Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 26, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Sunday, April 26, 2009 Product development leverage Leverage has once again become a dirty word in the world of finance, and rightly so. But I want to talk about a different kind of leverage, the kind that you can get in product development. It has to be found and managed. Great post!

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

The fast-paced need for digital content creation requires a steady hand that knows the ins and outs of current events, trending topics, and rapid delivery mediums. Tailoring your marketing message to the audience most likely to purchase your products is an art that includes some instinct that verges on the magical.

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Development Team Review Security Advertising Technical Review 205

The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Install Productive Development Tools. Next, you can integrate a reliable set of development tools to amplify your workforce’s capabilities. There are plenty of effective programming tools that support your developers. In preparation, you should create a feasible development timeline to construct your project.

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Software Developers Software Development Software Developer 138

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, September 22, 2008 Thoughts on scientific product development I enjoyed reading a post today from Laserlike (Mike Speiser), on Scientific product development. I agree with the less is more product development approach, but for a different reason. Now that is fun.

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Product Development Developer San Francisco Product 68

Steve Blank

MARCH 16, 2016

But startups require money upfront for product development and later to scale. A liquidity event means that the equity (the stock) you sold your investor can now be converted into cash.) You’ve been funded to get to a liquidity event. But there’s only one reason your company got funded. ——-. The Good News.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 5, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Sunday, October 5, 2008 The product managers lament Life is not easy when youre working in an old-fashioned waterfall development process, no matter what role you play. The product manager was clearly struggling to get results from the rest of the team. Frustration is mounting.

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San Francisco Management Software Review Product 158

Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Forming business relationships at the highest level As you follow these insights from ignition to liquidity event, you’ll detect a continuing theme, emphasizing the need for deep and wide relationships that the CEO and senior staff can call upon for advice and guidance.

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Balance Sheet Liquidity Event Technical Review Government 77

Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 20, 2008

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 Startup Magazine

JUNE 16, 2021

I spent years telling managers that I wanted nothing to do with marketing, and I meant it. Yet despite my repeated requests to the contrary, I eventually found myself thrust into the role of “Strategic Marketing Manager.” In the end I saw those product lines cancelled out from under me, and found myself out of work.

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Marketing Social Media Database Salary 142

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 19, 2013

The best product is one that is highly focused, and has the absolute minimum number of features to do the job. The solution is to do the right job up front on requirements, document and approve specifications, and have the toughest person you know do the project management. Final features approval event.

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Technical Review Startup Software Review Database 275

Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 9, 2010

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Friday, July 9, 2010 Founder personalities and the “first-class man&# theory of management At any given time, something like four percent of the US population is engaged in some form of new-company-creation. But I’m not convinced those labels are right at all.

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San Francisco Management Founder Lean 161

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 17, 2014

Product development. For a great idea person, the product details keep changing for the better, but nothing ever gets finished. Time management. Some struggling entrepreneurs are totally event driven. Too many entrepreneurs try to talk their way through all of these.

Technical Review 270

Technical Review Startup Software Review Retention 270

Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 18, 2010

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, January 18, 2010 Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases non-events The following is a case study of one entrepreneurs transition from a traditional development cycle to continuous deployment. Managing weekly releases got a lot harder once I started doing customer development.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 7, 2010

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Thursday, January 7, 2010 Is Entrepreneurship a Management Science? My explicit goal in working with HBR is to foster a dialog between entrepreneurs and more traditional general managers. Is Entrepreneurship a Management Science? - Is Entrepreneurship a Management Science? Without further ado.

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San Francisco Management Continuous Deployment Lean 119

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 16, 2013

Product development. For a great idea person, the product details keep changing for the better, but nothing ever gets finished. Time management. Some struggling entrepreneurs are totally event driven. Too many entrepreneurs try to talk their way through all of these.

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Entrepreneur Technical Review Software Review Retention 275

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

From recruitment to CRM, project management to marketing, there’s a tool for everything be it for managing work, tech stack , etc. It lets you manage campaigns and visualize marketing programs. You need to engage in discussions and create the need of your products in order to tap into the right customer circles.

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Software Review Startup Azure SEO 113

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 6, 2011

The best product is one that is highly focused, and has the absolute minimum number of features to do the job. The solution is to do the right job up front on requirements, document and approve specifications, and have the toughest person you know do the project management. Final features approval event.

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Technical Review Startup Software Review Database 241

ReadWriteStart

MAY 26, 2022

In software, those avenues are your customers, industry, employees, and the broader trends associated with current events. You’ll need Site Reliability Management (SRE). If you’re not already, adopt an agile methodology not only for software development, but also for communication improvements. Take SaaS, for instance.

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Software Japan Agile Employee 171

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

The best product is one that is highly focused, and has the absolute minimum number of features to do the job. The solution is to do the right job up front on requirements, document and approve specifications, and have the toughest person you know do the project management. Final features approval event.

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Technical Review Startup Software Review Database 187

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 11, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Friday, September 11, 2009 The cardinal sin of community management Once you have a product launched, you will the face the joys – and the despair – of a community that grows up around it. This probably sounds illogical. We were totally unprepared for the magnitude of what happened.

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Community Management Lean Software Review 158

Hearpreneur

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Free FoundersCard membership, 24/7 online support through forums, discounts on products and services, offline events, the assistance of an editorial team to aid in the creation and dissemination of content for the purposes of brand building and media opportunities, and more. The group also provides counseling for couples and families.

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Community Architecture Entrepreneur Networking 92

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 2, 2022

Great entrepreneurs have learned how to realistically assess and manage both sides of the coin in the following business opportunity and risk categories: Strategic. Both risks and opportunities in this area can arise from many aspects of your startup, before and after product development. Operational.

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Burn Rate Angel Investor Operations Demand 382

The Startup Magazine

APRIL 11, 2019

Scrum is a lightweight agile process framework used primarily for managing software development. Here are the scrum components: Roles: Team, Product owner, Scrum Master and Team. Events: Sprint planning meeting, Release planning, Daily scrum meeting, Review meeting and Sprint retrospective. Iterative release. CONCLUSION.

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SCRUM Software Review Technical Review Framework 92

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 14, 2015

The best product is one that is highly focused, and has the absolute minimum number of features to do the job. The solution is to do the right job up front on requirements, document and approve specifications, and have the toughest person you know do the project management. Final features approval event.

Technical Review 120

Technical Review Product Software Review Database 120

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

You take that money and invest a good portion of it in traditional sales and marketing efforts — including product developers, creative people, and salespeople, all of whom are paid to figure out what buyers want and to say good things about your company — in a quest to get even more customers. In return, the customers pay you money.

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Customer Social Media Retention Canada 168

David Teten

APRIL 1, 2021

Once you have assembled the right core team, I recommend prioritizing as follows: First, meet with your portfolio company management. Nick Kim , Crosscut’s Head of Platform, in his presentation at the 4th Annual VC Platform Summit, shared their Platform development methodology, which he viewed as an exercise in product development.

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Private Equity Venture Capital Portfolio Equity 78

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 27, 2013

He wrote a post this long weekend on how he manages the board of DataSift. In this period (less than 2 years) he has brought on incredibly talented senior execs is sales, marketing, product management, client services, finance, vp engineering and more. Rob Bailey is the CEO of DataSift. You should read it. It is really working.

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Advisory Board CTO Hire Fractional CTO Los Angeles 365

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 15, 2010

Product development. For a great idea person, the product details keep changing for the better, but nothing ever gets finished. Time management. Some struggling entrepreneurs are totally event driven. Too many entrepreneurs try to talk their way through all of these.

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Entrepreneur Technical Review Software Review Retention 237

ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

It outlines four major growth strategies: market penetration , market development , product development , and diversification. For example, in 2021 accounting software platform Bill.com acquired spend management tool Divvy in order to increase its market share. Product development. New channels.

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Marketing Framework Metrics Channel 115

The Startup Magazine

JUNE 17, 2021

Studying an online business analytics masters is one way you can up your numbers game; whether this is the finance, marketing, or product development aspects of your company, the course can supply you with the tools, means, and knowledge to streamline your company operations. Being a Better Leader. Reducing Your Overheads.

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Analytics Technical Review Social Media Software Review 174

Hearpreneur

JANUARY 22, 2023

For example, a startup SaaS company can use a specialized app to create a good product management process and keep track of the project's progress. We have better and more efficient management of sending, receiving, and storing supplies. Every step that a product takes toward the customers will experience innovation in 2023.

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Artificial Inteligence Technical Review Entrepreneur Social Media 122

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 22, 2012

Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff put it best when he said that even though every company knows customer references are important, most companies have a lax approach to actually managing them. This includes an adequate reference management system (RMS) that automates as much of the data needs of the program as possible.

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Programming Customer Social Media Advisory Board 145

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

One of the sayings I hear from talented managers in product development is, “good enough never is.&# And, most importantly, it helps team members develop the courage to stand up for these values in stressful situations. Good managers work hard to create an environment where this courage thrives.

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San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment Software Review 167

Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Optimize product development and marketing process. Understand how to monetize a product based on actual user needs. It is a good way to justify market demand for a product and then get support from investors or partners. Let’s take a look at minimal viable products, developed by popular companies.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 21, 2015

They are afforded a quicker cycle time, enhanced customer service, and innovative product development; however, this relies on the ability of business leaders to educate, inform, and encourage their employees to use their intelligence in order to do work that aligns with the company goals. Manage inventory and cut your tax bill.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Those students, citizen scientists and researchers who collaborate within the Knowbella Platform will be awarded AnthroTokens™ cryptocurrency managed on a blockchain. It is surrounded by free tools and services such as career postings, a document development tool from our partner doDOC™, preprint server, equipment and grants.

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Intellectual Property Technical Review Malta Startup 48

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 1, 2010

The best product is one that is highly focused, and has the absolute minimum number of features to do the job. The solution is to do the right job up front on requirements, document and approve specifications, and have the toughest person you know do the project management. Final features approval event.

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Technical Review Software Review Database Demand 129