Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 5, 2009

One way to conceive of our goal in an early-stage venture is to incrementally “fill in the blanks&# for the business model that we think will one day power our startup. In other words, we want to use the spreadsheet to quantify our progress using the most important unit: validated learning about customers.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 8, 2009

But in the early stages of a startup you are still trying to hone in on what exactly the problem is. There is no iteration in the process, in fact the SBCE serves to remove iterations (rework). I guess the crux of the problem is SBCE gives you a quicker path to a better solution of a known problem.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 4, 2009

It connects to the internet to automatically download the necessary codes. This is important, especially if you are a very early stage company. One of my favorite gadgets at home is the Harmony Universal Remote. But the real breakthrough is a usability insight: that people dont really want to control devices.

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 17, 2010

Three premier early-stage venture investors have joined forces to sponsor the event: Baseline , Floodgate , and First Round Capital. Three premier early-stage venture investors have joined forces to sponsor the event: Baseline , Floodgate , and First Round Capital. Take a look and let me know what you think.

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Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 24, 2009

I liked the flattering Venture Hacks commentary so much Ill just quote it: Many founders believe that early stage startups are endeavors of execution. He believes that many early stage startups are labors of learning. The customer is known, the product is known, and all we have to do is act.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 12, 2009

However, this financial bar has had the effect of excluding one segment of potential customers that Id really like to see there - early stage entrepreneurs who have all the intelligence and vision of their later stage counterparts, but simply cannot afford the cash flow to attend. Take a look and let me know what you think.

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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? This is the usual reason given for a marketing launch, but for most early stage startups, its a failure. My answer is almost always the same: dont.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 20, 2009

For short stories - I think it is always good to introduce some practical problem (you might have heard from entrepreneur at early stage) and how the lean startup method helped solved that. August 20, 2009 6:44 AM Prashant Sachdev said. Take a look and let me know what you think. Take a look and let me know what you think.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 19, 2008

What all these teachers had in common were two things: they were technology early adopters that were willing to take a chance on a new software product, and they all had similar problems organizing their classes and students. Take a look and let me know what you think. Take a look and let me know what you think.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 9, 2009

Id been on the internet since I was playing MUDs as a kid, but by 1999 I felt Id already missed the boat. We were focused on revenue, but we didnt understand that revenue is not important for its own sake in an early stage company. I pretty much missed all the trends. Take a look and let me know what you think.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

Internet technology start ups in Israel should apply *for free* on this link: Apply to Seedcamp Tel Aviv. Last month in London, I got a chance to sit with five startups from the UK, Italy, Finland and Estonia – each with a very different business. Israeli startups also have a good track record at Seedcamp.

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pandodaily.com

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

This time around, there has been an explosion at the early stages, and the very late pre-IPO growth stages. “The real winners here are going to be the seed funds and early stage VCs that can write a $1 million to $2 million check,” says AngelList co-founder Naval Ravikant. Now it’s glutted.

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