Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

The application of agile development methodologies which dramatically reduce waste and unlock creativity in product development. My belief is that these lean startups will achieve dramatically lower development costs, faster time to market, and higher quality products in the years to come. No more, no less.

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Lean San Francisco Startup Continuous Deployment 168

steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

Poplytics – online surveys and analytics AskYourTargetMarket – market research surveys SurveyMonkey - granddaddy of on-line surveys Amazon Mechanical Turk – you can set up a question and get answers PickFu – A/B testing $5 for 50 opinions Collaboration Dropbox – store, sync, and, share files online.

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Software Review Startup Silicon Valley Analytics 110

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 30, 2008

What does your Chief Technology Officer do all day? Being a manager didnt sound fun - deep down, who really wants to be held accountable for other peoples actions? If youre trying to design an architecture to maximize agility, how can that work if some people are working in TDD and others not? I mean, have you seen other people?

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CTO Fractional CTO CTO Hire Technical Review 168

online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

Accounting. Consumer Products. Paper & Forest Products. Dow Jones Reprints: This copy is for your personal, non-commercial use only. To order presentation-ready copies for distribution to your colleagues, clients or customers, use the Order Reprints tool at the bottom of any article or visit www.djreprints.com.

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Venture Capital Software Review Rhode Island North Dakota 107

Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 14, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Tuesday, April 14, 2009 Validated learning about customers Would you rather have $30,000 or $1 million in revenues for your startup? This may sound crazy, coming as it does from an advocate of c harging customers for your product from day one. But all things are never equal. What’s going on?

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Customer San Francisco Lean Hockey Stick 167

www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

VC Cafe highlights everything you need to know from hosting your code in hackathons to open source legal docs. Hundreds of startups featured since 2005, will yours be next? Updated Business tools for Startups. Also includes the most popular platforms, based on a year of data on business buy and sell marketplace, Flippa.com.

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Software Review Technical Review Startup 53

Up and Running

JULY 3, 2015

This week Peter and Jonathan debate whether your should stick to your plan or change it. Finally, is the “Internet of Things” the sign of progress, or pushing us toward a grim future? Check out Lara Galloway’s new book, Moms Mean Business. The “Internet of Things” (IoT) – (22:06).

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Internet Marketing Lean Small Business 60

Up and Running

DECEMBER 9, 2014

Are you an entrepreneur or small business owner with questions about funding your small business? Maybe you are wondering which metrics to track, or whether or not you should take out a loan for your business. Jared will you give us a little bit about your entrepreneurial experience. My name is John Bates.

Small Business 95

Small Business Finance Forecast Metrics 95

maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

189 Answers To The Top Startup Questions On Your Mind. 189 Answers To The Top Startup Questions On Your Mind. Cause your scared. There’s a great quote that I love that goes “Ask not if you’re worthy of your goals, ask instead, are your goals worthy of your life?”. Building Product 2. Maple Butter.

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Technical Review Startup Cofounder Software Review 44

www.quora.com

JANUARY 16, 2011

I have come to believe during my time as an operator, entrepreneur and investor that the balance of these skills is so important to the long-term health of a business that if balance is not achieved early then the impact later can be profound - sometimes terminal. They are many more examples. Lakshman Prasad • Nov 16, 2010.

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Technical Review Startup CTO Hire Cofounder 51

infochachkie.com

DECEMBER 5, 2011

If youre new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed , follow me on Twitter , connect with me on Quora. Lousy Products Might Break Your Bones – But A Name Will Seldom Hurt You John Greathouse – Posted in: Entrepreneur , Strategic Planning. Great product names help and bad product names hurt.

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Naming Technical Review Product Product Name 40

techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

So for this first post, here’s the best advice I can give you: join an awesome founding team and get your product out the door ASAP. So, this is what I tell them: At the exact moment you had your idea, ten other people had the exact same idea. Like I said, forget everything else and just get your product out the door.

Technical Review 84

Technical Review Cofounder Technical Cofounder Software Review 84

sivers.org

JUNE 25, 2010

Derek Sivers about me blog books email list contact How to hire a programmer to make your ideas happen 2010-06-19 Do you have an idea for a website, online business, or application, but need a programmer to turn that idea into reality? Feel free to include your URL and email for anyone to contact you. Save the rest for later.

CTO Hire 84

CTO Hire Hiring Software Review Technical Review 84

Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 15, 2010

My belief is that the root cause of the IPO shortage is that successful startup companies cannot find productive ways to invest large amounts of money to scale anymore. For software companies especially, scaling distribution and development is comparatively cheap. New products become commoditized too fast.

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IPO San Francisco Lean Silicon Valley 166