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Neko Health: Spotify CEO’s Medical Startup Raises €60 Million in Funding

ReadWriteStart

JULY 5, 2023

Neko Health will be able to revolutionize the healthcare industry and expand its operations beyond the borders of its home country of Sweden as a result of the funding received. This ensures that both customers and investors have a clear understanding of how the company’s technology functions.

Sweden

Sweden Artificial Inteligence Cofounder Technical Review

Manage And Schedule Appointments With TimeCenter

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 10, 2011

Through the application, you can easily schedule appointments with even SMS text messages for notifications, customer reminders and promotional messages, and receive notifications by SMS or email when customers book an appointment. TimeCenter is developed by Sweden-based Niclas Marie and Daniel Ellenson.

Sweden

Sweden SMS Management Web Development

Lessons Learned: Customer Development Engineering

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 7, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Sunday, September 7, 2008 Customer Development Engineering Yesterday, I had the opportunity to guest lecture again in Steve Blank s entrepreneurship class at the Berkeley-Columbia executive MBA program. Its a nice complement on the product engineering side to his customer development methodology.

Customer Development

Customer Development Engineer San Francisco Developer

The Entrepreneur's Guide to Customer Development

Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 5, 2010

I believe it is the best introduction to Customer Development you can buy. As all of you know, Steve Blank is the progenitor of Customer Development and author of The Four Steps to the Epiphany. I have personally sold many copies of his book, and continue to recommend it as one of the most important books a startup founder can read.

Customer Development

Customer Development Developer San Francisco Customer

Lessons Learned: What is customer development?

Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 8, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Saturday, November 8, 2008 What is customer development? But too often when its time to think about customers, marketing, positioning, or PR, we delegate it to "marketroids" or "suits." Many of us are not accustomed to thinking about markets or customers in a disciplined way.

Customer Development

Customer Development Developer San Francisco Customer

A real Customer Advisory Board

Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 26, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, October 26, 2009 A real Customer Advisory Board A reader recently asked on a previous post about the technique of having customers periodically produce a “state of the company&# progress report. Many companies seek to involve customers directly in the creation of their products.

Advisory Board

Advisory Board Customer San Francisco Lean

Lessons Learned: Combining agile development with customer development

Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 16, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, March 16, 2009 Combining agile development with customer development Today I read an excellent blog post that I just had to share. The breakthrough idea of agile is that software should be built iteratively, with the pieces that customers value most created first. Enter Jims post.

Agile

Agile Customer Development Developer San Francisco

Microsoft’s Purchase Of Minecraft Maker Mojang Shows Comitment To Building Cross-Platform Appeal

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

billion acquisition of Sweden-based software company Mojang, the developer behind the popular building game ““Minecraft”, which has sold over 100 million copies since its release in 2009, illustrates the degree to which Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella’s long-term vision for Microsoft is taking root at that company. Microsoft’s $2.5

Acquisition

Acquisition Azure Merger Sweden

Lessons Learned: Validated learning about customers

Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 14, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Tuesday, April 14, 2009 Validated learning about customers Would you rather have $30,000 or $1 million in revenues for your startup? This may sound crazy, coming as it does from an advocate of c harging customers for your product from day one. They are gaining valuable customer data.

Customer

Customer San Francisco Lean Hockey Stick

Business ecology and the four customer currencies

Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 14, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, December 14, 2009 Business ecology and the four customer currencies Lately, I’ve been rethinking the concept of “business model&# for startups, in favor of something I call “business ecology.&# Let’s begin with the four customer currencies. And this is true outside of games.

Customer

Customer San Francisco Viral Lean

How to listen to customers, and not just the loud people

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 14, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Sunday, September 14, 2008 How to listen to customers, and not just the loud people Frequency is more important than talking to the "right" customers, especially early on. Youll know when the person youre talking to is not a potential customer - they just wont understand what youre saying.

San Francisco

San Francisco Customer Lean Continuous Deployment

[INTERVIEW] Mark Attanasio, Toronto Financial Services Executive, Managing Partner Of Hillcrest Merchant Partners

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 25, 2018

Sales, profits, customers – it all can be volatile and that is one of the hardest parts of being an entrepreneur. There’s a battery entrepreneur in Sweden, for example, who’s doing some interesting work on the next generation of batteries. Dealing with the unknown can also be daunting. How do you see that opportunity developing?

Partner

Partner Technical Review Management Due Diligence

Cash Vs. Digital Payments: Which is the Better Option?

The Startup Magazine

MAY 23, 2023

However, digital currencies have caught up and have been adopted by countries like Sweden as the main way to pay for goods and services. Customers can pay using any of the systems you have without them having to visit an ATM to get cash or to carry it around. Take a look at our payment system comparison.

Sweden

Sweden Mobile Software Security

Swedish Start-Up to Fight China’s Polluted Air – But The Movement Is Nation-Wide

YoungUpstarts

JULY 12, 2019

Sweden is popular for the recycling and sustainability measures taken throughout the years. Since the ‘90s, when the country first started to recycle what could be recycled, Sweden has evolved so much. In fact, Sweden has exceeded the recycling target set by the Government for 2020 a long time ago. Sustainability as a lifestyle.

Sweden

Sweden China India Cofounder

Business Owner Challenges in the Disrupted Business Loan Market

The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Some of the ones that have been hit the hardest is the SMEs, especially those whose business is dependent on a physical visit of customers. As SMEs saw the number of customers drop, so did their revenues and all of a sudden they had to fight for their survival. Supply of financing has been fluctuating. Every dollar counts.

Sweden

Sweden Marketing Finance Government

10 Companies Want To Show You The Money

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 26, 2013

For $5 users can purchase a personalized holiday greeting card, video message, customized voice over recordings, translation or even order a small hand crafted gift. Requirements: The only requirement is having the time to fulfill your orders in a timely manner to your customers.

Securities and Exchange Commission

Securities and Exchange Commission San Francisco Miami United Kingdom

Kent Beck keynote, "To Agility, and Beyond"

Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 4, 2010

The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? ► August (2) SXSW Case Study: SlideShare goes freemium ► July (4) Case Study: kaChing, Anatomy of a Pivot Some IPO speculation Founder personalities and the “first-class man&# th. Take a look and let me know what you think.

Agile

Agile Software Review San Francisco Continuous Deployment

Minimum Viable Product: a guide

Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 3, 2009

First, a definition: the minimum viable product is that version of a new product which allows a team to collect the maximum amount of validated learning about customers with the least effort. In a lot of cases, this requires a lot of energy invested in talking to customers or metrics and analytics. Some caveats right off the bat.

San Francisco

San Francisco Product Lean Continuous Deployment

Twitter Link Roundup #226 – Small Business, Startups, Innovation, Social Media, Design, Marketing and More

crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 6, 2014

Customer] Retention is King (good insights on measurement) – crowdspring.co/1haiyJt. Customer] Retention is King (good insights on measurement) – crowdspring.co/1haiyJt. Customer Development 101) – crowdspring.co/1pNIOcD. Crowdsourcing Your Way To What Customers Really Want | Fast Company – crowdspring.co/1oNJIZp.

Social Media

Social Media Small Business Design Software Review

Small Business and Startups: End-of-Year Mishegoss, 2013!

crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 24, 2013

The madness is best summed up in the Yiddish and there are several variations: meshuggah (which Merriam Webster defines as crazy or foolish, but also happens to be a metal band from Sweden! ), meshugener (a foolish or crazy person), and (for our purposes here) mishegoss defined as general craziness, or a senseless behavior or activity.

Small Business

Small Business Software Review Startup Lean

Lessons Learned: The lean startup

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

See Customer Development Engineering for my first stab at articulating the theory involved) Ferocious customer-centric rapid iteration, as exemplified by the Customer Development process. Labels: customer development , lean startup 8comments: Amy said. How to listen to customers, and not just the loud.

Lean

Lean San Francisco Startup Continuous Deployment

Speed up or slow down? (for Harvard Business Review)

Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 25, 2010

Defective prototype code was as often thrown out (because customers didnt want it) as it was fixed (when customers did). Defective prototype code was as often thrown out (because customers didnt want it) as it was fixed (when customers did). Firefighting was part of the fun of living on the edge.

Software Review

Software Review San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment

Lessons Learned: The three drivers of growth for your business.

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

The law of large numbers (of customers) says you cant help but make at least some money - your valuation is determined by how well you monetize the tidal wave of growth. Paid - if your product monetizes customers better than your competitors, you have the opportunity to use your lifetime value advantage to drive growth.

San Francisco

San Francisco CPA SEM CTO Hire

Sales Positions at Device Ident

Babbling VC

FEBRUARY 17, 2013

Our customers come from the eCommerce, online banking and online payment industries. Your customers will be large online retailers, payment service providers, banks and online financial services players, either as users or resellers. Sales is focussed on Europe, specifically the DACH region, UK, France, Sweden and Russia. .

Sales

Sales Russia Sweden France

The Five Whys for Startups (for Harvard Business Review)

Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 2, 2010

The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ▼ June (3) What is a startup? ► August (2) SXSW Case Study: SlideShare goes freemium ► July (4) Case Study: kaChing, Anatomy of a Pivot Some IPO speculation Founder personalities and the “first-class man&# th. Take a look and let me know what you think.

Technical Review

Technical Review San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment

Lessons Learned: Just-In-Time Scalability

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 2, 2008

Scalable systems are no exception - if your assumptions about how many customers youll have, or how they will behave are just a little bit wrong, you can wind up with a massive amount of wasted code. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? Seth Godin: How often should you publish?

San Francisco

San Francisco Continuous Deployment Agile Lean

Founder Interview – Ola Sars of Music-Tech Leader, Soundtrack Your Brand

The Startup Magazine

JULY 29, 2021

The SaaS startup out of Sweden was named one of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies last year and has recently been getting a lot of buzz from music publications, including Billboard , for its pioneering work in the B2B music streaming space. We are contributing to the ever-growing synergy between music and brands.

Founder

Founder B2C B2B Audio

Pivot, don't jump to a new vision

Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 22, 2009

Each has its own iterative process: customer development and agile development respectively. Some startups avoid getting customer feedback for precisely this reason: they are afraid that if early reactions are negative, theyll be "forced" to abandon their vision. One such practice is to pivot from one vision to the next.

San Francisco

San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment Agile

Lessons Learned: SEM on five dollars a day

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 13, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Saturday, September 13, 2008 SEM on five dollars a day How do you build a new product with constant customer feedback while simultaneously staying under the radar? Slowly, over time, we optimized (or eliminated) each step in the process of becoming a customer by giving us money. SEM is a simple idea.

SEM

SEM San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment

What Do Increased Mobile Speeds Mean for Your Business?

Up and Running

MARCH 21, 2013

For a little perspective, Sweden is now recognized for having the fastest mobile broadband speeds, averaging download speeds of 22.1 This is especially important when offering your customers a mobile payment option. Because time is money, and in a mobile workforce, that spells sales gained. Mobile Speeds. By mid-2012, 26.5

Mobile

Mobile South Korea HTML Denmark

Lessons Learned: Using AdWords to assess demand for your new.

Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 7, 2008

Thats the conclusion Ive come to after watching tons of online products fail for a complete lack of customers. Our goal is to find out whether customers are interested in your product by offering to give (or even sell) it to them, and then failing to deliver on that promise. We finally settled on a $1.99 Setup a simple website.

Demand

Demand San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment

Case Study: kaChing, Anatomy of a Pivot

Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 28, 2010

In the early fall of 2009, as kaChing prepared for its marketplace launch, the management team showed the app—which included real time market data, SEC-grade accounting, analytics, compliance and customer management tools—to a number of investment pros to get feedback and endorsements. says Rachleff.

San Francisco

San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment SEC

15 steps to launch your own tech startup: Part 2

The Next Web

JULY 29, 2013

Both had a great traction, and demonstrated that it’s possible to scale a productivity app to a huge customer base. You want to create something that stays and adds value to people’s lives, both your customers and your employees. He started Skype in Sweden. As an entrepreneur you start a company with long-term goals.

San Francisco

San Francisco Cofounder Germany Europe

Paul Graham on fundraising

Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 2, 2008

The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? ► August (2) SXSW Case Study: SlideShare goes freemium ► July (4) Case Study: kaChing, Anatomy of a Pivot Some IPO speculation Founder personalities and the “first-class man&# th. Take a look and let me know what you think.

San Francisco

San Francisco Software Review Technical Review Continuous Deployment

Lessons Learned: Achieving a failure

Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 30, 2009

Here are a few: We know what customers want. By hiring experts, conducting lots of focus groups, and executing to a detailed plan, the company became deluded that it knew what customers wanted. But that was two full years before any customers were allowed to use it. Stealth is a customer-free zone.

San Francisco

San Francisco Lean Agile Continuous Deployment

Is Entrepreneurship a Management Science? (for Harvard Business.

Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 7, 2010

My most recent startup created a marketplace for customers to buy and sell virtual goods for their 3D avatar. My most recent startup created a marketplace for customers to buy and sell virtual goods for their 3D avatar. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup?

San Francisco

San Francisco Management Continuous Deployment Lean

Lessons Learned: The four kinds of work, and how to get them done.

Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 17, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, November 17, 2008 The four kinds of work, and how to get them done: part one Ive written before about some of the advantages startups have when they are very small, like the benefits of having a pathetically small number of customers. Talking to potential customers and competitors customers.

San Francisco

San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment DC

Lessons Learned: Ideas. Code. Data. Implement. Measure. Learn

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 2, 2008

Labels: agile , listening to customers 3comments: hauteroute said. Wouldn't it make more sense to Learn (customer discovery) then proceed to ideas,code, data, implement and measure? The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? How to listen to customers, and not just the loud.

San Francisco

San Francisco Continuous Deployment Lean DC

Smarticus — 10 things you could be doing to your code right now

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 10, 2008

The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? How to listen to customers, and not just the loud. Waves of technology platforms The lean startup Customer Development Engineering Greasemonkey compiler Great open source scalability tools from Danga Ideas.

Software Review

Software Review San Francisco Technical Review Continuous Deployment

Andrew Chen: Growing renewable audiences

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 12, 2008

The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? How to listen to customers, and not just the loud. Waves of technology platforms The lean startup Customer Development Engineering Greasemonkey compiler Great open source scalability tools from Danga Ideas.

Audience

Audience San Francisco Continuous Deployment Lean

Why vanity metrics are dangerous

Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 23, 2009

Its a gross number, not per-customer: one hit each from a million people is a very different thing than a million hits from just one person. So its reasonable to ask: whats wrong with vanity metrics, at least as a proxy for customer behavior? Its just that the declining segments customers were more valuable.

Metrics

Metrics San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment

Lessons Learned: About the author

Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 4, 2008

Maybe youd like to start with The lean startup , How to listen to customers , or What does a startup CTO actually do? ) That institution will touch many people in its life: customers, investors, employees, and everyone they touch as well. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup?

San Francisco

San Francisco Technical Cofounder Fractional CTO CTO

What is Lean about the Lean Startup?

Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 16, 2009

When a name is misused, as with some of the claims to "agility" extant, the initial interest is followed by disappointment when customers discover there is no corned beef between the slices of rye. Another form of respect is inviting customers to be part of the process of creating those products and services.

Lean

Lean San Francisco Continuous Deployment Startup

Lessons Learned: Principles of Lean Startups, presentation for.

Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 4, 2008

Customer development. The biggest source of cost/time advantage that all lean companies have is avoiding building features that customers dont want. For those interested in getting started with agile or customer development, I thought Id include a few links. Agile allows companies to build higher quality software faster.

Lean

Lean San Francisco Agile Continuous Deployment

Neko Health: Spotify CEO’s Medical Startup Raises €60 Million in Funding

Manage And Schedule Appointments With TimeCenter

Trending Sources

Lessons Learned: Customer Development Engineering

The Entrepreneur's Guide to Customer Development

Lessons Learned: What is customer development?

A real Customer Advisory Board

Lessons Learned: Combining agile development with customer development

Microsoft’s Purchase Of Minecraft Maker Mojang Shows Comitment To Building Cross-Platform Appeal

Lessons Learned: Validated learning about customers

Business ecology and the four customer currencies

How to listen to customers, and not just the loud people

[INTERVIEW] Mark Attanasio, Toronto Financial Services Executive, Managing Partner Of Hillcrest Merchant Partners

Cash Vs. Digital Payments: Which is the Better Option?

Swedish Start-Up to Fight China’s Polluted Air – But The Movement Is Nation-Wide

Business Owner Challenges in the Disrupted Business Loan Market

10 Companies Want To Show You The Money

Kent Beck keynote, "To Agility, and Beyond"

Minimum Viable Product: a guide

Twitter Link Roundup #226 – Small Business, Startups, Innovation, Social Media, Design, Marketing and More

Small Business and Startups: End-of-Year Mishegoss, 2013!

Lessons Learned: The lean startup

Speed up or slow down? (for Harvard Business Review)

Lessons Learned: The three drivers of growth for your business.

Sales Positions at Device Ident

The Five Whys for Startups (for Harvard Business Review)

Lessons Learned: Just-In-Time Scalability

Founder Interview – Ola Sars of Music-Tech Leader, Soundtrack Your Brand

Pivot, don't jump to a new vision

Lessons Learned: SEM on five dollars a day

What Do Increased Mobile Speeds Mean for Your Business?

Lessons Learned: Using AdWords to assess demand for your new.

Case Study: kaChing, Anatomy of a Pivot

15 steps to launch your own tech startup: Part 2

Paul Graham on fundraising

Lessons Learned: Achieving a failure

Is Entrepreneurship a Management Science? (for Harvard Business.

Lessons Learned: The four kinds of work, and how to get them done.

Lessons Learned: Ideas. Code. Data. Implement. Measure. Learn

Smarticus — 10 things you could be doing to your code right now

Andrew Chen: Growing renewable audiences

Why vanity metrics are dangerous

Lessons Learned: About the author

What is Lean about the Lean Startup?

Lessons Learned: Principles of Lean Startups, presentation for.

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