Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 7, 2008

They would make commercials about a new book series, and then run the commercials at times when the TV rates were low (late night, UHF channels, etc) If they got enough orders, they then decided to print the series. Using AdWords to assess demand for your new online. Otherwise they just canceled the orders with some excuse.

Demand 167

Demand San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment 167

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Either way, you can use any marketing channel thats available to bring in new customers, including word of traditional advertising, SEO, SEM - wherever you can find prospects who are going to find your product addicting. . For Neopets, its simply a side-effect of their game-like product design. Expo SF (May.

San Francisco 167

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 24, 2009

Or follow all of the New York Times columnists equally? This is good news for everyone except those who have huge legacy investments in large-batch distribution. Mass blasts of information are ineffective, because the broadcast channels are suffering from information overload (even in social media).

San Francisco 113

San Francisco Lean Technical Review Distribution 113

Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 18, 2010

My transition to Continuous Deployment Prior to adopting continuous deployment, I used to release software on a weekly schedule (come rain or shine) which I viewed as pretty agile, disciplined, and aggressive. The release process took at least half a day and sometimes the whole day. I am not advocating adding no features at all. Expo SF (May.

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Continuous Deployment San Francisco Lean Wiki 151

Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 14, 2009

Because they have no presence in the market, they have to find distribution channels to bring in customers. Go on an agile diet quickly. With a product development team that is not shipping, any agile methodology will surface major problems quickly. Labels: agile , customer development 15comments: Scott Shapiro said.

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Customer San Francisco Lean Hockey Stick 167

Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 4, 2009

Today, Id like to spend some time on two techniques: the problem presentation and learning what channels of information reach customers. In particular, Ive focused on the two channels of communication that were most commonly suggested in the first survey: conferences and books. Combining agile development with customer developm.

San Francisco 68

San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment DC 68

Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 3, 2017

Since, Daisi Media Corp is basically a shell for our media channels and family of sites and e-commerce businesses, I had the freedom to focus more creativity on naming other brands of the business. The Hacker Chick Blog ended up becoming one of the top agile software development blogs on the Internet. Look out Ryan Seacrest!

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Naming Entrepreneur LLC Social Media 78

Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 26, 2009

We combined three tactics: extensive use of free software, an open platform for user-generated content, and leveraged distribution channels. Leveraged distribution channels. So we tried to craft a strategy that would give us the product development leverage we needed to serve all customers. Expo SF (May.

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Product Development Developer San Francisco Product 88

ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 17, 2011

Sawyier went to New York City to get investment capital and is most likely to go there for additional rounds. Understand your distribution channel, or how you reach your customers. Don't just rely on Facebook friends and other virtual methods in building your channel. Don't be afraid to leave town to get more money.

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Internet St. Louis New York City Entrepreneur 142

mashable.com

MAY 9, 2011

a New York-based sizzle reel production company specializing in promotional videos for PR and marketing professionals, and the Young Entrepreneur Council. Organization and Execution Your new CTO should be able to handle your development team so that projects run along smoothly. Danny Wong , Blank Label Group, Inc. startupcto

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Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 19, 2009

Given that most recruiting channels are pay-for-performance, its usually cheaper, too, because it has a lower conversion rate. Kent Beck keynote, "To Agility, and Beyond" Six streaming locations Interviews ► March (7) New conference website, speakers, agenda Two new scholarship programs for lean startups Speed up or slow down?

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Up and Running

APRIL 3, 2017

For example: We’re a New York-based jewelry company that turns women in developing countries into entrepreneurs. Step 2: Choose the right social media channels. When it comes to recruiting on social media, not all channels are created equal.

Social Media 96

Social Media Employee Media Hiring 96

Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 5, 2009

She has a separate team, with its own culture and office, and a mandate straight from top management to innovate without regard to the company’s historic products, channels, or supply chain. So somebody from the CFO’s organization prepares an ROI-justification spreadsheet for this new team. . So far, so good. Expo SF (May.

San Francisco 102

San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment Startup 102

Steve Blank

JUNE 1, 2017

I spent my first seventeen years in a city where there were just three major TV channels, three major newspapers, and no Internet. And that was in New York City. When each of the other six waves initially arrived, the early adopters were the more agile outliers. If I wanted to look something up, I had to go to library.

North Korea 252

North Korea Social Media .Net Europe 252

Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 16, 2010

Early this year, SlideShare launched custom channels. Designed for large businesses, the channels let a company share several types of documents, brand the channel with their own design elements, and then include display advertising, contest promotions, blog aggregation, social media integration and metrics reporting.

San Francisco 167

San Francisco Lean Analytics Continuous Deployment 167

Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

Not being caught up in a corporate management structure gives me the freedom and agility to be at the top of our game. Thanks to Karen Brown New York ! #15 Over the last year, I have learned SO much about patents, the manufacturing process, innovation / product design, channel strategy…the list goes on and on.

Entrepreneur 48

Entrepreneur Fresno LLC Community 48

Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 25, 2020

44:25) Parallels between the pandemic and previous crises, and Carl's thoughts on some of the new norms that will arise. (45:28) I was the division president for the northeast division on 9/11, and all the stores in New York and New Jersey and, obviously, all the east coast stores for Circuit City were mine. Go get them.

Technical Review 148

Technical Review Balance Sheet Texas Austin 148

Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 31, 2009

As you can tell from recent posts, Ive been experimenting with different formats and channels to try and find the best way to help. And today I am excited to announce a new experiment: the Lean Startup workshop. Combining agile development with customer developm. Expo SF (May. Conference streaming, sponsors, discounted tickets.

Lean 68

Lean San Francisco Continuous Deployment DC 68

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 19, 2009

In other words, the service transforms tweets into professional reports that are sent by snail mail, fax, and email - the channels that actually have attention paid to them. Because it checks your registration against voting rolls, members of congress know that the contacts being received are from actual voters, not just astro-turf.

San Francisco 150

San Francisco Founder DC Washington 150

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

g2s The very abbreviated version of Customer Development (channeling Steve Blank ). Kent Beck keynote, "To Agility, and Beyond" Six streaming locations Interviews ► March (7) New conference website, speakers, agenda Two new scholarship programs for lean startups Speed up or slow down? once it launches.

San Francisco 92

San Francisco DC Washington Lean 92

Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 7, 2008

The App Store is a channel for customer acquisition. As the channel gets more and more crowded, just launching an app in the store is getting worse and worse as a strategy for each new entrant. On the web, we have many of these channels: SEM, SEO, world of mouth, PR and viral. Expo SF (May.

San Francisco 68

San Francisco Lean Retention SEM 68

Occam's Razor

MAY 2, 2017

The challenge I want to take on is to be specific in the recommendations make, and to share how we can be very nimble and agile. Since email is so important as an acquisition channel (and since likely nothing else works for them), I choose one of my three favorite email marketing metrics , CTDR. Newspapers: Tampa Bay Times.

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Metrics Acquisition eCommerce Analytics 141

Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 11, 2009

Those who have tried to build apps that exist just as glorified landing pages or marketing channels have generally failed. And, most importantly, you have several reliable communciation channels to talk to them including including email, profile notifications, feed items and status messages. Expo SF (May.

San Francisco 68

San Francisco Social Network Lean Continuous Deployment 68

Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 13, 2009

Again, its critical to focus your marketing launch on those publications, venues, and channels that your potential partners are paying attention to. New York Times, Wall Street Journal, CNN, the works. Dont chicken out and do a closed beta; get real customers in through real renewable channels. Dont scale. Expo SF (May.

San Francisco 168

San Francisco PR Lean Early Stage 168

Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 31, 2009

Maybe location-specific "channels"? Kent Beck keynote, "To Agility, and Beyond" Six streaming locations Interviews ► March (7) New conference website, speakers, agenda Two new scholarship programs for lean startups Speed up or slow down? July 31, 2009 11:16 AM BillSeitz said. Function-specific?

San Francisco 68

San Francisco Lean Startup Continuous Deployment 68

www.readwriteweb.com

MAY 10, 2012

An agile approach with responsive design considers these issues from the start, but will require more upfront wireframing, design and testing that are omitted in the waterfall process. In our agile and responsive process, the design must live on a flexible grid. Silverlight Lives On in New SQL Server 2012 Reporting Tool.

Web 76

Web Design Software Review Widget 76

Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 24, 2009

As notification channels get stuffed full of these messages, customers tune them out (or platforms have to put in place dramatic limits on access). the fatigue rate of customers in that notification channel 2. Combining agile development with customer developm. It only makes sense in certain situations. It all depends on: 1.

Metrics 88

Metrics San Francisco Lean Viral 88

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 18, 2008

There are other models, in other distribution channels. As the AppStore becomes increasingly saturated one of the goals of the socialDeck platform is to create an alternative distribution channel -- a way to drive installs of casual games outside of the AppStore oligopoly. On Facebook, viral distribution has proved decisive.

Distribution 74

Distribution San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment 74

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

Teams use the Lean Startup toolkit: the Business Model Canvas + Customer Development process + Agile Engineering. These three tools allow startups to focus on the parts of an early stage venture that matter the most: the product, product/market fit, customer acquisition, revenue and cost model, channels and partners.

Oakland 326

Oakland Incubator Lean Metrics 326

YoungUpstarts

MAY 4, 2015

So instead of “renting” social interaction, these companies are owning more of their social experiences – by creating their own customized channels. By creating your own social channel, your company has greater say and control over its brand image. Receive a treasure trove of data about your customers.

Social Network 100

Social Network Vertical Networking San Francisco 100

Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 14, 2009

A minimum viable product in this category must answer the question: does my media content or channel command the attention of a valuable audience? A minimum viable product in this category must answer the question: does my media content or channel command the attention of a valuable audience? Expo SF (May.

Customer 156

Customer San Francisco Viral Lean 156

Occam's Razor

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

And, as I mentioned above, I've worked hard to create a collection of platforms — this blog, my Google+ outpost , my new LinkedIn influencer channel , my start-up Market Motive — where I can do all the blue things that I can't do at work. The web demands immense agility and flexibility within every company.

Saudi Arabia 166

Saudi Arabia Green Leadership Framework 166

Occam's Razor

JANUARY 9, 2012

The problem is Marketing and lack of imagination in using the web/digital channels. The web demands immense agility and flexibility from every company. We live in a hyper fragmented world with, quite literally, hundreds of TV channels, thousands of social connections and millions of websites. Now you know. #4 I bike ride a lot.

Marketing 140

Marketing Analytics Web Channel 140

Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 22, 2008

Because the book is chock-full of examples of how to do this in older industries, I will focus on my experience integrating NPS into an online service, although it should be noted that it works equally well if your primary contact with customers is through a different channel, such as the telephone. is usually asked on a 0-10 point scale.

.Net 158

.Net Operations San Francisco Lean 158

Agile VC

APRIL 13, 2012

New York never went through a phase as a suburban startup hub… basically just an urban boom as Silicon Alley 1.0 in the late ’90s and then again a renaissance in the last 5yrs (both in Manhattan & Brooklyn) which has roughly coincided with a broader urbanization trend.

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Silicon Valley San Francisco San Jose Startup 185

YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 26, 2016

Despite being a bootstrapped company with little revenue, we over-invested in a central New York City office at a rate of 15% rent to revenue. There are also unforeseen disasters, such as the 2008 financial crisis, that businesses need to be agile enough to overcome.

Software Review 100

Software Review New York City Salary Employee 100

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

the failure rate of new ventures (startups had no formal rules and were a hit or miss proposition), the slow adoption rate of new technologies by the government and large companies. Venture capital used to be a tight club clustered around formal firms located in Silicon Valley, Boston, and New York.

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