Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 2, 2008

And the same is true in reverse - a lone brilliant coder can build a great widget, but it takes a system of people working well together to produce consistently great results. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0.

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 29, 2010

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Thursday, April 29, 2010 Video update on the Startup Visa Act The Startup Visa Act continues to gain momentum on Capitol Hill, thanks to grassroots support of all of you. They feature two of the rock stars of the Startup Visa team, Shervin and Brad, looking like, well, rock stars.

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Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 8, 2008

Whenever you have code that is un-deployed or un-integrated, its helpful to think of it as a huge stack of not-yet-installed parts in a widget factory. As with many lean startup practices, its getting started thats the hard part. Labels: five whys root cause analysis , Test-driven development 3comments: Chris said. Expo SF (May.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 6, 2010

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Saturday, March 6, 2010 Startup Visa update As I write this, I am traveling at 30,000 feet on Virgin Americas excellent IAD->SFO nonstop, following an intense few days of conversations in Washington, DC about the Startup Visa. Your support has been critical to everything thats happened with Startup Visa.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

Because then you’d miss out on: Whether it’s better experience to build a complete, tiny startup or to do more in-depth customer development for a meatier problem. So while the abstraction shown is a failed CRM, this could just as easily be applied to a ticketing management widget. This was a lot of fun.

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ConversionXL

MAY 29, 2013

I saw this ad: I clicked on it and this landing page revealed itself: Biggest problems: “What is Startup Weekend”? It did mention startup weekend in the 3rd line of the ad copy – but it’s not enough. “What is Startup Weekend” is your headline? Social media sharing widget? Get rid of it.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Wednesday, September 9, 2009 Happy blogiversary (my present: a brand new URL) Its official: Startup Lessons Learned has passed the one-year mark. When I first started writing this blog, I made a promise to myself that I would spend more time on the content of the essays than on layout and fancy widgets.

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This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

It’s the kind of thing you can repeat in an elevator, simple to understand , universally applicable , and, most importantly, doesn’t burden your tech team with a lot of custom development. MyBlogLog could “make any site social” just by pasting a widget. An example of a standard deal is the one that del.icio.us

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Aymeric Gaurat-Apelli

JULY 1, 2010

You will find here a list of tools you can use during the customer discovery phase. KissInsights KissInsights is a new service from the creators of KissMetrics that allows you to display a non-intrusive but highly effective widget on your website or blog. You can find more tool ideas on the Startup Tools Wiki.

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ConversionXL

AUGUST 13, 2015

In 2011, VWO found a similar effect with one of their customers, where the Ez Texting was able to increase sign ups by 31% using a live chat widget: Image Source. Finally, live chat, in this case, did not lead to a noticeable bump in customer satisfaction. Live chat isn’t a quick fix or a hack. Gather data.

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Aymeric Gaurat-Apelli

JULY 1, 2010

You will find here a list of tools you can use during the customer discovery phase. KissInsights KissInsights is a new service from the creators of KissMetrics that allows you to display a non-intrusive but highly effective widget on your website or blog. You can find more tool ideas on the Startup Tools Wiki.

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grasshopperherder.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Notes: Assuming that the idea is neutral; that the business’ “widget” has merit, that what ever the company wants to provide / sell is worthwhile to the prospective investor. Four Startups in Four Weeks - Suicide by MVP (9). Top 3 Ways to Fail at Customer Development. Personas for Customer Development.

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