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Lessons Learned: Validated learning about customers

Startup Lessons Learned

Start using some of those customers as guinea pigs for a self-serve version of the product. Expo New York New York, NY Nov 19 The Lean Startup at MIT Boston, MA Nov 20 Lunch workshop at Dogpatch Labs Boston, MA Dec 17 Lean Startup Cohort program begins San Francisco, CA KISSmetrics KISSmetrics is loading.

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Reinventing the Office: How to Lose Fat and Increase Productivity at Work

David Teten

As the New York Times recently wrote, sitting kills. In addition to the alternative conference rooms, when the New York weather allows and when a meeting topic doesn’t require taking extensive notes, we have walking meetings. New York Sports Club , Crunch Gym ). It has been a favorite among visitors.

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Insights from a recent CIO meeting

BeyondVC

While being in New York can be a disadvantage in terms of finding new companies and hiring great industry people, it is great for our access to customers and the Fortune 500. In this tough market, my partners and I have been doing our best to help along these fronts.

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15 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

Like 80% of New York apartments, my walkup doesn’t have a washing machine. of endlessly trying different brands of lashes and adhesive (which hurt my business profits) and unfortunately my clients were the Guinea pigs who were getting inconsistent results because of it (which hurt business profits even more!). I was tired.