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Lessons Learned: The lean startup

Startup Lessons Learned

For example, one angel investor reportedly invested in several hundred social networking ventures employing this philosophy. Mark Montgomery Founder Kyield Initium VC September 12, 2009 4:21 AM Mark Montgomery said. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. April 23, 2010 in San Francisco.

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Pivot, don't jump to a new vision

Startup Lessons Learned

Some startups fail because the founders cant have this conversation - they either blow up when they try, or they fail to change because they are afraid of conflict. We went through another pivot when we switched again from instant messaging to social networking. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n.

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How to listen to customers, and not just the loud people

Startup Lessons Learned

This was 2004, and we had never even heard of MySpace, let alone had any understanding of social networking. It required hearing customers say it over and over again for us to take a serious look, and eventually to realize that social networking was core to our business. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n.

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The Steve Jobs method

Startup Lessons Learned

For startups that are tempted to mimic this behavior, I suggest reading the great account of the early Apple in Founders at Work.) The customer understands experience, and social networks, since they make pervasive p2p economically viable, accentuate customers' ability to mirror each other and articulate customer experience.

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How to get distribution advantage on the iPhone

Startup Lessons Learned

This can even vary by category, as people apply different criteria to games vs. utilities vs. social networking apps. ► August (2) SXSW Case Study: SlideShare goes freemium ► July (4) Case Study: kaChing, Anatomy of a Pivot Some IPO speculation Founder personalities and the “first-class man&# th.

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Lessons Learned: Lo, my 5 subscribers, who are you?

Startup Lessons Learned

Pick a similar product that they do use, and ask them "who was the first person you know who started using [social networking, mobile phones, plasma TV, instant messaging.]? Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. April 23, 2010 in San Francisco. can I talk to them?" Bring your questions.

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Lessons Learned: Don't launch

Startup Lessons Learned

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. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. See if their answer is about tactics or strategy. Who doesnt want to see their name in print?