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The Best Free Apps and Online Tools for Entrepreneurs and Obsessive Collectors

Up and Running

To help you prep, I’ve collated a list of tools—for both web and mobile devices—that have helped me and others get things done, save time, and work more productively. At Palo Alto Software, we use it to manage our editorial calendar and the web development queue. ” Collect content from all over the web and organize it into lists.

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Lessons Learned: The lean startup

Startup Lessons Learned

I would add -- think of your development and running your business like a PM/Developer uses Agile or Scrum in software development. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. Tell your Startup Visa story Speaking 2010: Webstock, GDC, Web 2.0, No more, no less. September 15, 2008 9:19 PM James said. Expo SF (May.

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Lessons Learned: A new version of the Joel Test (draft)

Startup Lessons Learned

This is still an essential practice, especially on the web. There was a time when "web content" was considered "not code" and therefore not routinely source controlled. There are several ways to make progress evident - the Scrum team model is my current favorite. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0.

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How to Scale Organic Traffic (Without Writing a Million Blog Posts)

ConversionXL

It’s difficult to target personas when you may have hundreds of sub-audiences. Instead, looking at the jobs your audiences are trying to do—and in what context—is more fruitful. Simply describe interactions your target audience has with your product. If you’ve never heard the term scrum or agile before, you’re behind.

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The most valuable lessons I learned from managing a virtual team

The Next Web

Solution #1: At least once a week have a scrum meeting that absolutely everyone prioritizes. After the scrum, if time allows, hang out and catch up. This would not just drive the team towards achieving our shared goals, but also attract people who appreciate such an outlook: i.e. our audience, our users, our evangelists in the future.

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Lessons Learned: Built to learn

Startup Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Thursday, April 9, 2009 Built to learn Its been an exhilarating ride since the Web 2.0 The Lean Startup at Web 2.0 Expo Upcoming Events If you missed the session at Web 2.0 The workshop will go all day and will be for a carefully screened audience. Expo last week. Those are only symptoms.

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You don't need as many tools as you think

Startup Lessons Learned

Heres something I can relate to: We used assembla for subversion, scrums, milestones, wikis, and for general organizational purposes. Scrum reports would come in once a month, nobody was actually responsible for anything. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. Expo SF (May. Seth Godin: How often should you publish?