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MAY 10, 2013

How a 1-Page Business Model Will – and Won’t–Help Your Lean Startup | by Kevin Dewalt – [link]. Dashboards Inspiration For Mobile User Interfaces – 34 Examples – [link]. Designing Websites For Mobile Apps – Techniques And Inspiration – [link]. 10 Myths about Startups – [link].

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 1, 2009

I know that this all seems obvious now with the movements started by Steven Blank ( Four Steps of Epiphany ) with the whole Customer Development processes / Lean Startup movements also popularized by people like Eric Ries. m-Via does financial remittances using mobile phones for people from the US to Mexico. They recorded it.

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MARCH 22, 2013

Lean Business: Office Space – A Meditation – [link]. Lean Business: Office Space – A Meditation – [link]. How to Modernize a Public Relations Strategy That’s Stuck in the Dark Ages | Hubspot Blog – [link]. Designing A Better Mobile Checkout Process | Smashing UX Design – [link].

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NOVEMBER 10, 2010

Lean Startups aren’t Cheap Startups – [link]. The 4G forgery – T-Mobile does not have a 4G network – [link]. Employee Equity: Restricted Stock and RSUs on #mbamondays – [link]. Useful comparison of Amazon vs. Rackspace clouds & why Mixpanel is moving to EC2 – [link]. SPEC Campaign [link].

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MARCH 8, 2013

10 Things Sheryl Sandberg Gets Exactly Right In ‘Lean In’ | Forbes – [link]. 55 Mobile Apps UI Icons for Design Inspiration – [link]. Mobile Web Design Inspiration | Mobile Friendly Websites – [link]. 22 Good Prototype and Wireframe Tools for Mobile and Web Design – [link].

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NOVEMBER 30, 2012

Why We’re Pivoting from Mobile-first to Web-first – [link]. The problem with a Lean Startup: the Minimum Viable Product | Paul Kortman – [link]. The Biggest Problem in Mobile: Retention – [link]. The Biggest Problem in Mobile: Retention – [link]. What’s the secret to a great team?

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MARCH 16, 2011

Lean Marketing: Customer service strategies for small businesses and startups – [link]. Top 5 myths about the lean startup – [link]. Lean Marketing: Customer service strategies for small businesses and startups – [link]. 5 Tips for Better Advertising in Mobile Apps – [link]. – [link].

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DECEMBER 29, 2010

Lean Marketing Strategies for Small Businesses and Startups – [link]. Good WSJ summary of the mobile industry in 2010 and what’s to come in 2011 – [link]. 45 most useful guidelines for mobile web design & development – [link]. Ten small business tax planning tips for 2010! – [link].

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FEBRUARY 15, 2013

Lean vs. Mean – Small Business and Responsibility – [link]. Mobile User Interface Login Form Design Inspiration – 41 Examples – [link]. There’s a tremendous wealth of insight in his answers and the way he engaged the Reddit audience. The link is in the Other section below.

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OCTOBER 19, 2012

Lean Marketing: How to Run Your Marketing Team Like a Startup – [link]. 1 out of 5 new Facebook fans now comes from mobile–a 280% increase from May to August - [link]. Lean Marketing: How to Run Your Marketing Team Like a Startup – [link]. Newsweek turns to digital-only publication – [link].

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APRIL 7, 2011

Lean Marketing: Don’t Believe Your Own Press Releases – [link]. Mobile Form Design Strategies – [link]. How To Find Your First Customers And Grow Your Business – [link]. 11 Candid Truths About Entrepreneurship From VC Mark Suster – [link]. Product design at GitHub [link].

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

How to Turn Your Startup Into a Lean, Mean Marketing Machine – entm.ag/11mJBHi. How to Turn Your Startup Into a Lean, Mean Marketing Machine – entm.ag/11mJBHi. Worldwide Ad Growth Buoyed by Digital, Mobile Adoption | eMarketer – crowdspring.co/15u5zHF. More great examples in the Logo Design section below.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 27, 2009

This series of posts is a brief explanation of how we’ve evolved from Product Development to Customer Development to the Lean Startup. Marketing starts to build a sales demo, writes sales materials (presentations, data sheets), and hires a PR agency.

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MAY 31, 2013

Lean Business: The Very Model of a Modern Spreadsheet (with templates) – [link]. Lean Business: The Very Model of a Modern Spreadsheet (with templates) – [link]. Four Lean Advertising Campaigns That Went Viral | Harvard Business Review – [link]. 5 Ways to Lose Investors in Under 3 Minutes – [link].

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FEBRUARY 1, 2013

Lean Business Tips: Hiring Contractors for Fun and Profit(ability) – [link]. “Empower Your Small Business”, crowdSPRING’s smallbiz newsletter: content marketing, lean biz, more – [link]. Lean Business Tips: Hiring Contractors for Fun and Profit(ability) – [link]. – [link].

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AUGUST 15, 2013

Lean Business: Lessons from A-Rod – [link]. Lean Business: Lessons from A-Rod – [link]. Did Google just kill PR agencies? Google Did Not Just Kill PR Agencies – [link]. Lean Business: Lessons from A-Rod – [link]. 25 Stunning Mobile UI Examples – [link]. ” – [link].

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AUGUST 16, 2012

Lean Marketing Tips: Public Relations & Focus – [link]. Lean Marketing Tips: Public Relations & Focus – [link]. Mobile app startups are failing like it’s 1999 – [link]. Plus, there’s that trick of freezing time (watch the video) that definitely could come in handy.

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APRIL 12, 2013

Lean Business: Pivot Point – [link]. Lean Business: Pivot Point – [link]. The Lean Analytics Cycle: Metrics > Hypothesis > Experiment > Act – [link]. As Web Search Goes Mobile, Competitors Chip at Google’s Lead | NYT – [link]. Just try not to laugh! – [link].

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JULY 25, 2013

Interview: Rand Fishkin CEO of Moz on Lean Marketing – [link]. PR Nudges Its Way to the Content Table | by Josh Sternberg – [link]. Yes — GigaOM – [link]. 7 Ways to Guarantee Instant Customer Happiness – [link]. Innovation Isn’t an Idea Problem | David Burkus – Harvard Business Review – [link].

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NOVEMBER 18, 2011

Lean Marketing: Facebook advertising for newbies – [link]. Lean Marketing: Facebook advertising for newbies – [link]. One Strike and You’re Out: In Relationship Era, Bad PR Pitches Will not Be Tolerated – [link]. Lean Marketing: Facebook advertising for newbies – [link]. – [link].

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JUNE 28, 2013

Lean Marketing Tips: Public Speaking – [link]. Sketching For Better Mobile Experiences | Smashing UX Design – [link]. The Most Effective Ways to Make It Right When You Screw Up | HBR – [link]. Breaking Down the Methodology Behind Word of Mouth Marketing | by Dan Martell – [link].

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APRIL 26, 2013

Empower Your Small Business: trust & loyalty, marketing insight, lean business – [link]. Typography in Mobile Design: Important Aspects and Examples | Designmodo – [link]. Five Branding Mistakes That Will Cripple Your Small Business (and how to avoid making them) – [link]. ” – [link].

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OCTOBER 27, 2010

42 Vivid Examples of Mobile Website Designs – [link]. Can User Experience Designers be Lean? UI Guidelines for mobile and tablet web app design – [link]. Logo Design Inspiration: 100 Hot New Fresh Designs – [link]. 50 Powerful Time-Savers For Web Designers – [link]. – [link].

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FEBRUARY 22, 2013

Lean vs. Mean – Small Business and Responsibility | crowdSPRING Blog – [link]. Mobilize Your SEO: Making the Most Out of the Mobile Search Opportunity | SEOmoz – [link]. Mobilize Your SEO: Making the Most Out of the Mobile Search Opportunity | SEOmoz – [link]. Can Money Buy Happiness?

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MARCH 28, 2013

Empower Your Small Business – NEW edition: marketing, lean business, paid search, #1 mistake – [link]. Lean Business: Freelancers for ALL My Friends! Lean Business: Freelancers for ALL My Friends! Amazon’s New Mobile Ad Network Is A Huge Threat To Google | Business Insider – [link]. – [link].

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MARCH 15, 2013

Lean Business: Capacity Management, Overhead, and Your Business – [link]. Lean Business: Capacity Management, Overhead, and Your Business – [link]. Marc Andreessen: Not every startup should be a Lean Startup or embrace the pivot | Gigaom – [link]. Crowdsourced Workforces Rising | Xconomy – [link].

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NOVEMBER 11, 2011

PR is mostly ineffective when companies step on social media landmines – [link]. Zynga Leans On Some Workers to Surrender Pre-IPO Shares – [link]. PR is mostly ineffective when companies step on social media landmines – [link]. Report: Search To Dominate Mobile Advertising By 2015 – [link].

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MAY 22, 2015

Lean Doesn’t Always Create the Best Products [link] crowdspring.co/1FcPnhs . ‘We Had a Crush on the MakerBot': How 3-D Printing Won These Fashion Designers Over [link] crowdspring.co/1E9jIJQ 10 Truths We Forget Too Easily [link] crowdspring.co/1JkEVrr Lori Dickerson Fouché of Prudential on the Limits of Self-Reliance [link] crowdspring.co/1bUlube

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

Small Business Newsletter: 7 habits of successful entrepreneurs, lean marketing and more – [link]. comScore: 4 Out Of 5 Smartphone Owners Use Device To Shop; Amazon Most Popular Mobile Retailer – [link]. Best practices for mobile e-commerce – [link]. To Succeed, Forget Self-Esteem – [link].

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OCTOBER 2, 2015

The most delicious baked goods in the world start with the pumpkin, whether your tastes lean to the pumpkin breads or the pumpkin pies. I love autumn. Well in part, because I love pumpkin. Not to mention the pumpkin latte! And, when they start to rot and ferment? The possibilities for endless entertainment abound!

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JANUARY 30, 2015

Lean Business: Unleashing the (task) Force | crowdSPRING Blog – crowdspring.co/1tdsoAs. Add More Personality to Your PR & Social Media crowdspring.co/1ydtRa6. New Mobile App UI Designs with Great User Experience crowdspring.co/1KU31cB. Food Startups Bring Quinoa and Quail To The Boonies | Fast Company – crowdspring.co/1xkLdOu.

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APRIL 10, 2015

Lean Marketing: Basic Metrics You Should be Watching. Will Google’s Mobile-Friendly Website Search Ranking Kill Your SEO? Ex-Apple Designer Rethinks The Bible For A Mobile World crowdspring.co/1xWxspL. Google and Consumers Agree: You Need a Mobile-Friendly Ecommerce Site crowdspring.co/1Hs8VOw. crowdSPRING Blog – bit.ly/1CHJc3M.

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APRIL 18, 2013

Empower Your Small Business: trust & loyalty, marketing insight, lean business – [link]. Lean UX: Getting Out Of The Deliverables Business | Smashing UX Design – [link]. UX Best Practices for Designing Mobile Apps | by Marcos Moralez – [link]. 25 Creative Bookmark Design Ideas for Readers – [link].

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FEBRUARY 3, 2011

Lean Marketing: Public Relations strategies for small businesses and startups – [link]. Lean Marketing: Public Relations strategies for small businesses and startups – [link]. Good overview of lean software development – [link]. Making It a Mobile Web App – [link].

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

Pew study: News consumption up via mobile, social media – [link]. What Customers Want Most From Small Business Mobile Websites – [link]. What Customers Want Most From Small Business Mobile Websites – [link]. What Customers Want Most From Small Business Mobile Websites – [link].

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MARCH 2, 2012

Kickstart Your Lean Startup With Effective Feedback – [link]. Finger-Friendly Design: Ideal Mobile Touchscreen Target Sizes – [link]. Why Tech Entrepreneurs in Developing Countries Struggle to Raise Funds – [link]. 3 things entrepreneurs need to know about patent law reform – [link].

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AUGUST 3, 2012

Lean Marketing Tips: Increasing Lifetime Value With Email Campaigns – [link]. Lean Marketing Tips: Increasing Lifetime Value With Email Campaigns – [link]. Lean Marketing Tips: Increasing Lifetime Value With Email Campaigns – [link]. The song will be in your head all day, but it’s a fun video edit.

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