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Lessons Learned: Customer Development Engineering

Startup Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Sunday, September 7, 2008 Customer Development Engineering Yesterday, I had the opportunity to guest lecture again in Steve Blank s entrepreneurship class at the Berkeley-Columbia executive MBA program. Its a nice complement on the product engineering side to his customer development methodology.

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7 Reasons Businesses Need Expert Online Visibility

YoungUpstarts

In fact, 4 out of 5 consumers use search engines to get information about businesses, products, and services. In Yelp, you write your business address as “1234 Washington Avenue” and in Citysearch, you write it as “1234 Washington Ave.”

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Lessons Learned: The engineering manager's lament

Startup Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, October 20, 2008 The engineering managers lament I was inspired to write The product managers lament while meeting with a startup struggling to figure out what had gone wrong with their product development process. This engineering manager is a smart guy, and very experienced.

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The Secret History of Minnesota Part 1: Engineering Research Associates

Steve Blank

The story starts with a company you probably never heard of – Engineering Research Associates. The Navy’s was called CSAW ( Communications Supplemental Activity Washington ) also known as OPS-20-G. In January 1946, they founded Engineering Research Associates (ERA). During the 1930s the U.S. Parker agreed to invest.

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Entrepreneurs and the Wikipedia Road Map

The Startup Magazine

To capture this search engine gold, the leadership team must first agree this is a priority, create a budget for it, and then adopt a notability strategy. New York Times, Washington Post, CNN, Reuters, Bloomberg ). This should be all you need to convince your leadership team that inclusion is advantageous.

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Engine. Where Startups Come Together

Feld Thoughts

That’s where Engine Advocacy comes in. A few months ago, I joined the Advisory Board of Engine to lend my support to an organization that is doing amazing work for the startup ecosystem. Engine connected 15,000 calls from individuals to their Senators that day. You can get involved by becoming an Engine member today.

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What Happens When Startups Turn from Their Innovation Stage to Operational Excellence?

Both Sides of the Table

what your product & engineering thought they cared about and you adapt your offering. We spent a few hundred thousand dollars opening up operations in Chicago and Washington D.C. Whereas New York City had people living in close clusters , Chicago and Washington D.C. were more distributed.