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Speak at the 2013 Lean Startup Conference

Startup Lessons Learned

We’re holding it December 9 – 11 in San Francisco, with sessions at the Nob Hill Masonic Center and the Fairmont Hotel, a half-block away. Publicists and those seeking PR and media attention should look elsewhere. * This post was written by Sarah Milstein, co-host of The Lean Startup Conference. Seriously. *

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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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How to Get Picked as a Speaker for The Lean Startup Conference

Startup Lessons Learned

Oh, and your salespeople have to make sure bookstores will stock it, and your marketing and PR people will have to make sure readers know it exists. You may have to pay the writer and photographer, and perhaps you’ll spend some money on training the writer to use blogging software and social media tools that help them build a following.

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Lessons Learned: The lean startup at UC Berkeley Haas School of.

Startup Lessons Learned

It represents the triumph of learning, over the naive startup creation myths we read about in the media. What happened when we got early press (circa 2004) in violation of our own no-PR rule. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. April 23, 2010 in San Francisco. IMVU learned to learn.

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Lessons Learned: The App Store after the gold rush

Startup Lessons Learned

This is completely analogous to the situation elsewhere on the internet, where launching a new website, product, or service with PR is getting harder and harder. Customers and prospects are overwhelmed by the number of media and companies clamoring for their attention. Dont do PR upfront, dont put out a press release.