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Lessons Learned: Please teach kids programming, Mr. President

Startup Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Sunday, February 22, 2009 Please teach kids programming, Mr. President Of course, what I really mean is: let them teach themselves. See Paul Grahams Why Nerds are Unpopular to learn more) Take a look at this article on a programming Q&A site: How old are you, and how old were you when you started coding?

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The Principles of Product Development Flow

Startup Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, July 13, 2009 The Principles of Product Development Flow If youve ever wondered why agile or lean development techniques work, The Principles of Product Development Flow: Second Generation Lean Product Development by Donald G. Reinertsen is the book for you.

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Towards a new entrepreneurship

Startup Lessons Learned

I believe the only way to improve our chances as entrepreneurs is to develop a working theory of entrepreneurship. On the whole, this is a good thing for America and for our civilization. This is just like a startup to me, complete with distribution and product development challenges, ecosystem design and many, many customers.

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The new startup arms race (for Huffington Post)

Startup Lessons Learned

The New Startup Arms Race Americas future prosperity depends on our ability to maintain this lead. The New Startup Arms Race Americas future prosperity depends on our ability to maintain this lead. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? for Harvard Business Revie.

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What would you want to tell Washington DC about startups?

Startup Lessons Learned

Its impossible to resist the urge to plug Virgin America as much as possible. I started my last company with 100% off-shore resources because I could never have completed Customer Development at a reasonable cost of money or regulatory burden had I employed US Citizens. You can see the design of the program here.

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Video update on the Startup Visa Act

Startup Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Thursday, April 29, 2010 Video update on the Startup Visa Act The Startup Visa Act continues to gain momentum on Capitol Hill, thanks to grassroots support of all of you. My big belief in the Startup Visa Act: Entrepreneurship is very much representative and symbolic of what Americas all about."

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Startup Visa update

Startup Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Saturday, March 6, 2010 Startup Visa update As I write this, I am traveling at 30,000 feet on Virgin Americas excellent IAD->SFO nonstop, following an intense few days of conversations in Washington, DC about the Startup Visa. No departments The Five Whys for Startups (for Harvard Business R.