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Lessons Learned: Product development leverage

Startup Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Sunday, April 26, 2009 Product development leverage Leverage has once again become a dirty word in the world of finance, and rightly so. But I want to talk about a different kind of leverage, the kind that you can get in product development. Its a key lean startup concept. Great post!

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Austin-based Ceresa Lands $1 Million for its Data-Driven Leadership Development Platform

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By LAURA LOREK, Publisher of Silicon Hills News Ceresa, a leadership development platform, announced Wednesday that it has raised $1 million in seed funding. Austin-based Next Coast Ventures and LiveOak Venture Partners led the round. Ceresa plans to use the funds to expand product development.

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Top 5 Product Development Faux Pas in Startups

Austin Startup

A poem from our very own CF-Poe at Sputnik ATX on the Austin Startup Crawl Startups are everywhere and that isn’t changing soon: 99.7% 4 This is important and highly encouraged along every step of the way in your product development process. Keep pivoting until you have a product that works, then you can scale.

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Austin: the Lean Startup tour continues

Startup Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Wednesday, May 27, 2009 Austin: the Lean Startup tour continues Next week I head to Austin, TX for my first visit ever. On the day before the TeXchange event (June 2nd), Ill be at a much smaller invite-only gathering sponsored by Austin Ventures. Labels: events 3comments: Alexandre Gomes said.

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Austin-based SpyCloud Raises $5 Million

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Austin-based Silverton Partners and March Capital Partners led the Series A round. SpyCloud plans to use the funding on product development, security research and to expand its database of assets. The post Austin-based SpyCloud Raises $5 Million appeared first on SiliconHills. It also plans to hire more employees.

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UT Spinout GenXComm Lands $20 Million in Funding to Develop Technology for Private Cellular Networks

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GenXComm, a telecommunications startup spun out of the University of Texas at Austin, announced it has raised $20 million in funding. The Austin-based company plans to use the funding to accelerate its product development and commercial launch of […].

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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.