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Startup Lessons Learned
AUGUST 24, 2009
One is explaining the world as it used to work: the importance of gatekeepers, the scarcity implied by limited distribution, and the resulting quality bar that the industry is so proud of. But, as any startup can tell you, this opens up a tremendous set of opportunities for the rest of us. What accounts for the difference?
Startup Lessons Learned
SEPTEMBER 10, 2008
Heres my favorite part: If youve got a team, part of the team should obsess about the backlist, honing it, editing it and promoting it, while the rest work to generate (as opposed to promote) the frontlist. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup?
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Startup Lessons Learned
SEPTEMBER 27, 2010
And the rest is history: Google Maps was a huge success. After all, how would Craig Newmark’s life (and the rest of ours, too) be different today if he had waited to build something with a high-quality design before starting his famous list? And the rest is history: Google Maps was a huge success. Ship it.&# Ship it.&#
Startup Lessons Learned
AUGUST 1, 2009
Even if SJ has some unique "process" that enables him to come up with killer products (I suspect he is just wired differently from most people and probably has no real idea of how he does it to a point where it is teachable), that doesn't mean that the Lean Startup/Steve Blank's ideas etc have less of a value for the rest of us.
Startup Lessons Learned
MARCH 22, 2010
Luckily for the rest of us, he was able to find his path to a green card, and now employs 24 Americans in West Lafayette, Indiana. The cost of creating new companies is falling rapidly, and access to markets, distribution, and information is within the reach of anyone with an Internet connection. He started Passageways Inc.
Startup Lessons Learned
JANUARY 2, 2010
The cost of creating new companies is falling rapidly, and access to markets, distribution, and information is within the reach of anyone with an internet connection. This is just like a startup to me, complete with distribution and product development challenges, ecosystem design and many, many customers.
Startup Lessons Learned
SEPTEMBER 11, 2009
I agree that listening and communicating is a key to success, but customer development can only do so much. As for the rest of the comments that have generally been blasting me for my use of the word troll, let me say the following: 1) I hear you. After all, devs are the majority part of your customers.
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