Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

With fewer than 10 employees but almost $2-billion dollars in the bank, they plan on jumping right in. Startups with huge burn rates – building leases, staff, PR and advertising – ran out of money. But NewTV doesn’t plan on testing these hypotheses. It’s the antithesis of the Lean Startup. And it may work. Dot Com Boom to Bust.

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Lean Burn Rate Startup IPO 335

Transformify

MARCH 14, 2020

These days, due to coronavirus outbreak, many businesses have asked their employees to work from home. At the same time, the stock markets collapsed, and most businesses already report skyrocketing losses, unmet revenue targets and insufficient stock due to production slow down in China, India and the rest of the world.

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ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

In many startups, employees wear several hats to make sure everything gets done. For example, founders may be responsible for content , digital strategy, and product development, and the chief technology offer may be involved in the website design, social media management , and marketing.

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Developer Marketing Social Media Startup 78

crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2014

3 Surprising Interview Questions You Should Ask Every Potential Employee – crowdspring.co/1s051td. 3 Surprising Interview Questions You Should Ask Every Potential Employee – crowdspring.co/1s051td. Six Things Physical Product Development Taught Me About Experience Design | UX Magazine – crowdspring.co/X7NCjD.

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Transformify

JUNE 6, 2019

This means that employees and staff members are executing their duties, and additionally, they are keeping an eye on possible ways in which current processes can be further improved. Indirectly, it also helps employees and staff members feel that they are making worthwhile contributions. Continuous Process Improvement.

Lean 56

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

We had that luxury—we had three other profitable companies (focused on web design and development) when we decided to launch Chanty. We wanted to spend money on product development, not market research. Instead, we saved most of that money for product development. Chanty was, at its outset, a fun side project.

Differentiation 108

Differentiation Non-Compete Audio Algorithm 108

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 10, 2012

Talented product developers. When 3M brought “lead users” into its innovation process, they improved revenues by a factor of eight times over innovations from internal product developers. And engaging customers in such ways is generally much less expensive than hiring costly employees or agencies.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 22, 2012

It must cross boundaries, working cooperatively with other divisions in your business such as sales, marketing, social media, PR, product development, and the like. A successful reference program needs significant resources and a strong rollout that involves the entire company. Cheaping out” on resources.

Programming 145

Programming Customer Social Media Advisory Board 145

crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

Good short read dispelling productivity myths about employee performance – [link]. Recommendations for usability in product development – [link]. Free resources for small businesses from Google – [link]. Fuck That Noise. Wake Up & Smell the Innovation Mike – [link]. Guess What? – [link].

Social Media 90

Social Media Small Business Design Media 90

Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 13, 2009

Announce a new product, start its PR campaign, and engage in buzz marketing activities. Marketing launch) Make a new product available to customers in the general public. Product launch) In todays world, there is no reason you have to do these two things at the same time. Do some Customer Development instead.

San Francisco 168

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Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 30, 2009

Insist on the incredibly high-IQ employees and hold them to incredibly high standards. Build a truly mainstream product. Launch with a PR blitz, including mentions in major mainstream publications. Build the product in stealth mode to build buzz for the eventual launch. Conduct constant focus groups and usability tests.

San Francisco 150

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 10, 2014

At Least Until You Have 50 Employees. Good insight on startups and product development in this AMA with Jason Fried – crowdspring.co/TmVP1. “A Minimum Viable Product doesn’t count in SaaS – it has to be a Minimum Sellable Product.” Everyone in SaaS Needs to Do Customer Support.

Social Media 97

Social Media Small Business Design Silicon Valley 97

YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

How do you feel when it takes months or a week for a PR to be resolved compared to hours or days? As customers, we are pushing companies, which in turn push their employees to meet the increasing expectations. Employees burnout and you have a high turnover rate. It takes longer to resolve incidents.

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OnlyOnce

MARCH 14, 2011

Our business grew rapidly from those two full-time employees to where we are today with about 250 employees in eight countries supporting more than 2,000 customers. Keeping the servers running, training new employees, recruiting and other internal activities start to take up more and more of your time as the business grows.

Software Review 67

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 29, 2013

Oh, and your salespeople have to make sure bookstores will stock it, and your marketing and PR people will have to make sure readers know it exists. You can give advice about applying Lean Startup ideas to business areas other than product development. George Bilbrey gave insight on using the methods on a sales team.

Lean 165

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ConversionXL

JUNE 25, 2021

Your hard work will go to waste if you don’t follow the right product launch strategy. Step 1: Create pre-launch documentation that refines your messaging and builds employee buy-in. Pre-launch documentation helps ensure everyone is on the same page before you begin shipping your product. The key to success is consistency.

Product 96

Product Social Media Audience Software Review 96

ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

We had that luxury—we had three other profitable companies (focused on web design and development) when we decided to launch Chanty. We wanted to spend money on product development, not market research. Instead, we saved most of that money for product development. Chanty was, at its outset, a fun side project.

Differentiation 48

Differentiation Non-Compete Audio Algorithm 48

Version One Ventures

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

For most startups, the core areas to build in house include: product design, product development, marketing, sales, PR, and customer service. If you do go this route, make sure the contractor you’re hiring is open to becoming a full-time employee down the road.

PR 165

PR Vertical Mobile Hiring 165

Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 8, 2008

When we build products, we use a methodology. But too often when its time to think about customers, marketing, positioning, or PR, we delegate it to "marketroids" or "suits." We know some products succeed and others fail, but the reasons are complex and the unpredictable. This is a common mistake.

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Customer Development Developer San Francisco Customer 168

mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

And no matter what the latest trends indicate, you will eventually have to spend money on PR and marketing. For example, my company decided early on to hire a UI designer, which has helped tremendously with our product development. I’m now in my second founder/CEO role, having raised more than $18.5 million in venture financing.

Startup 79

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Version One Ventures

AUGUST 14, 2015

This week everyone has been talking about Zirtual – the on-demand virtual assistant company that collapsed on Sunday night, suddenly laying off more than 400 employees (the company now is going to be acquired by Startups.co).

Operations 60

Operations PR Analytics Finance 60

Up and Running

MAY 23, 2016

Another great way to test your idea is to create a minimum viable product, or MVP. This is the simplest version of your product minus the frills and frosting. It’s a particularly popular strategy in the world of product development and is used to quickly and quantitatively test a product or a product feature.

Software Review 74

Software Review Software Delaware Forecast 74

techcocktail.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Dedication: At a typical organization, dedication of its employees is important. be the manager and product developer). Make sure someone is thinking about overarching plans around PR, marketing and sales and spends time crafting the right messages, understanding audiences and figuring out distribution channels.

San Francisco 44

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infochachkie.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

For instance, if a consultant proposes to help you with public relations, pay them a commission equivalent to the greater of a flat fee per story placed or a percentage of revenue generated from the PR coverage. Such positions include: PR, Sales, Product Development, Lead Generation, Strategic Planning, Fund Raising, etc.

Equity 40

Equity Silicon Valley Cofounder Technical Review 40

Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 4, 2008

Thanks to Suns amazing PR blitz, there was tremendous demand for experts on Java, and I did my best to convince people that I was one of that mythical breed. Every startup has a chance to change the world, by bringing not just a new product, but an entirely new institution into existence.

San Francisco 155

San Francisco Technical Cofounder Fractional CTO CTO 155

Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 27, 2009

Journalists, PR firms, investors, and the public at large love a scrappy come-from-behind story about two guys in a garage who figured out how to take down Goliath. Customer Development : a disciplined approach to finding out if there is a market for your product before its too late. Work in small batches.

San Francisco 117

San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment DC 117

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

Even worse, entrepreneurs are faced with a constant barrage of vanity metrics from competitors and other companies engaged in PR. That’s what you pay PR firms for: to get an article written that is entirely factual and yet still provides positive spin for your company. The PR firm helpfully left out that context.)

San Francisco 154

San Francisco Metrics Lean PR 154

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

MARCH 11, 2014

How many employees would a medium-sized business have in your definition? Jason: If I’m managing my whole business with this tool, I don’t have 100 employees. You have your general management meeting and in your general management meeting you talk about product development, about marketing and about finance.

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betashop.com

OCTOBER 8, 2012

I firmly believe that in this age where the product development life-cycle is so short and user feedback comes so quickly, you will know within a year whether you are focusing on a worthwhile one thing. If we don’t enjoy working with someone - an employee, a partner, whomever - we’re just not going to do it. It’s that important.

Technical Review 108

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Venture Chronicles

JUNE 29, 2010

I received an email from the PR contact for the company that mentioned the BP oil spill in the Gulf and the process of idea collection on the web they were undertaking. The four products that Accepts offers as part of their innovation suite are: Ideas: A classic ideation offering, non-employees can submit and vote on ideas.

Software 34

Software Portfolio Agile Retention 34

Hunter Walker

MAY 20, 2013

YouTube saw a huge influx of meeting requests, collaboration ideas, inbound employee transfer offers, etc. Especially legal, policy and pr – we wanted them to understand the magic of YouTube. Avoid Locality Bias in Product Development. Protect Tumblr from “Helpful” Yahoos. price tag.

Engineer 87

Engineer PR Leadership Community 87

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 11, 2009

And when you have employees who really believe they are deserving of such, you are building a bad product. I have wasted hours upon hours helping with different product testing, giving input on what is right and wrong in the community, and as you know even visiting the offices of IMVU. Desperately. Eric, people were PANICKING.

Community 158

Community Management Lean Software Review 158

Up and Running

JULY 24, 2015

With the new Affordable Care Act in place, you’ll need to learn how it impacts you and your future employees. Product development. If you need a little help with your product development and getting it on store shelves, you can check out Edison Nation. Edison Nation. Networking for Professionals.

Entrepreneur 60

Entrepreneur Small Business Administration SBA Pennsylvania 60

Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 4, 2009

In a startup, these channels of communication are critical to understand for advertising, launch and PR purposes. If they are willing to pay big bucks, for example, to attend a conference on a certain topic, that bodes well for your ability to sell them a product related to that topic. Join the Lean Startup discussion at Web 2.0

San Francisco 68

San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment DC 68

Steve Blank

MAY 4, 2009

Every marketing communication hire couldn’t wait to produce the next great ad or PR program. Every product marketer thought they should help define the product feature set, etc. In an early stage startup, instead of sales being up front, the point departments are likely to be product development and customer development.

Silicon Valley 126

Silicon Valley RSS Non-Compete California 126

steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

AgileZen – project management visually see and interact with your work Kanbanery – Simple online team or personal kanban board LeanKit Kanban – Great for visualizing work of product development Kanban Pad – “Nice and lean” and free online Kanban tool Banana Scrum – A tool simple as Scrum itself.

Software Review 110

Software Review Startup Silicon Valley Analytics 110

Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 9, 2009

Then I wouldnt have the chance to work with the incredible employees and mentors from whom I learned so much. We go to mixers, buy fancy offices, focus on PR, and try to one-up each other. And yet, missing out on these trends wasnt the end of the world. I think its wasteful. In time, success will come.

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San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment DC 94