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Startup Lessons Learned

I had really debated about whether there was any value in spending the time and money to fly to San Francisco when there was a perfectly serviceable simulcast going on in Cleveland. When I first encountered customer development , it was considered pure lunacy by mainstream entrepreneurs and VCs.

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Startup Lessons Learned

The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? 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? Expo SF (May.

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15 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Name

Hearpreneur

The name works for me because 1) it is general enough to not lock me into a particular market segment 2) it is connects to my Texas roots as Featherston (without the e) is a family name and 3) it is a metaphor for my services as I help companies become more agile while stuck grounded in systems & processes. Photo Credit: Jenny Hargrave.

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The Lean LaunchPad Goes to Middle School

Steve Blank

Hawken is an independent school for grades K-12 in Cleveland, Ohio, committed to the idea that students learn more “by doing than by listening.” Tuesday afternoon they got out of the building and headed to a local mall to begin the customer validation and development process. Develop project management and team communication skills.

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The Lean LaunchPad Goes to Middle School

Steve Blank

Hawken is an independent school for grades K-12 in Cleveland, Ohio, committed to the idea that students learn more “by doing than by listening.” Tuesday afternoon they got out of the building and headed to a local mall to begin the customer validation and development process. Develop project management and team communication skills.

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An Extensive Guide To Web Form Usability

uxdesign.smashingmagazine.com

One consistent problem with separated date fields is that some developers use two digit values in the list, so instead of hitting 8 and then 7 you actually have to fumble and usually just open the select list. i think this is a usability criteria that a lot of developers forget about! November 13th, 2011. November 8th, 2011.

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