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Lessons Learned: About the author

Startup Lessons Learned

Thanks to Suns amazing PR blitz, there was tremendous demand for experts on Java, and I did my best to convince people that I was one of that mythical breed. Without those open and yet expert-filled channels, it might have taken me many years more to correct my naivety and fill out my understanding of core topics.

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Lessons Learned: The three drivers of growth for your business.

Startup Lessons Learned

In this model, you take some fraction of the lifetime value of each customer and plow that back into paid acquisition through SEM, banner ads, PR, affiliates, etc. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. For Neopets, its simply a side-effect of their game-like product design. Want to learn more about me?

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Lessons Learned: Product development leverage

Startup Lessons Learned

We combined three tactics: extensive use of free software, an open platform for user-generated content, and leveraged distribution channels. Leveraged distribution channels. In the meantime, I think we have a good explanation for what all those PR dollars are being spent trying to obscure. Dont fall for it - its a trap.

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Lo, my 2295 subscribers, who are you?

Startup Lessons Learned

Today, Id like to spend some time on two techniques: the problem presentation and learning what channels of information reach customers. In particular, Ive focused on the two channels of communication that were most commonly suggested in the first survey: conferences and books. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n.

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Lessons Learned: The App Store after the gold rush

Startup Lessons Learned

The App Store is a channel for customer acquisition. As the channel gets more and more crowded, just launching an app in the store is getting worse and worse as a strategy for each new entrant. On the web, we have many of these channels: SEM, SEO, world of mouth, PR and viral. My advice: dont launch big.

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Lessons Learned: Don't launch

Startup Lessons Learned

Announce a new product, start its PR campaign, and engage in buzz marketing activities. Even if you must launch to your customers, avoid the urge to also launch in extra places, just because your PR firm can do it at the same time. If you are having trouble raising money, sometimes a little PR can help. Help you raise money.

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Lessons Learned: What is a market? (a guide for hackers)

Startup Lessons Learned

In fact, you cant go through traditional channels at all. Why do you think outsources have been happy to generate all this PR the past few years about people losing their jobs to India? Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. One can see how it ripples through the entire business plan. Expo (and a call for he.