Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

With the unlimited access to “how-to” videos and detailed instructions on the Internet, you shouldn’t need to hire experts for most things. Use multiple social-media channels, blogging, email and voicemail to build the same image and responsiveness as larger competitors. Learn to be a generalist rather than a specialist.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 18, 2020

With the unlimited access to “how-to” videos and detailed instructions on the Internet, you shouldn’t need to hire experts for most things. Use multiple social-media channels, blogging, email and voicemail to build the same image and responsiveness as larger competitors. Learn to be a generalist rather than a specialist.

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 14, 2009

Because they have no presence in the market, they have to find distribution channels to bring in customers. This wasn’t very impressive, but we had two things going for us: A hockey stick shaped growth curve. People often forget the most important part of the hockey stick: the long flat part. Expo SF (May.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 6, 2016

With the unlimited access to “how-to” videos and detailed instructions on the Internet, you shouldn’t need to hire experts for most things. Use multiple social-media channels, blogging, email and voicemail to build the same image and responsiveness as larger competitors. Learn to be a generalist rather than a specialist.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

In future posts I’ll describe how Eric Ries and the Lean Startup concept provided the equivalent model for product development activities inside the building and neatly integrates customer and agile development. Not All Startups Are Alike There’s an urban legend that Eskimos-Aleuts have more words to describe snow than other cultures.

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