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MAY 23, 2016

Since the term “cloud computing” was coined in 1996—at least as we have come to understand its meaning—the software as a service industry has exploded. Step 1: Start with a lean plan. I started UpKeep after seeing and using traditional enterprise software. Use your knowledge of an industry to solve a problem. “I

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Up and Running

MARCH 11, 2015

I like to follow these blogs through Feedly, but you can often sign up to get email alerts for new posts from most of these blogs. Eric Ries of The Lean Startup has called Andrew Chen’s blog “one of the best entrepreneurship blogs of all time.” First Round Review. Here’s a list of our favorite VC blogs, in alphabetical order.

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Up and Running

MAY 3, 2012

Eric Ries , author of The Lean Start-up , puts it best: ‘ The grim reality is that most start-ups fail. What I am seeing is too many poorly-skilled young people lacking business acumen and trying their hand at starting their own business, when their time could be much better spent on other pursuits such as learning to code.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

The more well organized your data is the easier it will be to review and uncover specific insights and similarities. As we’ve mentioned throughout this article, one of the core benefits that drive the many uses for CRM software is collaboration. Things like customer reviews, LTV, and churn will be your go-to data points to start with.

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OCTOBER 30, 2017

List brokers sell mailing or email lists based on demographic attributes. If you’re selling enterprise software, this may require a significantly larger investment than a coffee shop. Being specific will help you focus your marketing message and investment. How easy is it (and how much will it cost you) to acquire a customer?

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 13, 2008

A new bit of code contained an infinite loop! why did that code get written? Hes a new employee, and he was not properly trained in TDD So far, this isnt much different from the kind of analysis any competent operations team would conduct for a site outage. Most engineers would ship code to production on their first day.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 12, 2015

Recently, Palo Alto Software CEO Sabrina Parsons hosted a webinar for our Bcast members on how to use LivePlan to create a better business plan, pitch your idea to investors, and track your business. You need to think of business planning from a lean perspective, and it’s just enough to get you to the right place. It is lean.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 21, 2014

Given the number of funding resources available today, you shouldn’t have too much of a problem getting that initial start-up cash, especially if you focus on a lean business model or MVP route to market. For example, Palo Alto Software focuses primarily on helping small businesses realize their dreams of starting a business.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 25, 2020

We can't make a 5-year plan or a 10-year forecast right now, but we know there are investments we can make today that will set ourselves up for success in the future. And the truth is that's yesterday and you don't really have the ability to change what you did yesterday, but what you do have the ability today, is to lean into this.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 28, 2013

Empower Your Small Business – NEW edition: marketing, lean business, paid search, #1 mistake – [link]. Lean Business: Freelancers for ALL My Friends! Invest in Your Customers More Than Your Brand | Michael Schrage-Harvard Business Review – [link]. Lean Business: Freelancers for ALL My Friends!

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