Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 14, 2009

I have counseled innumerable entrepreneurs to change their focus to revenue, and many companies who refuse this advice get themselves into trouble by running out of iterations. What matters is proving the viability of the company’s business model, what investors call “traction.&# Go on an agile diet quickly.

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 18, 2010

Those general managers are entrepreneurs , too. And they can benefit from the speed and discipline of starting with a minimum viable product and then learning and iterating continuously. Those general managers are entrepreneurs , too. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup?

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The Next Web

AUGUST 6, 2013

They didn’t validate their business model before investing so much in it and under-estimated the “last mile” problem. Here are a few pointers: Have your developers use agile development – they will love you for it. Entrepreneur Insider tnwcontributors' Real world example: WebVan vs Zappos. Contrast this to Zappos.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 21, 2010

But this cinematic view of entrepreneurs is flawed in many ways. Most businesses – large and small alike – are typically excluded by this context. But it is not a startup, because its success depends only on decent execution – so much so that this success can be modeled with high accuracy.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 15, 2010

We have to continually invent new categories of products, new platforms, and new business models – all extremely risky bets. In other words, the old “manager vs. entrepreneur&# dichotomy is breaking down. In other words, the old “manager vs. entrepreneur&# dichotomy is breaking down.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 8, 2009

In particular, we would cover customer development, continuous deployment, minimum viable product, and actionable metrics. I continue to work on additional programs and products for bootstrapped and angel-backed startups, as well as for enterprise and future entrepreneurs. I love the business model.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 7, 2009

I spent some time with his company before the conference and discussed ways to get started with continuous deployment , including my experience introducing it at IMVU. Moreover, approaching the problem from the direction that I had intuitively is a recipe for never reaching a point where continuous deployment is feasible.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 16, 2010

Because the stakes were high, they had to successfully use a technique I call Innovation inside the box which is important for entrepreneurs inside established companies of all sizes. With careful and continuous learning processes, SlideShare is inverting that idea and going to market with a validated product. Expo SF (May.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 17, 2009

For entrepreneurs who have been on the path, it may be straight forward to get started. Identify a profitable business model faster and cheaper than your competitors. Continuously discover what customers want to buy before building or making follow-on investments in new features. What about the rest of us? Expo SF (May.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 9, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Thursday, July 9, 2009 10 years of entrepreneurship I recently passed my ten-year anniversary of becoming an entrepreneur. No business model, either. BusinessWeek named me one of the top young entrepreneurs in tech , based on my work at IMVU. Heck, Id already seen Friendster flame out.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 13, 2009

Figuring this out takes time, and few entrepreneurs have the patience to wait it out, because the business plan does such a good job of explaining what customers are going to think. The problem is that customers dont read your business plan. You have to know your business model. Most startups arent so fortunate.

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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. No departments The Five Whys for Startups (for Harvard Business R.

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Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 14, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, December 14, 2009 Business ecology and the four customer currencies Lately, I’ve been rethinking the concept of “business model&# for startups, in favor of something I call “business ecology.&# Constructing a working business model is a form of ecosystem design.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 28, 2009

On the one hand, I think they have an urgent problem, and need to invest 100% of their energy into finding a business model (or another form of traction). Labels: agile , product development , Test-driven development 11comments: William Pietri said. No departments The Five Whys for Startups (for Harvard Business R.

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