Hearpreneur

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Thanks to Rodney Warner, Connective Web Design LLC ! #2- In the entrepreneurial ecosystem, where agility and adaptability are key, quitting can be particularly detrimental. Entrepreneurship is often about pushing boundaries and thinking outside the box, something that's hard to achieve if team members aren't fully engaged.

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Hearpreneur

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Thanks to Rodney Warner, Connective Web Design LLC ! #2- In the entrepreneurial ecosystem, where agility and adaptability are key, quitting can be particularly detrimental. Entrepreneurship is often about pushing boundaries and thinking outside the box, something that's hard to achieve if team members aren't fully engaged.

Entrepreneur 105

Entrepreneur Employee Revenue LLC 105

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 19, 2020

Mobile and web software apps may cost even less. Many have disappeared, and others have forgotten how to be agile and innovative. This can cause early investor dilution, lower ultimate returns or leave the startup stranded. The large investment amounts preferred by VCs are no longer needed to launch winners.

Angel Investor 314

Angel Investor Venture Capital Silicon Valley Startup 314

Steve Blank

MARCH 8, 2011

It was designed to bring together many of the new approaches to building a successful startup – customer development, agile development, business model generation and pivots. – not just web-based startups. In January, we introduced a new graduate course at Stanford called the " target="_blank">Lean LaunchPad.

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Lean Business Model Customer Development Guinea 298

Steve Blank

JUNE 11, 2009

Agile – you may find the real opportunities for your company was somewhere else. Yet for every founder there are 10-20 other employees who take the near-equivalent risks in joining an early-stage company. If you’re not a founder (by choice, timing or temperament,) you may be an early employee or a later stage startup employee.

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Cofounder Founder Silicon Valley Technical Cofounder 219

Transformify

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

Commenced in July 2017, The Youth Enterprise Development Fund provides start-up loans to help young entrepreneurs fund their businesses at a very early stage. Scrum, Agile, Product Management. MySQL, PHP, Software Architecture, Software Development, Software Testing, SQL, Web Hosting, AngularJS.

Africa 75

Africa Benin Seychelles Nigeria 75

Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 26, 2009

The companies I spoke to all agreed that the community there was extremely supportive, especially in the critical ulta-early-stage. Then, create an encouraging environment for early-stage companies. Provide early seed capital, and be the ones to make those introductions. And do your customer development.

San Francisco 113

San Francisco Silicon Valley Startup Continuous Deployment 113

Scalable Startup

DECEMBER 19, 2014

What this has done for me is vastly increase my interest in tactical data driven marketing on the web – #growthhacking, #contentmanagement, #agile iterative web development and marketing, and yes, even SEO. It’s a somewhat different world than the VC funded startup world that is my day job.

Early Stage 20

Early Stage Bootstrapping Agile Web Development 20

Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 17, 2008

Another advantage of the early stages is that most dont have to juggle too many competing priorities. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. Tell your Startup Visa story Speaking 2010: Webstock, GDC, Web 2.0, Stevey's Blog Rants: Good Agile, Bad Agile Learning from Obama: maneuver warfare on the campa.

San Francisco 88

San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment DC 88

Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 14, 2009

In an early-stage startup especially, revenue is not an important goal in and of itself. Let’s start with a simple question: why do early-stage startups want revenue? Go on an agile diet quickly. With a product development team that is not shipping, any agile methodology will surface major problems quickly.

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Customer San Francisco Lean Hockey Stick 167

Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 30, 2009

A discounted price is available for early stage entrepreneurs and students. In 2002 I became exposed to the idea of “agile software development&# and subsequently was a first round investor in Rally Software which is now the market leader in Agile application lifecycle management software. Expo SF (May.

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Lean San Francisco Continuous Deployment DC 68

crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 9, 2018

The design thinking process may have originated with designers, but the business world has started to take notice because of the agility, speed, and innovation that it promises. They expect a seamless transition between web and device-native applications through color, flow, and overall quality. Know what matters.

Marketing 90

Marketing Social Media Cofounder Design 90

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 27, 2014

Mobile and web software apps may cost even less. Many have disappeared, and others have forgotten how to be agile and innovative. This can cause early investor dilution, lower ultimate returns or leave the startup stranded. The large investment amounts preferred by VCs are no longer needed to launch winners.

Angel Investor 260

Angel Investor Silicon Valley Startup Portfolio 260

Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

The market size for online advertising, e-commerce, and web premium services are 1/10th to 1/3rd the size they are today. It’ll be nearly two years before the concept of “Web 2.0″ ″ is popularized by Tim O’Reilly (the first Web 2.0 is the leading consumer internet company with Terry Semel as CEO.

Term Sheet 178

Term Sheet Silicon Valley Technical Review Social Network 178

Steve Blank

JUNE 1, 2011

As customer and agile development reinvent the Startup, it’s time to ask why startup board governance has not kept up with the pace of innovation. Board meetings that guide startups haven’t changed since the early 1900’s. Why don’t we have standards for what metrics VC’s want to see from their early stage startup teams?

Silicon Valley 290

Silicon Valley Business Model Venture Capital Balance Sheet 290

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 7, 2009

Finally, I’ll write about how Eric Ries and the Lean Startup concept provided the equivalent model for product development activities inside the building and neatly integrates customer and agile development. Reply Customer Development – Not Just for Web Startups » Biotech by the Bay , on May 1, 2010 at 11:34 am Said: [.]

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Customer Development Developer Customer Silicon Valley 224

Steve Blank

JUNE 1, 2011

As customer and agile development reinvent the Startup, it’s time to ask why startup board governance has not kept up with the pace of innovation. Board meetings that guide startups haven’t changed since the early 1900’s. Why don’t we have standards for what metrics VC’s want to see from their early stage startup teams?

Silicon Valley 258

Silicon Valley Business Model Venture Capital Balance Sheet 258

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 14, 2008

The people who are the lifeblood of an early-stage startup are earlyvangelists. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. Tell your Startup Visa story Speaking 2010: Webstock, GDC, Web 2.0, They just dont need another authority figure in their life. Dont confuse passion with volume. Expo SF (May.

San Francisco 131

San Francisco Customer Lean Continuous Deployment 131

Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 2, 2009

Unfortunately, they are disinterested in doing the hard work to help early stage entrepreneurs and companies. My startup business (web development) is being shunned by virtually every other potential investor I approached thus far. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. Is there s choice? Expo SF (May.

San Francisco 60

San Francisco Tampa Continuous Deployment Lean 60

Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 9, 2009

In fact, early stage companies shouldnt be able to get time from anyone else - who else would be crazy enough to try an truly innovative new product? christinelu : if youre building a disruptive innovation.the only people who you want to talk to are early adopters. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0.

Lean 60

Lean San Francisco Japan Continuous Deployment 60

Steve Blank

MAY 22, 2009

Ignore This Post The same caveat applies as in the first post; If you’re selling via the web, and trade shows seem hopelessly anachronistic, ignore this post. Everyone should be articulate and agile in describing and demoing the products.) You are correct all channels, web or otherwise, need to generate awareness and leads.

Silicon Valley 128

Silicon Valley RSS California Customer Development 128

Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

Telecom O2 learning to move at the speed of the internet 500 Startups and their accelerated feedback loops on what works, and what doesn't work in early-stage investing. My personal background was as an engineer and my companies had been Web-based startups, so that is what I wrote about. It's a big tent.

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Lean Entrepreneur Agile San Francisco 167

Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 5, 2009

One way to conceive of our goal in an early-stage venture is to incrementally “fill in the blanks&# for the business model that we think will one day power our startup. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. Tell your Startup Visa story Speaking 2010: Webstock, GDC, Web 2.0, Expo SF (May.

San Francisco 102

San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment Startup 102

Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 4, 2009

This is important, especially if you are a very early stage company. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. Tell your Startup Visa story Speaking 2010: Webstock, GDC, Web 2.0, Join the Lean Startup discussion at Web 2.0 Combining agile development with customer developm. Expo SF (May.

San Francisco 68

San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment DC 68

Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 8, 2009

As a result, Toyota may take more time early on to define the solutions, but can then move more quickly toward convergence and, ultimately, production than its point-based counterparts. Labels: product development 5comments: new york web development company said. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. Expo SF (May.

Software Review 87

Software Review Design Software San Francisco 87

ReadWriteStart

JUNE 13, 2011

As customer and agile development reinvent the startup, it's time to ask why startup board governance has not kept up with the pace of innovation. Board meetings that guide startups haven't changed since the early 1900's. Why don't we have standards for what metrics VCs want to see from their early stage startup teams?

Silicon Valley 117

Silicon Valley Balance Sheet Metrics Early Stage 117

Austin Startup

JULY 27, 2010

I think it’s safe to say that early stage funding is going strong in Austin in 2010. Some recent additions include official company Facebook posts, job posting data from Austin’s own Indeed.com , web traffic data from Compete.com, Jigsaw data, and much more.

Austin 80

Austin Database Early Stage Agile 80

Austin Startup

APRIL 23, 2010

Given the expanded user base that will surely come starting today, I’m sure the team of agile developers will have even more great ideas to implement in Workstreamer. There is a common complaint heard from local entrepreneurs that AV doesn’t invest in early stage companies anymore.

Intellectual Property 79

Intellectual Property Austin Early Stage Agile 79

Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 17, 2010

Three premier early-stage venture investors have joined forces to sponsor the event: Baseline , Floodgate , and First Round Capital. Three premier early-stage venture investors have joined forces to sponsor the event: Baseline , Floodgate , and First Round Capital. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0.

San Francisco 107

San Francisco Romania Cleveland South Africa 107

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

In future posts I’ll describe how Eric Ries and the Lean Startup concept provide the equivalent model for product development activities inside the building and neatly integrates customer and agile development. For example, if you are selling enterprise software, getting 3-5 early customers may be enough in Customer Validation.

Customer Development 242

Customer Development Developer Customer Silicon Valley 242

Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 24, 2009

I liked the flattering Venture Hacks commentary so much Ill just quote it: Many founders believe that early stage startups are endeavors of execution. He believes that many early stage startups are labors of learning. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. Eric takes a different approach. Expo SF (May.

Lean 74

Lean San Francisco Continuous Deployment DC 74

Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 13, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Friday, March 13, 2009 Dont launch Heres a common question I get from startups, especially in the early stages: when should we launch? This is the usual reason given for a marketing launch, but for most early stage startups, its a failure. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0.

San Francisco 168

San Francisco PR Lean Early Stage 168

Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 12, 2009

However, this financial bar has had the effect of excluding one segment of potential customers that Id really like to see there - early stage entrepreneurs who have all the intelligence and vision of their later stage counterparts, but simply cannot afford the cash flow to attend. Expo SF (May. for Harvard Business Revie.

Lean 60

Lean Programming San Francisco Continuous Deployment 60

Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 19, 2008

What all these teachers had in common were two things: they were technology early adopters that were willing to take a chance on a new software product, and they all had similar problems organizing their classes and students. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. Expo SF (May. for Harvard Business Revie.

San Francisco 60

San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment DC 60

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. They are from my post The Biggest Mistake Web Analysts Make… And How To Avoid It! This limits a little bit what we can track in web analytics tools. Pharmaceutical: Humira. A quick best practice.

Metrics 141

Metrics Acquisition eCommerce Analytics 141

Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 20, 2009

For short stories - I think it is always good to introduce some practical problem (you might have heard from entrepreneur at early stage) and how the lean startup method helped solved that. How about a fictive short story about few guys starting up a web product company on lean startup way? Expo SF (May.

Lean 68

Lean San Francisco Startup Continuous Deployment 68

www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 7, 2007

This requires a visual web-editor (assuming you’re building a web-application). Personally I use Visual Web-Developer from Microsoft - it’s free and powerful. However, it is also very complicated to use, as it’s a full web-development environment. More than one person can review it, but only one person can author.

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Web AJAX Software Review Development Team Review 40