Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 4, 2010

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Sunday, April 4, 2010 Kent Beck keynote, "To Agility, and Beyond" Kent Beck will give the opening keynote at the Startup Lessons Learned conference on April 23. Labels: sllconf Kent Beck keynote, "To Agility, and Beyond" Kent Beck will give the opening keynote at the Startup Lessons Learned conference on April 23.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 13, 2021

We asked entrepreneurs and business owners about the tough lessons they have learned in 2020. #1- Historically, these have been the times where entrepreneurs and business owners have emerged. 8-Stay agile. 2020 was a year of many lessons, but if I had to pick one takeaway, it would be the importance of agility.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 30, 2022

So, that’s why we are excited about 2022 because there will be more and more entrepreneurs and businesses. Here are the pivots other entrepreneurs see businesses making this year: #1- More options for solo travelers. 16- Become more agile and flexible. For us at CEO Blog Nation, we get it. Photo Credit: Andrew Priobrazhenskyi.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 23, 2020

So that’s why we are excited about 2021 because there will be more and more entrepreneurs and businesses. Here’s the pivot other entrepreneurs are making next year: #1- Investing my energy into speaking engagements. I aim to speak at 30-50 events next year to motivate emerging leaders and subsequently obtain new potential clients.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 11, 2014

by Taffy Williams, author of “ Think Agile: How Smart Entrepreneurs Adapt in Order to Succeed “ The New Year brings new events that may positively or negatively affect your business. Known events are possible to plan for in advance. Unexpected events occur all the time. Remain Vigilant.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 25, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Wednesday, March 25, 2009 The Lean Startup at Agile Vancouver April 21st A surprising number of respondents in the latest Lessons Learned survey hail from one of the flourishing startup hubs in Canada. Please register to attend this event as space will be limited. Labels: events 4comments: Simon said.

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ReadWriteStart

MAY 26, 2022

In software, those avenues are your customers, industry, employees, and the broader trends associated with current events. If you’re not already, adopt an agile methodology not only for software development, but also for communication improvements. Take SaaS, for instance. billion by 2028.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 8, 2021

Here are the various ways entrepreneurs and business owners stay motivated in business. #1-The As an entrepreneur, I think the best way to stay motivated is to stay focused on what is most important, your customer. 11- Connecting with entrepreneurs. Being agile, nimble, and quick. 1-The feedback we get.

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 27, 2011

This startup search process is the business model / customer development / agile development solution stack. When founders discover their assumptions are wrong, as they inevitably will, the result isn’t a crisis , it’s a learning event called a pivot — and an opportunity to update the business model. Utah: Entrepreneurial Surprises.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

Most entrepreneurs today don’t remember the Dot-Com bubble of 1995 or the Dot-Com crash that followed in 2000. When founders discovered their assumptions were wrong, as they inevitably did, the result wasn’t a crisis; it was a learning event called a pivot — and an opportunity to change the business model. And it may work.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 18, 2010

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, January 18, 2010 Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases non-events The following is a case study of one entrepreneurs transition from a traditional development cycle to continuous deployment. I also identified a set of events that would indicate something terribly going wrong (e.g.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 30, 2019

On August 14–15, the Air Force, through AFWERX , hosted a two-day Spark Collider event at Capital Factory to bring newly awarded 19.2 AFWERX, who works out of Capital Factory’s Center for Defense Innovation, serves as a channel through which entrepreneurs can access the necessary resources to make their ideas a reality within the U.S.

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Hearpreneur

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

We asked entrepreneurs and business owners about the tough lessons they have learned in 2023, and here are some of those responses. #1- As markets, customer behavior, & world events are unpredictable, it is imperative to be able to change course quickly. We've learned that adapting quickly to changing market demands is crucial.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 30, 2012

Our goal– to inspire, educate and empower hundred’s of thousands of entrepreneurs and help create 10,000 startups. The class teaches founders how to dramatically reduce their failure rate through the combination of business model design, customer development and agile development using the Startup Owners Manual. How it Works.

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Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

OCTOBER 1, 2020

It’s an upside to a horrible event. I just ordered Felix’s new book: FightBack, How to win in the digital economy with platforms, ventures and entrepreneurs. If you’re not being more aggressive than that, the next Black Swan event will take you out, if this one didn’t. Two Real World Examples.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 5, 2010

The Entrepreneur’s Guide is an easy read. While the customer development framework of Four Steps is universally relevant, The Entrepreneur’s Guide updates its practices for modern startups. Many “airport business books&# urge entrepreneurs to never give in. I think theyve succeeded. In fact, they probably will.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Based on my years of experience mentoring and advising entrepreneurs, you need to attack problems and challenges with a mindset of success, or it is unlikely that you or your business will survive. He is a serial entrepreneur and founder of several successful startups, as well as a consultant to some of the world’s largest organizations.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

Broad disruptive events. Look hard for unanticipated consequences of events like new government regulations on financial processes, changes in environmental patterns, or sociological changes in other countries. Re-evaluating relentlessly for the agility to survive.

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The Startup Magazine

JULY 7, 2023

Many aspire to become successful entrepreneurs in today’s fast-paced and dynamic world. Being an entrepreneur offers opportunities for personal growth, financial independence, and the ability to impact society positively. James Weintraub shares the essential steps to becoming a successful entrepreneur in this blog post.

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Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 7, 2013

After getting up at 5, having a delightful run at 6, walking Brooks, and then hanging with Amy for four minutes, I got in my car and drove over to Rally Software for their Big 1% Give Back event. Part of that vision became the agile software development products that Rally makes. But Ryan’s vision was always bigger than that.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 6, 2013

Luckily, in a room full of entrepreneurs, plenty of new businesses popped up to bring people food and water. (If I've embedded the flyer for the event below, but the best way to see what we're doing is on the conference website - which we try to keep up-to-date with the inevitable flurry of last-minute changes. See you there!

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 3, 2017

Just less than a decade ago there was a cataclysmic change – a major event, a crisis – that was a precursor to an even greater structural shift. Newcomers have agility, speed to market, and – often – innovation on their side. Global trade dipped in 2008. It rose in 2009, but never regained its upward trajectory.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 27, 2015

Big-bang hard launches make sense for large enterprises like Apple or Microsoft, who are building on existing revenue streams and have the resources for lavish events, Superbowl ads and large inventory buildups. Maximum agility for required pivots. Startups need the agility to test various business models and positioning messages.

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 8, 2023

Some people also attend various conferences and lectures about the trends, yet such events cover relatively outdated developments already implemented by large corporations. Conferences are significant events for networking and getting to know people in your industry when you are a newbie to the business.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

But by taking advantage of open source, agile software, and iterative development, lean startups can operate with much less waste. So far, I have found "lean startup" works better with the entrepreneurs Ive talked to than "agile startup" or even "extreme startup.") The lean startup is an application of Lean Thinking.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 15, 2010

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Friday, January 15, 2010 Two Ways to Hold Entrepreneurs Accountable (for Harvard Business Review) The next part in the series I am writing for Harvard Business Review is online. This time, Im discussing the challenge for corporate CFOs and VCs alike in holding entrepreneurs accountable. Read the rest here.

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Steve Blank

JULY 13, 2021

By the end of the 20th century, case studies and business plans had reached an evolutionary dead-end for entrepreneurs. The case method and business plans are the antithesis of how entrepreneurs create startups. But the case method is the antithesis of how entrepreneurs create a startup. Here’s why and what we did about it.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 20, 2022

Broad disruptive events. Look hard for unanticipated consequences of events like new government regulations on financial processes, changes in environmental patterns, or sociological changes in other countries. Re-evaluating relentlessly for the agility to survive.

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Hearpreneur

JUNE 21, 2017

It doesn’t matter if it has been said before and repeated numerous times, quotes can give you the fire you need to be a better entrepreneur or learn how to handle a difficult situation. Below are some of those quotes sent in by entrepreneurs throughout the country. #1 1 – Pain pushed you until a vision pulls you. I loved them.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 11, 2014

The solution is to establish and maintain a culture and processes that don’t view change as a discrete event to be spotted and managed, but as an ongoing opportunity to improve competitiveness. Increase change agility. business change rate comfort zone entrepreneur startup' Marty Zwilling.

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Gust

OCTOBER 29, 2014

The Digital.NYC hub (an “Ecosystem Hub” as we call it behind the scenes) features every resource and insight for the NYC tech and startup scene including news, jobs, courses, events, blogs, and even available workspaces. Our vision has always been to facilitate the connections between entrepreneurs and early stage investors.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

As an entrepreneur, you have to improvise and adapt quickly to survive and thrive in the face of the unpredictable challenges of the market. Teams need to bond, and that can start with an off-site structured event. Entrepreneurs need to walk the talk, be consistent, passionate, and accountable for their actions.

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 25, 2011

Steve Blank called last year’s conference “ Woodstock for entrepreneurs ” and my goal is do even better this year. (If SLLCONF featured incredible entrepreneurs on stage to put those ideas to rest (watch, for example: Aardvark , Grockit , Dropbox , PBworks ). Brad doesn’t meet your typical image of a scrappy entrepreneur.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 7, 2008

In addition to presenting the IMVU case, we tried for the first time to do an overview of a software engineering methodology that integrates practices from agile software development with Steves method of Customer Development. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? Expo SF (May.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 2, 2008

We wanted an agile approach that would allow us to build our software architecture as we needed it, without downtime, but also without large amounts of up-front cost. You can also download our presentation, " Just-In-Time Scalability: Agile Methods to Support Massive Growth." Two Ways to Hold Entrepreneurs Accountable (for Ha.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 8, 2021

Technology evolves rapidly, and you need to be in an agile enough position that you can update your systems on the fly in response to new trends and new available devices and programs. On the flip side, you shouldn’t stuff your infrastructure with so many software programs that it’s hard to keep them straight; there’s value in minimalism.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 2, 2010

As start-ups scale, this agility will be lost unless the founders maintain a consistent investment in that discipline. Two Ways to Hold Entrepreneurs Accountable Beware of Vanity Metrics For Startups, How Much Process Is Too Much? The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ▼ June (3) What is a startup?

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