YoungUpstarts

JULY 16, 2019

In 2018, Canada had a record-low unemployment rate and as a result we are seeing more companies, startups and online-based businesses dedicated to serving the niche-jobs industry. Positions for software development and data science continue to expand throughout the industry. It is a central point between Europe and the Americas.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 15, 2010

I can think of several related aspects of starting and running a business where follow-up, or lack of it, can make or break your startup. Product development. For a great idea person, the product details keep changing for the better, but nothing ever gets finished. That’s the bar you should aspire to.

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Up and Running

JULY 26, 2017

Before devoting resources to building a full version, consider launching an MVP (minimal viable product) first. Learn more about validating your business idea and product concept here. developers’ rates of $100-$200 per hour.

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Mobile Application Development Web Software Review 81

Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 13, 2009

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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David Teten

APRIL 1, 2021

Nick Kim , Crosscut’s Head of Platform, in his presentation at the 4th Annual VC Platform Summit, shared their Platform development methodology, which he viewed as an exercise in product development. For example, recruiting writ large is useful at all stages of development. Thanks to Prabhat Gusain for research help.

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View from Seed

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

One of the most highly anticipated startup IPOs of recent years, we now get a peek inside Airbnb’s business. So even before you get to product development (20% of revenue) or G&A (14% in 2019), you’re already looking at a narrower potential margin than you might expect from a marketplace or transaction platform.

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Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 23, 2009

I was between my 7th and 8th and final startup; licking my wounds from Rocket Science, the company I had cratered as my first and last attempt as a startup CEO. I was consulting for the two venture capital firms who between them put $12 million into my last failed startup. (My It was a long way from Ellis Island.)

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 6, 2010

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. Our trip was bipartisan, bicameral, and bi-branches-of-government.

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The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

million small businesses in America. It’s a shame that regulations designed to bolster consumer privacy also make it harder for America’s entrepreneurs to do business. He comes with over 15 years of experience as a Product Development Manager at Schlumberger and as a Product Manager at Garmin. That’s 99.9%

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ReadWriteStart

JULY 12, 2023

Products offered by the business consist of a help desk for employees, security compliance tools, and budgeting software. With offices in Buenos Aires, Mexico City, the United States, and London, InvGate has built a clientele primarily in Latin America and the United States.

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 29, 2010

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. They feature two of the rock stars of the Startup Visa team, Shervin and Brad, looking like, well, rock stars.

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Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 22, 2009

Im not offering extensive studies or research to support this conclusion; the evidence from my peers right here in the innovation capital of America, Silicon Valley, is absolutely overwhelming. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? They are nerds. Expo SF (May. .

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Programming San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment 143

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

In future posts I’ll describe 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. While that’s not true, it is a fact that entrepreneurs only have one word for “startup.”

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 25, 2012

Winning at New Products: Accelerating the Process from Idea to Launch, Third Edition by Robert G. First published more than ten years ago, this book is regarded as a must-read for anyone in product development. The Myths of Innovation by Scott Berkun. The Four Steps to the Epiphany by Steven Gary Blank.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 6, 2012

Four months ago, T he Lean Startup debuted at #2 on the New York Times bestseller list. Since then, I have been immersed in a non-stop whirlwind book tour of North America, filled with as many events, interviews, and talks as I could physically manage. It is changing the way companies are built and new products are launched.

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 8, 2010

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Thursday, April 8, 2010 Conference streaming, sponsors, discounted tickets Simulcasting in twenty cities worldwide leads todays news for the Startup Lessons Learned conference on April 23. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? Expo SF (May.

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 17, 2010

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Saturday, April 17, 2010 Sneak preview, KISSmetrics (and more) Hear the CEO of KISSmetrics give a sneak preview of what hell be presenting at the Startup Lessons Learned conference on April 23 (were less than a week away!): Conference updates continue to pour in: Want to see more preview videos?

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Pascal's View

NOVEMBER 4, 2009

Edward Kim - Former head of product development at the NASDAQ Stock Market, and current Senior Advisor at Grant Thornton LLP and Managing Director of Capital Markets Advisory Partners. SecondMarket was named the top start-up in the entire Northeast by AlwaysOn Media and one of the Top Fifty Startups You Should Know by Businessweek.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 23, 2013

Guest post by Lisa Regan, writer for The Lean Startup Conference. Analytics spark more questions and discussion than almost any other aspect of the Lean Startup method. It provides a basic introduction to analytics as they apply to Lean Startup, including sections on what metrics to use and how to interpret them.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 30, 2018

While doing research for his extraordinary new book, Great at Work , Morten Hansen studied more than 5,000 managers and employees in corporate America to identify the key practices that explain why some perform better than others. Q: Startups are inherently unstable. Essentially, he applied the “startup way” inside a school.

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Metrics Startup Lean Detroit 349

Austin Startup

MARCH 8, 2011

However, rather than think of it as 3 very large conferences, the smart play for quite some time has been to think of it more as dozens of smaller, overlapping mini-conferences on subjects ranging from Latin America to Robotics. Among the larger of these mini-conferences, very clearly, is the sum of the mobile programming.

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Silicon Valley Mobile Austin America 78

Hearpreneur

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

NFIB is one of North America's most effective small business advocacy groups. 10- Professional Organizations Photo Credit: Michael Dodd As a founder of an event management software startup, I have found networking in groups such as ILEA, MPI, and NACE crucial in building my personal and professional network in the events industry.

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Community Architecture Entrepreneur Networking 99

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 1, 2023

One of the biggest in this decade was the merger of America Online (AOL) with Time Warner, engineered in the early 2000’s by Time Warner CEO Gerald Levin and AOL CEO Steve Case for a whopping $164 billion. We’ve all worked with autocratic leaders in large companies who seem to thrive in this mode.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Tuesday, September 8, 2009 What would you want to tell Washington DC about startups? Beyond just those who will be hearing about the lean startup for the first time, Im expecting to shake a lot of hands and have a lot of interesting side conversations. And what hurdles could be eliminated?

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 5, 2020

One of the biggest in this decade was the merger of America Online (AOL) with Time Warner, engineered in the early 2000’s by Time Warner CEO Gerald Levin and AOL CEO Steve Case for a whopping $164 billion. We’ve all worked with autocratic leaders in large companies who seem to thrive in this mode.

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Reid Hoffman

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

These laws apply to every entrepreneurial endeavor, not just high tech startups, though we’ll still spend plenty of time on the technology industry. They hadn’t invested in product development for decades, and relied on buying Russian-made engines because they were cheaper. You can listen to the podcast here.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 16, 2018

One of the biggest in this decade was the merger of America Online (AOL) with Time Warner, engineered in the early 2000’s by Time Warner CEO Gerald Levin and AOL CEO Steve Case for a whopping $164 billion. We’ve all worked with autocratic leaders in large companies who seem to thrive in this mode.

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Merger Analytics Open Source America 276

37signals.com

DECEMBER 5, 2011

It’s not mind blowing, it wont be muttered in households across america… but it’s something that works. Sure, it doesn’t matter objectively—but would it give you a boost over an identical product? it should relate to your product directly or indirectly. 27 Apr 10. Johan Strandell.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 25, 2013

One of the biggest in this decade was the merger of America Online (AOL) with Time Warner, engineered in the early 2000’s by Time Warner CEO Jerry Leven and AOL CEO Steve Case for a whopping $164 billion. entrepreneurs startups' We’ve all worked with autocratic leaders in large companies who seem to thrive in this mode. Marty Zwilling.

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Merger Entrepreneur Analytics Open Source 239

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

One of the biggest in this decade was the merger of America Online (AOL) with Time Warner, engineered in the early 2000’s by Time Warner CEO Gerald Levin and AOL CEO Steve Case for a whopping $164 billion. We’ve all worked with autocratic leaders in large companies who seem to thrive in this mode.

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Merger Analytics Open Source America 120

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 11, 2011

BigBand Networks, which has more than 200 customers in North America, Asia and Europe, provides broadband service providers with digital video networking solutions designed to make it easier to distribute, manage and monetize video. Communications-equipment maker Arris Group Inc. for about $158.1 million in cash.

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Peru Technical Review North America 96

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 26, 2012

One of the biggest in this decade was the merger of America Online (AOL) with Time Warner, engineered in the early 2000’s by Time Warner CEO Jerry Leven and AOL CEO Steve Case for a whopping $164 billion. We’ve all worked with autocratic leaders in large companies who seem to thrive in this mode.

Merger 235

Merger Analytics Open Source America 235

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

MARCH 11, 2014

Jason: For example, like in America, small business is up to 150. You have your general management meeting and in your general management meeting you talk about product development, about marketing and about finance. That is always true for all startups until they get old, right? Jason: Okay. I’m just clarifying.

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Technical Cofounder Cofounder Software Review Management 220

Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

This is the reason I decided to StartUp and go all in. SeedInvest : Platform for early stage startups. They supported one of the biggest tech startups ever. Viva Technology : Open Innovation Platform with many challenges and startup events where you can pitch, compete and exhibit. HELLO AUSTIN!

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ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

Identifying new product development opportunities you might have otherwise overlooked. It’s unlikely that you’re going to develop a fully formed segmentation strategy if you’ve never, well, tried segmentation. Or people in North America versus people in Asia. Strategically expanding your total addressable market (TAM).

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 30, 2019

by Will Koffel , head of the Google Cloud Startup Program in the Americas. In 2013, I left a CTO job overseeing a 50-person product engineering team for the same job at a four-person startup. ” Most early startups don’t understand the distinction between the two.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 17, 2014

I can think of several related aspects of starting and running a business where follow-up, or lack of it, can make or break your startup. Product development. For a great idea person, the product details keep changing for the better, but nothing ever gets finished. business entrepreneur follow-up ideas startups'

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Technical Review Startup Software Review Retention 270