The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

When you face a crisis while managing a business, you really can’t do anything. But, at some point in time, you may have to recruit interim managers. Such professionals can help to manage the transition or the change. As you employ the manager for a short period, he would come up with solutions.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 25, 2012

We write often about marketing strategies and tactics for small business and startups. These companies typically have limited budgets, thin resources, and strained capacity which combine to create a challenge for managers and owners: how to develop an effective marketing campaign using tactics that will work for their business.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 11, 2017

Guest post by Jennifer Maerz, Program Chair of Lean Startup Co. For eight years, our flagship conference has focused on sharing stories and lessons of putting Lean Startup’s entrepreneurial methodology into practice. Lean Startup Week (Oct. 31 ( limited to the first 200 Gold Passholders.)

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 6, 2013

Once again, along with my partners at 500 Startups, we are proud to present the most substantive track at SXSW: [link] There was a running joke last year that "the Lean Startup track was the only place at SXSW you couldn't get out of the building." Seth Sternberg Co-Founder & CEO Scott Chacon CIO Kevin Hale Senior Product Manager NEW!

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 10, 2013

Many smaller companies that provide creative services struggle every day to manage their capacity and their overhead. Because, as in many other industries, business is cyclical, these smaller agencies, design shops, and marketing firms tend to exist on boom/bust cycles throughout the year. Photo: Arnold Reinhold, Wikipedia.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Of course, we all realize that this approach will take longer, and could jeopardize both roles if not managed effectively. An example would be getting free office space by agreeing to be the property manager for the owner. Set expectations accordingly. Get a loan or line-of-credit. Barter your services for their services.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 19, 2011

Jeff has been promoting the use of Lean UX as an effective method to spur greater innovation, quality and productivity in startups as well as within teams in larger organizations. Lean Startups need to make snap decisions, iterate quickly and pivot when needed. I’m happy to report the answer is “yes” as we’ve proven at TheLadders.

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Steve Blank

MAY 7, 2019

Lean Methodology consists of three tools designed for entrepreneurs building new ventures: The Business Model Canvas – to write down all the hypotheses about a new business; Customer Development – a process for testing those hypotheses outside the building; Agile Engineering – to rapidly build minimal viable products to test product/market fit.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 11, 2019

There are many books written on this subject, but this classic by Chris Ducker, “ Virtual Freedom ,” manages to pack a lot more practical guidance into a small space that many others I have seen. Contractors and freelancers, like any other business, manage their own internal processes, but they can’t manage your business.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 6, 2013

Guest post by Lisa Regan On August 20, Eric will sit down with developer and Hut8Labs co-founder Dan Milstein for a webcast you can join to discuss “Getting Engineers Into the Lean Startup Cycle.” This conversation will be a great opportunity for engineers and engineering managers to learn more about implementing Lean Startup ideas.

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Up and Running

MAY 28, 2015

We recently had Tim Berry, Palo Alto Software founder and business planning expert, present our Bplans audience with his latest advice on lean business planning. Start your lean business plan today: Download our Free Lean Plan Template one-page-pitch-download.pdf. I’m going to start with what’s a lean business plan.

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Up and Running

JULY 31, 2015

This week Peter and Jonathan talk to Tim Berry, founder of Palo Alto Software, about lean business planning, strategy, tactics, specifics (milestones), and the forecast. Listen to Episode 9: Show notes: What is Lean Planning? Lean Business Planning by Tim Berry – (31:21). What’s the lean mean? – (:25).

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

He nails the current key startup parameters, including the following: Crafting a lean business plan as your road map. Minimum viable products (MVPs) are recommended for validating the market, with iterative enhancement to quickly meet market feedback. Set milestones and manage to those targets.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, September 8, 2008 The lean startup Ive been thinking for some time about a term that could encapsulate trends that are changing the startup landscape. After some trial and error, Ive settled on the Lean Startup. I like the term because of two connotations: Lean in the sense of low-burn.

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Steve Blank

JULY 7, 2015

My guests on Bay Area Ventures on Wharton Business Radio on Sirius XM Channel 111 were: Eric Ries , entrepreneur and author of the New York Times bestseller, The Lean Startup. Eric was the very first practitioner of my Customer Development methodology which became the core of the the Lean methodology. Origins of the Lean Startup.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

At 11:45am I'll be honored to share the stage with two great entrepreneurs: Introducing The Lean Startup, by Eric Ries with case studies, Intuit’s Scott Cook and Instagram’s Kevin Systrom And in the evening, the book launch party is also part of Disrupt. We'll be in the concourse from 5:30-7:30pm. You can grab one here. Employees only.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

In his Harvard Business Review article summing up his tenure, Immelt recalls that the two things that influenced him most were Marc Andreessen’s 2011 Wall Street Journal article “ Why Software Is Eating the World, ” and Eric Ries’s book The Lean Startup. Are lean innovation and the Startup Way a failure in large companies?

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Thus I was happily surprised when I found the classic book, “ The Tech Entrepreneur’s Survival Guide ,” by Bernd Schoner, PhD, and cofounder of ThingMagic, which leans heavily on the people side of the equation. The combination of technical insight, founder authority, and sales experience is a hard-to-beat advantage in a competitive market.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Array your development operation in pursuit of a simple proposition: efficiently bringing a minimum viable product to market. A minimum viable product is market-ready, not a prototype. Acknowledgment of legal or regulatory requirements wherever you plan to take your product to market. Stay Lean and Low. Stay Lean and Low.

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Rob Sobers said about the marketing growth strategy, “It’s not about tactics—it’s about people and process.”. When it comes to process, growth marketers must learn to fail. A marketing growth strategy is about small and incremental wins that build up over time. Growth marketing is about process over tactics.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 10, 2016

When it comes to business planning, unless an investor has asked you to provide a formal business plan, we recommend writing a Lean Plan instead—it’s faster, more flexible, and will remain relevant throughout the life of your business. All about Lean Planning. Introducing Lean Planning: How to Plan Less and Grow Faster.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 13, 2022

It isn’t unusual to act as CEO while also tackling marketing tasks and coordinating operations. That often involves working long hours and keeping your costs lean. Instead of getting bogged down with social media strategies, for example, your chief marketing officer can now handle it. What does the C-suite look like?

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

This post was co-written by Eric Ries and Sarah Milstein, co-hosts of The Lean Startup Conference. This year, for the first time, we've added a day of workshops and site visits to The Lean Startup Conference. The Lean Entrepreneur: Embrace the Unknown to Go Big with Patrick Vlaskovits and Brant Cooper.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 5, 2017

by Kelly Morr, Senior Manager of Content Strategy at 99designs. Because Millennials participate so much of their daily lives online — from communicating with friends to reviewing restaurants — they represent a hugely lucrative market for brands. Here are some tips to get members of the millennial market to add to cart!

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 19, 2012

After 5 years of being CEO of Palo Alto Software , and over 15 years in the start-up and entrepreneurial world I am convinced that the only way to grow your company as quickly as possible, while not getting ulcers, becoming an insomniac, and aging more than your years, is to engage in Lean Planning. what is Lean Planning?

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Lean Small Business Forecast Technical Review 83

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 28, 2020

He nails the current key startup parameters, including the following: Crafting a lean business plan as your road map. Minimum viable products (MVPs) are recommended for validating the market, with iterative enhancement to quickly meet market feedback. Set milestones and manage to those targets.

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Intellectual Property Startup Angel Groups Social Media 404

Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

(Almost) everything you need to know (but are afraid to ask) before you wistfully ask a product manager to coffee so they will help you find a job. TL;DR Product management is a unique and poorly understood discipline, especially as it applies to software and other tech-related companies.

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ConversionXL

MARCH 19, 2020

An article on growth and marketing in the middle of a crisis—the current one or any other—can seem tone deaf. This post surveys what people have done in the past—and what marketing leaders are doing now—to make it through tough times and thrive in the post-crisis era. Tim Stewart, trsdigital. But nothing gets better if we stand still.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Taking stock of the venture capital market in 2023, it’s clear to see that we’re in a transition point. In today’s market, I believe small is beautiful, and that specialisation matters. Support emerging managers. 2023 will be one of the best VC seed vintages, but most institutional LP's are not leaning in.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 31, 2015

The following is a guest post by Kirsten Cluthe and Ritika Puri from The Lean Startup Conference team Wondering what’s new in the Lean Startup community? Telepathic, a new technology startup, is bringing A/B testing to the world of mass-market fiction and storytelling. She wants to disrupt Hollywood with the Lean Startup method.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 12, 2010

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Tuesday, January 12, 2010 Amazing lean startup resources A year ago, there was no lean startup movement. I continue to believe that the explosion of interest in the lean startup has very little to do with me. If you are attempting to apply lean startup ideas in your own business - you are not alone.

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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. Lets start with what the product manager does.

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San Francisco Management Software Review Product 158

The Startup Magazine

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Its very nature is rooted in uncertainty, as market fluctuations, geopolitical shifts, and even unforeseen global events can alter its course. The relevance of strategic risk management becomes paramount. Risk management consultancy plays a crucial role here. This is where risk management consulting becomes invaluable.

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Security Management Forecast Finance 139

Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

With proper awareness about the SaaS product development process, your costs can be managed better. Follow lean product development strategy (MVP strategy). Lean product development strategy or MVP (Minimum Viable Product) refers to creating a product with core features and offering it to a specific audience to get feedback.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 28, 2019

And, as all business owners know, marketing is an important part of your business. So, when you’re looking at the big picture, marketing is bound to come up. But, your time is limited and unless you’re an experienced marketer or have a marketing team, marketing is a constant challenge. Marketing Profs.

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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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Software Review Engineer Management Technical Review 164

ConversionXL

JUNE 2, 2022

The biggest challenge for marketers is getting them. Account-based marketing (ABM) and lead generation both offer a way to do this. Account-based marketing is a team sport. It flips the traditional sales funnel on its head, ditching the one-size-fits-all approach to marketing in favor of a land-and-expand approach.

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