Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 5, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Wednesday, November 5, 2008 Learning from Obama: maneuver warfare on the campaign trail I had the privilege of volunteering for the Obama campaign in swing states for a few weekends during the final push towards victory. Im quite confident I got more out of the experience than the campaign got from me.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 7, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Friday, November 7, 2008 Using AdWords to assess demand for your new online service, step-by-step If you want to build an online service, and you dont test it with a fake AdWords campaign ahead of time, youre crazy. Start an AdWords campaign. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n.

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Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 22, 2009

After volunteering for the Obama campaign last year, a friend of mine insisted that I write a letter to our new President telling him what I thought he should do. Asked to help, I am confident that Silicon Valley and every other innovation center will step up. Ill explain in a moment. This post is the result. They are nerds.

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Programming San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment 143

Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 13, 2009

Announce a new product, start its PR campaign, and engage in buzz marketing activities. Founders push for it. In some ways, founders are even worse. My experience is that many founders actually have a deep anxiety that maybe they are not succeeding. Start with a five-dollar-a-day SEM campaign. Dont scale.

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San Francisco PR Lean Early Stage 168

Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 24, 2009

Most publishers are still caught up in an outdated “vision vs. metrics&# argument, which is already obsolete here in Silicon Valley. Each new campaign is a startup where Lean principals can be applied to maximum effect. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. Eric, First of all, great post.

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Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 7, 2010

Whether youre a US citizen or an immigrant, entrepreneur or investor, founder or employee, theres something you can do. This is especially true if you live outside the echo chamber of Silicon Valley. If you are an immigrant founder who has helped build a company that has created jobs in the US, we need you to tell your story.

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