Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2015

Thus I was happy to see a recent 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 rest can come from early hires (with stock options to assure commitment), equity investors, or even strategic partners.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 13, 2009

Announce a new product, start its PR campaign, and engage in buzz marketing activities. Even if you must launch to your customers, avoid the urge to also launch in extra places, just because your PR firm can do it at the same time. If you are having trouble raising money, sometimes a little PR can help. Help you raise money.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 11, 2014

Guest post by Sarah Milstein , CEO of Lean Startup Productions The 2013 Lean Startup Conference was a hit on several levels, with many people telling us it was the most valuable business conference they’d ever attended. Quick Consulting , an evening event on March 27 in San Francisco. Quick Consulting.

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ConversionXL

MARCH 19, 2020

Greater discipline during boom times offered more flexibility during lean years. And getting it right during the lean years, Bain reports , has a massive impact on companies’ growth rate after things improve: ( Image source ). As the recession wrapped up, they had to remind consumers of lean times.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 24, 2009

It’s been thirty years, but every once an awhile I still wonder what happened to the rest of their lives. Is this behavior an outlier or is it the norm in the PR industry? Keep them coming Reply William , on August 24, 2009 at 12:00 pm Said: I doubt this is TechCrunch’s first encounter with PR people lying.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

Your plan doesn’t need to be a lengthy document either, especially if you follow a Lean Planning methodology. Once you’ve built out your Pitch, continue working on creating your Lean Plan. Incorporate milestones and metrics into your Lean Plan. Ergonomic equipment: wrist rests, monitor risers, footrests, and so on.

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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. Many people at a young startup are trying to manage their finances like the rest of their user base.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 23, 2020

I’ve always thought that the more hours or I put in the more work I’d achieve but I realize now that the most effective way to get the best results is by making sure that you aren’t too stressed and overworked, and how much a rested mind and body contribute to a more positive mindset. 9- Focusing on lean operations.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 4, 2008

So if youre new, consider not paying any attention to the rest of this post, and just diving into the archives, if you havent already. Maybe youd like to start with The lean startup , How to listen to customers , or What does a startup CTO actually do? ) Eventually, I came to summarize these themes with the phrase " the lean startup."

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crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 28, 2013

Hire People Who Make Things Happen (get rid of the rest) – [link]. Hire People Who Make Things Happen (get rid of the rest) – [link]. Lean Marketing Tips: Public Speaking – [link]. Here are some of the links that I’ve liked and shared this past week! How To Apologize Online – [link].

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 8, 2008

But too often when its time to think about customers, marketing, positioning, or PR, we delegate it to "marketroids" or "suits." This theory has become so influential that I have called it one of the three pillars of the lean startup - every bit as important as the changes in technology or the advent of agile development. Expo SF (May.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 2, 2009

Now as VP of Marketing, I could have sat back and let my PR agency handle the press. The head of the PR agency agreed that we would work together as a team. In parallel, we educated the rest of our own company how essential winning these product reviews were to our customer and our financial success.

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The Next Web

JANUARY 27, 2013

Four books helped me out a lot over the last few years: Four Steps to the Epiphany by Steve Blank, Running Lean by Ash Maurya, The Four Hour Workweek by Timothy Ferris and Rework by Jason Fried & David Heinemeier Hansson. I couldn’t write a single line of code, and I didn’t have any clue how to start a business. You’re not alone.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2011

IdeaLab has a philosophy that if they can get a centralized group of expert staff to help with legal, accounting, recruiting, PR, etc. Think YouTube vs. the rest. When he tells his stories from the 1990′s your realize that he was probably the original “lean startup.&# This has been their formula for nearly 15 years.

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ConversionXL

OCTOBER 7, 2021

And we charge money for it.” – Eric Ries, The Lean Startup. Like Apple, your strategy will require significant marketing investment in content, traditional media, and PR. Look at how your product and brand differ from the rest. Then we ship it to customers way before it’s ready. It also gives you a product to market.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 22, 2013

Lean Business: Office Space – A Meditation – [link]. Find The Thing You’re Most Passionate About, Then Do It On Nights And Weekends For The Rest Of Your Life – [link]. Lean Business: Office Space – A Meditation – [link]. Look for the other photos in the Other section below. – [link].

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Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Karrie is Chief Marketing Officer at Typeform, leading brand strategy, advertising, PR, internal communications, and DEI efforts as well as overseeing the internal creative studio. So it, it's, it's, it would be easy to coast and rest. Marketing Podcast with Karrie Sanderson. So Carrie, welcome to the show. Glad to be here, John.

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Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 22, 2009

Whats striking about these stories, if you get past the PR hype, are two very important themes: These prodigies were self-taught, and had a fundamental fascination with technology from a very young age. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. Amazing lean startup resources Is Entrepreneurship a Management Science?

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crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 24, 2011

Lean Marketing 101: Giving good interview, or how to get a reporter to eat from your hand – [link]. Lean Marketing 101: Giving good interview, or how to get a reporter to eat from your hand – [link]. Lean Marketing 101: Giving good interview, or how to get a reporter to eat from your hand – [link].

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Brandanew

JULY 6, 2015

a) How to hire social media marketing staff for your Startup is a question that’s not easy for a lean organization. c) Has social media negatively impacted PR ? At the beginning many Startups are thinking of bringing in brand visibility and increasing reach through PR. c) How can one manage the workings of a lean Startup

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 18, 2022

Your brand is your reputation – that intangible thing that determines whether your customers trust you above the rest. Lean into your strengths, and don’t try to appeal to everyone. They’re a great example of employee advocacy because their content is often shared and retweeted by their colleagues, like their Digital PR Lead.

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Up and Running

JUNE 16, 2014

They’re the PR and the security. If you have good experience then the VC will be leaning forward for the rest of the presentation.”. Investors are just as the title suggests – investors. They’re the deep-pockets with the connections that we turn to when we want helping launching and growing our business.

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crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2010

You can fit most of the rest of the world into the African continent’s landmass. Lean Marketing Strategies for Small Businesses and Startups – [link]. Lean Marketing Strategies for Small Businesses and Startups – [link]. Lean Marketing Strategies for Small Businesses and Startups – [link].

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 11, 2009

As for the rest of the comments that have generally been blasting me for my use of the word troll, let me say the following: 1) I hear you. Have you personally visited the Content Creator forums and read through the PR thread? PR is even worse - last week I did 200 or so and found 10 UFI and AP items available to minors.

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 3, 2012

Parades are held, speeches are given, and workers across the country take an extra day’s rest from their labors to picnic, play with their kids, and (often) shop the sales that businesses love to offer on the last official day of summer. Related posts: Lean Marketing tips: business card as selling tool. Thanks, Dylan!

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 19, 2018

We’ve had a lot of challenges and scarcity in Detroit, but scarcity breeds innovation and now we can share our lessons learned with the rest of the world. Thanks to Jeanette Pierce, Detroit Experience Factory ! #5- 5- Rapid growth and expansion. Photo Credit: Lana Elie. Thanks to Vincent Scatena, Industrial Motor Power Corporation ! #7-

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 21, 2014

Given the number of funding resources available today, you shouldn’t have too much of a problem getting that initial start-up cash, especially if you focus on a lean business model or MVP route to market. The rest is just going to build off of this step. There are a number of things you can do to advertise: Hire a PR firm.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 19, 2011

In the world of startups and small business there are two basic kinds of company: those the media pays attention to, and all the rest. Here are 10 great tips shared with us by various PR and Media folks that I hope you find useful! Related posts: Lean Marketing: Public Relations strategies for small businesses and startups.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 19, 2009

It wasn’t a lack of competence or skill in her job; it was just that as far as she was concerned, her job had no connection to the rest of marketing, our customers or our ultimate success as a company. “We We need your decision now because we are about to spend $50,000 on new collateral.”

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 4, 2009

If you are willing, please take a moment to fill it out before proceeding with the rest of the post; itll mean less biased results, and youll have a better idea what Im talking about later. In a startup, these channels of communication are critical to understand for advertising, launch and PR purposes. Expo SF (May.

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View from Seed

MARCH 8, 2016

Jesse Derris is the founder and CEO of Derris & Company , a PR, branding, and communications firm based in New York. Can you still operate in some kind of lean or scrappy way and launch a brand that resonates with the market? You can absolutely launch lean and scrappy. How are you disrupting something?

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 23, 2013

So it’s been a good week at the office so far – the sales team has reported some success with those new accounts, development on the new product is ahead of schedule, and there’s been no PR or customer service crisis so far. If you’re a business owner, you should know better than to rest on your laurels.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 4, 2010

The higher the vanity ratio, the more effective the PR. It helps companies with PR. This is also why I get so outraged when people treat Lean Startup like a religion. You can test theories like Lean Startup in your own practice, and discover if they deliver the outcomes they predict – and you can do it in small batches.

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blog.traindom.com

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

We didn’t have a PR company or a bunch of contacts, hence we needed to start from scratch. 36 places where you can submit your startup for some coverage | Traindom Blog (tags: startup pr) [.] 36 places where you can submit your startup for some coverage | Traindom Blog (tags: startup pr) [.]

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

It was around 1 am and they needed to fill out the rest of the time. Small Business Newsletter: 7 habits of successful entrepreneurs, lean marketing and more – [link]. There’s an interesting story around that song. A decade prior, Ray Charles and his band finished their set during a show in the Midwest.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 30, 2009

But the rest; sales, marketing, bus dev is actually customer development that the founder needs to understand. Or by a VP of Marketing who talks “branding&# , SEO/SEM, PR agency, etc. Hopefully you and your co-founders are experts in one or two parts (agile development, SEO/SEM, etc.)

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Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 8, 2010

This "success theater" is occasionally useful for PR or getting through a tough board meeting. Read the rest of Entrepreneurs: Beware of Vanity Metrics at The Conversation on Harvard Business Review. This "success theater" is occasionally useful for PR or getting through a tough board meeting. Dont forget to leave a comment.

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