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Hacking for Diplomacy – The State Department Takes Notice

Steve Blank

We’ve just held our seventh and eighth weeks of Hacking for Diplomacy at Stanford, and the attention our course is getting from Washington – and around the world – has been interesting. Hacking for Diplomacy takes the Lean Startup methodology and applies it to problems sourced from the State Department.

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Hacking for Diplomacy – The State Department Takes Notice

Steve Blank

We’ve just held our seventh and eighth weeks of Hacking for Diplomacy at Stanford, and the attention our course is getting from Washington – and around the world – has been interesting. Hacking for Diplomacy takes the Lean Startup methodology and applies it to problems sourced from the State Department.

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Lessons Learned: Lo, my 5 subscribers, who are you?

Startup Lessons Learned

Pick a similar product that they do use, and ask them "who was the first person you know who started using [social networking, mobile phones, plasma TV, instant messaging.]? My background isnt metrics, but we came to it as a matter of practicality. 4) More posts about metrics, scaling, and online games. can I talk to them?"

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Lessons Learned: The App Store after the gold rush

Startup Lessons Learned

For example, if any of the mobile ad networks gets major traction, they may become a dominant way that people discover new apps. There will always be far more apps that dont make the top lists, no matter what metric is used. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. October 14, 2008 1:05 PM Th.Khangs said. Expo SF (May.

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How to get distribution advantage on the iPhone

Startup Lessons Learned

So there is an opportunity to build new brands with attributes like "the most amazing mobile apps" but I think building a company around that strategy means really thinking through how to do it. No other mobile platform or carrier deck under the sun can offer the amount of user attention and time that the App Store does. Expo SF (May.

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Breaking Silos: Passive Consumption + Active Engagement FTW!

Occam's Razor

What was the reach/frequency for the Washington Post? All of these metrics will cause surveys to be sent via various mediums to people who've seen the TV ads, the banners on Facebook, and the video ads on YouTube. Every measurement and optimization initiative is based on this cocktail of metrics. Why not global maxima?

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Three decisions to make on virtual goods

Startup Lessons Learned

If you support mobile or prepaid cards for billing, they can even do it on their own, without approval, just using their discretionary income. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. Amazing lean startup resources Is Entrepreneurship a Management Science? November 5, 2008 8:28 AM Anonymoussaid. Expo SF (May.