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Andrew Chen: Growing renewable audiences

Startup Lessons Learned

These are things that if you get right, you can optimize your way into a big, sustainable audience. SEM on five dollars a day Andrew Chen: Growing renewable audiences Marc Prensky's Weblog: Cell Phones in Class A new version of the Joel Test (draft) Smarticus — 10 things you could be doing to your c.

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Microsoft’s Purchase Of Minecraft Maker Mojang Shows Comitment To Building Cross-Platform Appeal

YoungUpstarts

billion acquisition of Sweden-based software company Mojang, the developer behind the popular building game ““Minecraft”, which has sold over 100 million copies since its release in 2009, illustrates the degree to which Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella’s long-term vision for Microsoft is taking root at that company. Microsoft’s $2.5

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10 Companies Want To Show You The Money

YoungUpstarts

You can even host a webinar series for a live audience of up to 200 people charging a fee per ticket, which means a lot more cash to pay off some of those holiday credit card bills! Airbnb is a platform for people to monetize their extra space and showcase it to an audience of millions. AdMobilize.

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Speed up or slow down? (for Harvard Business Review)

Startup Lessons Learned

for Harvard Business Review) Over at Harvard Business Review, Ive been building up a series designed to introduce the Lean Startup methodology to a business-focused audience. Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Thursday, March 25, 2010 Speed up or slow down? Labels: product development Speed up or slow down?

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The Five Whys for Startups (for Harvard Business Review)

Startup Lessons Learned

Ive written about this before in some detail, but this was an opportunity to try and frame it for a general business audience. Ive written about this before in some detail, but this was an opportunity to try and frame it for a general business audience. Five Whys has its origins in the Toyota Production System.

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March 11: SXSW Innovation Awards

Austin Startup

SXSW audiences were among the first to witness the emergence of Twitter when they won the Best New App in 2007. The increasingly international nature of the SXSW audience is likewise seen at this event. For 2019, finalists come from Australia, India, Sweden, France, United Arab Emirates, Switzerland, and the UK.

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The lean startup @ Web 2.0 Expo (and a call for help)

Startup Lessons Learned

Expo to explain the lean startup concept to a larger audience. Im looking for a few people to run ideas by, give feedback, and generally help craft ideas so that they can have the biggest impact on this audience. That was for a different audience and in a much smaller venue, but Id like to use it as a starting point.

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