build/buy/partner options. Simple Agile Product Development. How to Kill Projects and Develop Agile Programs Pa. Trying to Develop a Death Star or a Flux Capacitor. ► 2010. (14). ► 2011. (14). ► November. (1). Top Ten Attributes of Agile Platforms.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 11, 2009

Suffice to say that our partners, vendors, and most importantly regular mainstream customers all found the idea disturbing. Eric, I am not only a member of the IMVU community, but I am your business partner. I was especially moved by this: "I am not only a member of the IMVU community, but I am your business partner.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2010

We’ll be conducting a series of educational programes covering: fund raising, team building, product development, sales, marketing, business development and how to prioritize your time as a CEO. In joining Launchpad he’s agreed to move here, which is a natural fit given their emerging set of media partners.

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techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

sites from scratch - Experienced with the majority of the social api’s (Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Meebo, PayPal, Flickr) - Experience managing offshore dev teams - Most recently a Director of Product Development at an early stage funded startup [link] meeblog » Blog Archive » starting up: finding your co-founders [.]

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Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 1, 2009

I see that as a great way for my product to grow, but while Ive partnered with companies in my consulting business, its not something Im as familiar with now that Im on the product side. I question what numbers I would need to be considered respectable and/or worth a potential partners time. Bring your questions.

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