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Twitter Link Roundup #60 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

Lean Startups aren’t Cheap Startups – [link]. Innovative Product Design #3 – [link]. Google Maps triggers military dispute between Costa Rica & Nicaragua – [link]. Employee Equity: Restricted Stock and RSUs on #mbamondays – [link]. Your Worst Enemy Is Yourself – [link].

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Scaling is Hard, Case Study: TripAdvisor

Seeing Both Sides

As we have seen with the recent speed bumps at highfliers like Groupon and Zynga, taking “lean startups” from foundation to creating sustainable, scalable, profitable business models is a very rare and special task. TripAdvisor, in effect, was a model lean start-up with an engineering-driven, product-focused founder.

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This Weekend

Startup Lessons Learned

The next couple of days are going to be amazing, as the Lean Startup community converges on San Francisco. As a reminder, the first 200 people to show up will get one of the very first copies of the Lean Startup Book , a pre-publication printed galley. Product management and customer development, KISSmetrics. Founder, Tout.

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How to Start a Travel Agency

Up and Running

A lean business plan would be a perfect fit for your business. Even if you do intend to pitch your business idea to lenders and investors, you can start with a lean plan, and flesh out the rest of the info later on. Introducing Lean Planning: How to Plan Less and Grow Faster. A Standard Business Plan Outline.

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Volunteering in Guatemala

David Cohen

Long time readers may remember when I did similar trips ( China with Andrew , then Costa Rica with Delaney ) with my older kids when they were around 12 years old. Rollie and I took turns weaving, and hours later had just the beginnings of a finished product like the one shown below. We finally got it done in February, 2024.

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