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Building a new startup hub

Startup Lessons Learned

Ive written a little bit about the origins of Silicon Valley because I think its important for us to understand how we got here in order to make sure we preserve what is best about our community. The companies I spoke to all agreed that the community there was extremely supportive, especially in the critical ulta-early-stage.

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New conference website, speakers, agenda

Startup Lessons Learned

Each part of the program is organized around one phase of the Build-Measure-Learn feedback loop and begins with a keynote address from a heavy hitter: Steve Blank on Customer Development, Randy Komisar on "Getting to Plan B" and - a third person, not-yet-announced-but-extremely-cool-trust-me. Is design important to lean startups?

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A real Customer Advisory Board

Startup Lessons Learned

And, as you can see in my previous post on “ The cardinal sin of community management &# the feedback could be all over the map. But we had some super-active customers who would act as editors, collecting feedback from all over the community and synthesizing it into a report of the top issues. It was absolutely worth it.

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The Lean Startup Workshop - now an O'Reilly Master Class

Startup Lessons Learned

Im working on a future post where Ill share the details of how I used customer development to shape both the content and packaging of this event, so look for that soon. Would you be willing to link to the Master Class info page from your blog? Thank you all for your continued support, and hope to see you at an event soon.

Lean 60
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Lessons Learned: Please teach kids programming, Mr. President

Startup Lessons Learned

We also learned that law is code , and that leadership was needed to build thriving communities in a digital age. If you find it worthwhile, we'd appreciate a post on the blog to help us spread the word. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? Expo (and a call for he.

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Lessons Learned: Lean hiring tips

Startup Lessons Learned

You are doing the startup community a great service by sharing your insights via your blog. The blog is fantastic as well. Particularly the Continuous Deployment and Split testing posts. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? Keep them coming.

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Lessons Learned: Product development leverage

Startup Lessons Learned

That engine of creativity has led to a catalog of something like 2 million virtual goods authored by a hundred thousand developers. Most importantly, there is almost no niche or trend that is unserved by this community. When you participate in an open community like these you take advantage of tremendous amounts of effort.