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Why The Government is Isn’t a Bigger Version of a Startup

Steve Blank

academia was engaged in weapon systems research for the Defense Department and intelligence community. Some of the best and brightest wanted to work for defense contractors or corporate research and development labs. Some of the speed is simply due to development methodologies. There was a time when much of U.S.

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Lessons Learned: Product development leverage

Startup Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Sunday, April 26, 2009 Product development leverage Leverage has once again become a dirty word in the world of finance, and rightly so. But I want to talk about a different kind of leverage, the kind that you can get in product development. Its a key lean startup concept. Yeah, weve got that.

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The cardinal sin of community management

Startup Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Friday, September 11, 2009 The cardinal sin of community management Once you have a product launched, you will the face the joys – and the despair – of a community that grows up around it. This probably sounds illogical. Then the reality of our problem hit us.

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14 Entrepreneurs Share Their Views on Writing a Business Plan or Not

Hearpreneur

That way you can focus on what's important and not worry about whether or not your marketing strategy or product development process makes sense. 14- No, as I relied on customer feedback Photo Credit: Michael Mastin I relied on agility and adaptability. Don’t forget to join our #IamCEO Community. Thanks to Michael E.

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Beyond the garage

Startup Lessons Learned

It may be hard to remember that there was a time when people in the agile software development community thought Lean Startup was incompatible with agile practices. SLLCONF featured incredible entrepreneurs on stage to put those ideas to rest (watch, for example: Aardvark , Grockit , Dropbox , PBworks ).

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30 Entrepreneurs Share Their One Prediction for Business in 2022

Hearpreneur

Think of the agility that comes with CAI, etc. Companies will also be able to simplify product. development and educate customers about their services in the best way possible. Thanks to Christina Russo, The Kitchen Community ! #29- Don’t forget to join our #IamCEO Community. Thanks to Michael Sills, NeoGamr !

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5 Tips to Becoming a More Customer Centric Organization

Both Sides of the Table

Getting Customers Involved in Product Priorities – Around the time that Salesforce.com acquired my company we also acquired a company called CrispyNews. They had decided to take a Digg style approach to product development. But I believe that it creates an authentic relationship with your community.

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