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Lessons Learned: The lean startup

Startup Lessons Learned

The application of agile development methodologies which dramatically reduce waste and unlock creativity in product development. See Customer Development Engineering for my first stab at articulating the theory involved) Ferocious customer-centric rapid iteration, as exemplified by the Customer Development process.

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Startup Resources

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Social networking. Social/Sharing. Social functionality. IP Location Tools. Create your own social network. free enterprise social network. Great for visualizing work of product development. Lodestone Innovation Partners (IP) Ltd are spin-out specialists. Google Ads.

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Startups in stealth mode need one piece of advice.

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I remember calling up my best friend to tell her I was starting a company but refused to tell her how the product would work. I had taken classes on IP, first-mover advantage, etc. If we werent careful about this, our IP claims would be worthless. I started my first internet company while getting my MBA. 3 of the marathon.

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Lessons Learned: CPI > CPC

Startup Lessons Learned

This model has not translated well to the world of social networking, because customers of social networks engage sites in a different way than customers of search engines. Social network page views are much more likely to be internally focused; ads are more of a distraction. In other words, not very much.

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Crazy! 189 Answers To The Top Startup Questions On Your Mind

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what are the most crucial steps to be taken by a new tech startup when outsourcing major part of the tech to IT firms or outsourcing “product development” eg new social media website project? Near shoring development with your team (ex: your team is based in Canada / India) is cool, but not outsourcing.