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Woodstock for Entrepreneurs – the Startup Lessons Learned Conference

Steve Blank

It was an all day event devoted to the theory and practice of Lean Startups and Customer Development. It wasn’t until Eric Ries sat in my class and had the insight – that to actually implement Customer Development engineers needed to couple it with an agile methodology – that the theory turned into practice.

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Philosophy Helps Start-Ups Move Faster (WSJ on the Lean Startup)

Startup Lessons Learned

The article includes comments from Kevin Dewalt and Drew Houston. The article includes comments from Kevin Dewalt and Drew Houston. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? Even Marc Andreessen weighs in. Even Marc Andreessen weighs in.

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Steve Blank vs. Steve Jobs

Seeing Both Sides

Should they follow the Steve Blank, Customer Development Process school of product development or the Steve Jobs "vision" school? Houston kept focusing on a test and learn approach to product development, event creating a "Votebox" feature that allowed users to vote for the product changes they wanted most.

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KQED Forum + conference update + a chance to win tickets

Startup Lessons Learned

Some of them are entrepreneurship superstars like Steve Blank, Marc Andreessen, Drew Houston, Leah Busque, Scott Cook and Dave Binetti. If you’re considering joining us and you haven’t yet bought a ticket, today—right now—is the time to register. The main day of the conference, December 3, includes more than 30 speakers.

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Lessons Learned: Inc Magazine on Minimum Viable Product (and a.

Startup Lessons Learned

Thats why some entrepreneurs are trying another approach to product launches: marketing a product online before spending much on research and development or inventory. Consider the method used by TPGTEX Label Solutions, a Houston -based software company that specializes in bar codes and labels for manufacturers and chemical companies.

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Top 120 Startup Posts for 2010

SoCal CTO

Forum December 9th Lineup - Startup Houston , November 27, 2010 When to step on the gas and go for it? Berkonomics , November 29, 2010 Rice Alliance IT/Web 2.0