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Not All Those Who Wander Are Lost

Steve Blank

It’s been a year since I’ve been blogging. One of the downsides to a large number of blog posts is that older stories tend to get buried and hidden. These blogs began as an attempt to explain why a “book” I wrote wasn’t a book. Agile Opportunism – Entrepreneurial DNA……………… 5.

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Lessons Learned: The lean startup

Startup Lessons Learned

But by taking advantage of open source, agile software, and iterative development, lean startups can operate with much less waste. I am heavily indebted to earlier theorists, and highly recommend the books Lean Thinking and Lean Software Development. Labels: customer development , lean startup 8comments: Amy said.

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The Lean LaunchPad – Teaching Entrepreneurship as a Management Science

Steve Blank

There are few courses which teach aspiring entrepreneurs the skills (business models, customer and agile development, design thinking, etc.) We’ll build the class around the business model / customer development / agile development solution stack. Start your blog/wiki/journal.

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Startup Resources

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Based on the list posted on StartupWeekend Resources pag e and the TokBox blog. Steve Blank on Lean Customer Development. Website/Blogging. IP Location Tools. website/blog spelling checker. Test- and Behavior-Driven Development. Analytics blog â?? great web customer acquisition tutorials.

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The Sharp End of the Stick « Steve Blank

Steve Blank

In an early stage startup, instead of sales being up front, the point departments are likely to be product development and customer development. Later on in this same company’s life, sales will become the pointy end and product development moves to a supporting role. Don’t let this happen to your company.

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The cardinal sin of community management

Startup Lessons Learned

This post would be more coherent if we were able to understand in more detail what the platform features were that were changed, especially as in the SL context, "adult verification" produced a whopping 4,400 votes against it on the P-JIRA features proposal device, and numerous protest groups, actions, blogs, boycotts, etc.

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Lessons Learned: CPI > CPC

Startup Lessons Learned

Other than that, you know their IP address, maybe their browser version or what country they are in. Wouldnt you rather relate to customers in that frame of mind than on TV or in a banner ad? And, as a customer, wouldnt you rather be treated that way? In other words, not very much. Expo SF (May.