Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 29, 2021

When you begin treating your employees as assets rather than expenses, they'll be able to tap into their real potential; this will give both parties a win-win situation because teams want the opportunity to encourage their growth and boost their performance, which means greater productivity from both those working side-by-side at any given moment.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 28, 2014

Post by Sarah Milstein & Eric Ries, co-hosts for The Lean Startup Conference At this year’s Lean Startup Conference , we seek to answer the difficult questions you face as an entrepreneur. In his book and on his blog, Ben tackles that question. Seppo Helava, Nonsense Industry. Seppo is one such speaker.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

Guest Post by Misti Yang, Writer for Lean Startup Co. This is the mantra of Lean teams described by Eric Ries in his upcoming book, The Startup Way. Drawing on the advice of experts and recent research, here are seven insights on how to best build a Lean team. A hallmark of Lean teams is cross-functionality.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 25, 2020

As a workplace psychologist, I’m often asked what the psychological effects of COVID-19 are on employees. The project explored the upsides of working from home and the elements of the old workplace that employees were missing; which included the psychological effects of Covid-19 on feelings, performance and function.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 24, 2015

Espousing that borrowing money and debt are optional, the book proposed that entrepreneurs starting such businesses were more interested in the lifestyle it offered rather than making oodles of cash. Let me cover the salient points of the book. The book also covered ways to raise funds and increase profits. 4 Compelling offer.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 3, 2013

by Vickie Milazzo, author of “ Wicked Success Is Inside Every Woman “ The release of “ Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead “, the new book by Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg (pictured), has sparked a firestorm of attention from the media and folks around conference room tables throughout the country.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 5, 2010

I have personally sold many copies of his book, and continue to recommend it as one of the most important books a startup founder can read. I used to give copies of Four Steps out to my employees, in the hopes that it would instantly indoctrinate them into the methodology of Customer Development.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 2, 2013

Guest post by Lisa Regan, writer for The Lean Startup Conference. On October 8 at 10a PT, we’ll be talking about bringing Lean Startup methods to established companies, precisely the kinds of businesses that are most resistant to experimentation, even as they desperately need it. That''s hard. That’s Eric Ries’s job.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 23, 2020

It’s a proven methodology, and I am rapidly acquiring the skills I need to ensure I book as many quality events as possible going into next year. I am looking to reopen offices in a smaller capacity when it is safe to do so and when my employees are comfortable with returning. 9- Focusing on lean operations.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 18, 2023

She’s been a speaker for 3 TEDx talks and the author of 10 books, including Tongue Fu, POP!, Her new book Talking on Eggshells: Soft Skills for Hard Conversations , shows you how to speak up instead of shut down, face challenges head-on instead of running the other way, and keep your cool even when others don’t.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 13, 2024

During our insightful conversation, we explored how Clutch connects buyers and sellers of business services and examined the importance of verified reviews in establishing trust and credibility in the B2B marketplace. Visit DTM world slash scale to book your free advisory call and learn more. It's time to transform your approach.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

This post was co-written by Eric Ries and Sarah Milstein, co-hosts of The Lean Startup Conference. On December 4 at The Lean Startup Conference, three of New York's top UX designers will lead a workshop we're really excited about, Lean Startup in the Enterprise. Lean teams cannot be micromanaged.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 22, 2013

Lean Business: Office Space – A Meditation – [link]. Lean Business: Office Space – A Meditation – [link]. Good post on how culture changes impact employees … Why I left Google – [link]. Social Networks by Revenue and Employees, Facebook Stands Above All | Web Strategy – [link].

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 22, 2019

by Kaihan Krippendorff, author of “ Driving Innovation from Within: A Guide for Internal Entrepreneurs “ After four years of research into innovation success, I have come to firmly believe that most innovation research is measuring the wrong thing… or at least is overlooking a critical unit of measure: the employee.

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Offer virtual styling and video chat with store employees through a digital tool like HERO to improve the experience of your online customers; Consider using augmented and virtual reality to bring your physical experience online; Use SMS notifications for curbside pickup and local delivery (then use the channel to engage customers post-purchase).

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OnlyOnce

OCTOBER 17, 2013

Lean In, Part II. My post about Sheryl Sandberg’s Lean In a couple months ago created some great dialog internally at Return Path. It also yielded a personal email from Sheryl the day after it went up encouraging me to continue “talking about it,” as the book says, especially as a male leader. Visited 1 times, 1 visits today).

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 24, 2018

Much of the writing on startups focuses on two elements: finding product-market fit scaling the company once #1 is accomplished For product-market fit, we have a lot of source material to work with from the last decade: Steve Blank’s leadership on Customer Development , and Eric Ries’ on the Lean Startup ?—?along otherwise you have chaos.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 16, 2009

In the case of C3, that was to run payroll for 87,000 employees, who were presumably receiving payroll before the project began. Notice that the unit of progress changes as we move from waterfall to agile to the lean startup. I wont do the explanation justice so I suggest you grab the book. Thats pretty clear. Just a thought.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 29, 2020

It leads to an increase in quick and direct conversations and, ultimately, to fewer meetings and more space and time for the things we want (and need) to do. For the most part, companies’ poor meeting structures lead to calendar-bombing their employees with tons of meetings that aren’t even necessary for them to be in. Little Action.

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Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Key Takeaway: People are busy, and that’s applicable across every and all job roles — entrepreneurs, business professionals, employees, stay-at-home parents, consultants, you name it, we’re busy. It seems to be universally relevant, whether you're an employee or an entrepreneur. So I'm all about conversation.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 15, 2020

Mark has been at the forefront of providing job stability and funding for his own employees and the networks that support them during the pandemic. It's never selfish to try to do the right thing for your employees, your customers, and your stakeholders." You can find my conversation with Mark in that format below.

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crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 11, 2011

Holiday time is also a great time to do some reading and there are a ton of great business books out there which will surely get your juices flowing and help you to generate some new ideas for your own business. Lean startups: Office space for the 21st Century. R eview the team.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 31, 2019

He's been with the firm since its inception in 2009 and has overseen its rapid growth, from three employees to 150+ and from $300 million in assets under management to more than $10 billion. Your new book, Secrets of Sandhill Road , is literally subtitled Venture Capital and How to Get It ? but globally.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 11, 2019

It was created by Kenneth Andrews, William Book, C. Roland Christansen and Edmund Learned in their book Business Policy: Text and Cases. This perspective will allow you to lean into situations that your brand strengths will help you master. What strengths or unique skills do your employees possess?

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

The kinds of high-quality conversations you need for real innovation can’t happen. Time is a precious commodity when you are running a lean efficiency machine. If employees feel that they have autonomy, relatedness, and competence at work, they’re more likely to be highly engaged and thus more likely to perform at high levels.

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 14, 2009

This is why companies often get out-competed by former employees (Palm vs Handspring to name just one), even though the upstart lacks all of the familiar resources, tools, processes, and support they used to have. Whats the right set of materials, conversations, etc. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 16, 2015

Conversion to Sales %. Lean Analytics recommends this set of metrics for some of the major categories of startups: Create a management dashboard. Track employee performance particularly rigorously. A better metric is a combination of number of unique visitors and conversion rate. Users/Customers. Sales Pipeline.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

These managers have a tendency to steamroll conversations. I got to know many of the people who endorsed me for this role and others through Techstars’ Startup Weekend , 3 Day Startup , and Lean Startup Machine events, as well as at conferences I made the effort to attend annually such as SXSW , LAUNCH and 500 Startups’ unSexy Conference.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

We need to change the conversation around how we educate America’s workforce. While you’re tweaking your hiring process, lean more into the assessments and simulations that actually give you a sense of what candidates can bring to the table. There are many great books on this subject. business).

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 25, 2020

The stories he told me during our conversation, somber as they are, show the truth of that belief. You can listen to our conversation on Apple podcasts , Google podcasts , or wherever you like to download. Here's my conversation with Carl Liebert. He shared his reflections on why these approaches work. It's member-owned.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 30, 2009

If you look at the top 3 online retailers by conversion rate, none of these are award-winning designs : [link] [link] [link] However, they convert ~25% of visitors to customers. I´m reading (and enjoying a lot) your book “the 4 steps…&#. That’s 10x what many websites convert. demand creation strategy).

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Steve Blank

APRIL 2, 2009

You can imagine the rest of the conversation; my sounding reluctant to let our own tests outside our building, the magazines begging us to let them have them, and finally a deal gets struck where we let the benchmarks out to the test labs of these magazines under their own name “The Potrero Benchmark Suite” without attribution to us.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 3, 2020

Power questions dramatically improve the quality of your conversations and help build stronger relationships. ” but rather, “In your department, how will your mix of employee skills need to change in the future? That’s why it’s crucial to be able to hold healing conversations. Caring Through Empathy.

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 29, 2018

In totality, these posts are at least as long as most business books. Not surprisingly, I suggest you start by reading Man’s Search for Meaning to get centered and find your inner passion (author’s update note: reading this incredible book in 2019 would be a great way to start the New Year). not just Jewish people).

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JANUARY 9, 2014

Introducing a solution early on can lead the conversation too much and mean potential missed opportunities. “We Equally there are others that launch a poor early version of their product in true lean startup style. Whilst there’s real value in growth hacking it does feel a little like the lean startup movement?—?that

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 23, 2013

It may not be a sales call, but maybe there’s a sales lead or referral in that conversation. Perhaps you can audit how employees claim their business expenses, or assess the IT department’s equipment procurement process. But in these days of economic turmoil, every company needs to run as lean as possible.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

But what if you’re an analyst, optimizer, or digital marketer and working on a site without a clear conversion? Of course, some of these can have financial conversions (e.g. The first is, of course, a big problem – and it’s not exclusive to sites without a financial conversion. It’s a pretty different ballgame. Nonprofits.

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