Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 26, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Wednesday, August 26, 2009 Building a new startup hub Last week, I had a unique opportunity to spend some time in Boulder at the behest of TechStars. It was a great experience to see a relatively new startup hub in action - and thriving. Their model looks like a key ingredient in the startup brew there.

San Francisco 113

San Francisco Silicon Valley Startup Continuous Deployment 113

socialmatchbox.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

If you post up an ad to an online job board asking for someone to join your very high risk early stage startup company the odds of getting someone who decent are slim to none. For starters, you have to get inside the head of a programmer who might want to work for your startup. You now have an hourly rate range to work with.

Part-Time VPE 41

Part-Time VPE Sweat Equity DC Washington 41

Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 30, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Thursday, July 30, 2009 Techstars brings The Lean Startup to Boulder Im very excited to announce a pair of events that will kick off a very busy fall speaking tour. The event will include a talk from Eric on The Lean Startup over dinner, followed by moderated table discussion and then final Q&A with Eric.

Lean 68

Lean San Francisco Continuous Deployment DC 68

techcocktail.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Tech Cocktail Connecting, educating and amplifying the startup technology community and having fun doing it since 2006. So, today we’d like to highlight a few main points to consider when building your startup team. Startup’s can be stressful and there may be many times when people want to quit.

San Francisco 44

San Francisco Startup PHP San Diego 44

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 7, 2008

The basic idea is to extend agile, which excels in situations where the problem is known but the solution is unknown, into areas of even greater uncertainty, such as your typical startup. Can this methodology be used for startups that are not exclusively about software? Talk about waste.

Customer Development 131

Customer Development Engineer San Francisco Developer 131

Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 27, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Wednesday, May 27, 2009 Austin: the Lean Startup tour continues Next week I head to Austin, TX for my first visit ever. The Lean Startup is a practical approach for creating and managing a new breed of company that excels in low-cost experimentation, rapid iteration, and true customer insight. Bring it on!

Lean 60

Lean Austin San Francisco Continuous Deployment 60

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

They want to hire employees who care about the environment and are committed to sustainability. This organization is based in Washington, DC. They hire people passionate about helping animals and habitats around the world. Harmless Harvest is a startup with plans to grow much bigger. Their office space is green.

San Francisco 127

San Francisco Malawi Harvest Green 127

Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 5, 2010

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. While the customer development framework of Four Steps is universally relevant, The Entrepreneur’s Guide updates its practices for modern startups. Make the effort to test your assumptions.

Customer Development 166

Customer Development Developer San Francisco Customer 166

Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 28, 2008

We pitch to potential partners, vendors, publishers, conferences, employees, and even lawyers. Ill exclude those non- lean startups who basically exist for the purpose of raising bigger and bigger sums of money. One last piece of advice: dont forget that potential partners are evaluating the strength of your pitch, not you.

San Francisco 128

San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment DC 128

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 24, 2012

I wrote a blog post on how to work with lawyers at a startup nearly two-and-a-half years ago. If you don’t have much experience in working with law firms at a startup it’s a good primer. In that post I talked about how to select a law-firm for a startup. Startup-focused. It was very widely read.

Los Angeles 299

Los Angeles Early Stage DC Silicon Valley 299

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 12, 2008

You might get a bunch of inbound emails from other press and partners, and all of these things can contribute to a feeling that you’re on your way to getting tons of traffic. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0.

Audience 119

Audience San Francisco Continuous Deployment Lean 119

The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 18, 2022

Working with a mortgage broker can save you time and money by helping you navigate the Washington DC mortgage process and find the best deal for your needs. We’re going to look at what a mortgage broker does and the benefits you’ll gain by hiring this real estate loan professional. What Does a Mortgage Broker Do?

DC 155

DC Washington Security Search 155

Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

We brought in business, so we needed to hire quickly, and we brought in some people who were excellent, and actually some who were amazing, and then some who weren't so good. Back then, in the early nineties or even the mid nineties, people didn't want to work for a startup. We needed to bring in revenue as quickly as possible.

Venezuela 74

Venezuela Cofounder Finance Global 74

Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 8, 2009

That’s what most startup decisions are like. Because of the extreme unknowns inherent in startup situations, we are all blind – to the realities of what customers what, market dynamics, and competitive threats. This startup has been busy transforming their culture and process to incorporate split-testing.

San Francisco 84

San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment DC 84

Hunter Walker

JUNE 10, 2016

HW: At Homebrew we see lots of startups wanting to serve the small/growing business segment with software tools ranging from ecommerce, to point of sale to employees backoffice and so on. HW: What’s a problem you wish a technology startup could solve for you? HW: You partnered with Bond Street for growth capital.

Technical Review 50

Technical Review Equity SBA Software Review 50

Hunter Walker

JUNE 10, 2016

HW: At Homebrew we see lots of startups wanting to serve the small/growing business segment with software tools ranging from ecommerce, to point of sale to employees backoffice and so on. HW: What’s a problem you wish a technology startup could solve for you? HW: You partnered with Bond Street for growth capital.

Technical Review 48

Technical Review Equity SBA Software Review 48

Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 22, 2016

The show follows the journeys of founders who share what it takes to build a startup – from restaurants to rocket scientists, to online gifts to online groceries and more. HowU Innovate provides campus-wide innovation courses, in which students are guided through the process of founding technology startups.

Cofounder 120

Cofounder DC Entrepreneur Silicon Valley 120

startupbaltimore.org

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Home Events Calendar Job Board Startup Resources Archives About Contact Interested in an Open-Data Contest in Baltimore? Each of those ten people have great ideas and passion for their ventures but they are lacking a technical cofounder or the money to hire a programmer. Start here. Start an event or project.

Technical Cofounder 40

Technical Cofounder Cofounder Baltimore Maryland 40

Women Entrepreneurs Can

APRIL 6, 2021

Everybody goes through a phase where they discuss startup ideas with their peers and want to quit their job and rule the business world. Let’s be honest, every startup commences with an idea, runs with strategies, and sees success with a pinch of luck. So, before everything else, you need to have a vision for your startup.

DC 52

DC Washington Employee Finance 52

Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 2, 2020

The mayor had the scientific advisors in place in order to understand the power of what this new startup could bring and was able to take action, rather than be paralyzed by the pandemic. And, listen, I tell the stories of startups going fast for a living. Eric Ries : The essence of startup thinking right there.

Curation 60

Curation Government Los Angeles Partner 60

Hunter Walker

JUNE 7, 2016

Bettina Stern: My business partner Suzanne Simon and I have been cooking together for many years. Chaia was the result of our matched style toward food and our wish to bring seasonal, vegetable cuisine to DC. UberEats – we recently partnered with this behemoth to get our food to more customers. How did it all begin?

Caching 70

Caching DC Social Media Finance 70

Hearpreneur

APRIL 29, 2021

was born on a train from NYC to DC in 2008 when I was reading an article by Annie Prolix in Amtrak magazine about Elizabeth Gilbert, author of “Eat Pray Love.” Hiring overseas virtual assistants solved the need to fill out the vacancies and accomplished the dream of operating 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Photo Credit: Hope Gibbs.

Naming 162

Naming Entrepreneur LLC Colombia 162

Campus Entrepreneurship

OCTOBER 7, 2010

But ultralight startups? That sounds to me like an extremely small and economical startup. The premise appears to be that technology makes this no/low capital startup a possibility. One is a food tour business in Washington DC. Tim Berry introduces us to a new term, the ultralight start up. I like the image it conjures.

Kansas City 40

Kansas City Startup Bootstrapping Kansas 40

Hunter Walker

JUNE 7, 2016

Bettina Stern: My business partner Suzanne Simon and I have been cooking together for many years. Chaia was the result of our matched style toward food and our wish to bring seasonal, vegetable cuisine to DC. UberEats – we recently partnered with this behemoth to get our food to more customers. How did it all begin?

Caching 48

Caching DC Social Media Finance 48

Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 1, 2009

I see that as a great way for my product to grow, but while Ive partnered with companies in my consulting business, its not something Im as familiar with now that Im on the product side. I question what numbers I would need to be considered respectable and/or worth a potential partners time. January 2, 2009 4:53 AM Dave McClure said.

San Francisco 60

San Francisco Continuous Deployment Lean DC 60

Austin Startup

MARCH 3, 2019

Startup ?—? SXSW Startup Crawl Time: Friday, March 8, 4:00pm-8:00pm Location: Capital Factory, 701 Brazos Street Register: SXSW Badge OR register at atxstartupcrawl.com SXSW Startup Crawl | The Biggest Tech Startup Event in Austin Kick things off at the biggest party of SXSW?—?The The SXSW Startup Crawl!

Austin 49

Austin Audio Artificial Inteligence Curation 49

Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 13, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Friday, March 13, 2009 Dont launch Heres a common question I get from startups, especially in the early stages: when should we launch? In fact, in most situations its a bad idea for startups to synchronize these events. Establish credibility with potential partners.

San Francisco 168

San Francisco PR Lean Early Stage 168

Hearpreneur

AUGUST 2, 2020

So we set out to solve them and help grow successful food businesses in DC. I used my experience gained while hiring, creating job descriptions, interviewing, and being part of several promotional processes to start a coaching business which I absolutely love. I was determined to be the best business partner he’s ever had.

Entrepreneur 147

Entrepreneur Technical Review South Korea United States 147

Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 7, 2008

Those who have the endurance are the ones that tend to lead teams and join startups, because you just cant be successful in a startup situation without empathy. When a startup encounters difficult technical problems, this is the guy you want solving them. I would characterize them as intolerant but not arrogant. Just change it.

Software Review 94

Software Review Technical Review Part-Time VPE San Francisco 94

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

The VC partner, somebody I greatly respect said, “Yeah, we like Gil and what they’re doing. Look beyond California and you have group purchasing (GroupOn in Chicago, LivingSocial in Washington DC), private sales (Gilt Groupe in NY, HauteLook in LA), artisan marketplaces (Etsy in NY), eCommerce (Amazon in Seattle) and on and on.

Silicon Valley 313

Silicon Valley Southern California Los Angeles Semantic 313

Hearpreneur

JUNE 14, 2017

I hired another guide to help with the load, and I started charging for tickets to pay the guide. million+ company, with 60+ team members doing tours in NYC, San Francisco, Chicago, Washington DC and Los Angeles.”. I hire the best, so we’re all able to have it all. We’ve continued bootstrapping since then — today we are a $2.5

Entrepreneur 128

Entrepreneur South Africa PR Thailand 128

Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 6, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, October 6, 2008 When NOT to listen to your users; when NOT to rely on split-tests There are three legs to the lean startup concept: agile product development , low-cost (fast to market) platforms , and rapid-iteration customer development. No departments The Five Whys for Startups (for Harvard Business R.

San Francisco 128

San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment Agile 128

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.&# A successful startup strives for this latter case. Successful startups don’t.

Customer 156

Customer San Francisco Viral Lean 156

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 22, 2014

It’s a fantastic startup that has had a amazing impact on society. Kicking ecosystem partners in the nuts. They basically hire people from the gutter. I stayed at a friend’s house near Washington DC and their posh neighborhood has an Airbnb house that had become a party pad. This is a real startup problem.

St. Louis 418

St. Louis Hosting Employee DC 418

Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 7, 2010

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Wednesday, April 7, 2010 Learning is better than optimization (the local maximum problem) Lean startups don’t optimize. When people (ok, engineers) who have been trained in this model enter most startups, they quickly get confused. In Google’s case, often in the millions of people.

San Francisco 154

San Francisco Lean Metrics Design 154

Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

This is the reason I decided to StartUp and go all in. I’ve been running this business with my partners for four years now and even though it feels like 138 years ago, I’m still working hard with the same enthusiasm as in the beginning. SeedInvest : Platform for early stage startups. BEFORE US AND WASHINGTON DC.

Austin 49

Austin DC Texas San Francisco 49

Up and Running

JULY 14, 2015

Peter and Jonathan discuss startup incubators, and our guest Caroline talks to us about the “F” word and 10 reasons why startups fail. Startup Incubators – (2:13). Learn more about Techstars , a startup accelerator program. 10 Reasons Why Startups Fail – (9:31). Take your idea there.

Incubator 60

Incubator Email Startup Oregon 60