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Beyond the garage

Startup Lessons Learned

No BS, no vanity metrics, no launches, no PR. Yes, you really can use continuous deployment – even in an SEC regulated environment. And those are just our keynotes! We also have an awesome lineup of case studies. As always, our rule is by entrepreneurs, for entrepreneurs. Wealthfront CTO Pascal-Louis Perez will show you how.

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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. Tell your Startup Visa story Speaking 2010: Webstock, GDC, Web 2.0,

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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. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. Later, I discovered you could get paid to program computers, and really never looked back.

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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. So if you’ve got advice to share on implementing a continuous deployment framework, for example, we’re all eyes. So, no, you absolutely do not have to be a developer to give a talk.

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Lessons Learned: What is customer development?

Startup Lessons Learned

But too often when its time to think about customers, marketing, positioning, or PR, we delegate it to "marketroids" or "suits." Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. Towards a new entrepreneurship ► 2009 (88) ► December (4) Continuous deployment for mission-critical applica.

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Lessons Learned: Please teach kids programming, Mr. President

Startup Lessons Learned

Whats striking about these stories, if you get past the PR hype, are two very important themes: These prodigies were self-taught, and had a fundamental fascination with technology from a very young age. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. Tell your Startup Visa story Speaking 2010: Webstock, GDC, Web 2.0,

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Twitter Link Roundup #113 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

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Design for Continuous Deployment – [link]. A good culture avoids these dangers: Eight Dangers of Collaboration – [link]. Don’t Be A Free User – [link]. Cheap Willl Be Smart. Expensive Will Be Dumb – [link]. Klout, My Story & Why Opting Out Was My Only Choice – [link].