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Everything changes from concept to release.

Berkonomics

Email readers, continue here…] And how do we protect ourselves against surprises that relate to feature-functionality as opposed to product quality upon release? It is interesting to note that not many of us even remember this “feature” let alone miss it. Surprises when the market meets your product. Rush to market? Cowboy coding.”

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How Early-Stage Startups Can Utilize the SVB Collapse as a Wake-Up Call

The Startup Magazine

Ten back and forth emails can often be resolved in a 30-second phone conversation. If the best client success person is in Oklahoma instead of LA, we’re going to hire her, (in fact, we did). But that’s why we emphasize picking up the phone. We even joke that our cell phones are “WARP walkies”, like old school walkie talkies.

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Everything changes from concept to release.

Berkonomics

Email readers, continue here…] Back when I was developing early systems for the hotel industry, with the full cooperation of the owner and managers of a hotel in Tulsa, Oklahoma, I would fly in from Los Angeles on Friday evenings, install new releases that night and make fixes on the fly in a real 24-hour environment.

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The LeanLaunch Pad at Stanford – Class 7: Revenue Model

Steve Blank

In Oklahoma City, Oklahoma it was the city engineer and director of public works. The JointBuy team (the one that sent out 16,000 emails last week) realized that their low-fidelity website they used to test key concepts needed to get real to attract buyers and sellers in volume. The pressure was on.

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Welcome To The Fall Semester

Feld Thoughts

I get up at 5am, catch up on email (holy s**t – is it already 6:37?), Fitbit launched two new products yesterday ( Fitbit Zip and Fitbit One ), Return Path launches three today (Email Intelligence!), Amy and I are traveling all over the United States like nomads – San Francisco, Boise, Oklahoma City, St.

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Taking A Chance On Life

YoungUpstarts

Now I called or emailed friends, most of whom were retired. By age 25 he had founded an insurance agency that became one of the largest in Oklahoma. Simple things I’d taken for granted — nightly computer backups, lunch with colleagues, social interaction — all those things required my effort now. And the procrastination!

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Pitching America’s mayors

Austin Startup

Austin Mayor Steve Adler The event was kicked off by Austin Mayor Steve Adler and MCed by Oklahoma City Mayor Mick Cornett. RideAlong has an initial pilot with Seattle, where officers previously had to search their email inboxes (while driving) for similar information stored in .pdfs pdfs sent to the entire force.