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FEBRUARY 25, 2010

Mike Subelskys Blog Wednesday, November 11, 2009 Lean startup tools for Rails apps A few months ago I was invited to dinner with the Geeks on a Plane crew when they stopped in Washington, and had the opportunity to meet one of my heroes, Eric Ries , author of the Startup Lessons Learned blog. Email This BlogThis!

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 17, 2008

Now its time to start to think seriously about how to find a repeatable and scalable sales process, how to position and market the product, and how to build a product development team that can turn an early product into a Whole Product. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. Expo SF (May. for Harvard Business Revie.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 8, 2009

I got a powerful taste of datablindness recently, as I’ve started to work with various large companies as partners in setting up events, speeches, and other products to sell around the Lean Startup concept. For example, I quickly learned that when I twittered about the event, more often than not I would make a sale. Expo SF (May.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 20, 2008

I now believe that the "pick two" concept is fundamentally flawed, and that lean startups can achieve all three simultaneously: quickly bring high-quality software to market at low cost. Of course, the sales folks had new features as their #1 priority. Any advise on how the decision to rewrite may change for lean startups?

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 29, 2009

I hope to show why lean and agile techniques actually reduce the negative impacts of technical debt and increase our ability to take advantage of its positive effects. Lean vs. debt In the world of physical goods, the leaner a supply chain is, the less debt is required to operate it. A similar relationship applies to technical debt.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 24, 2009

When I reviewed a recent product development book, it immediately shot up to Amazon sales rank 300. Just like in the world of startups, we can start to use micro-scale pilot programs, executed in lean fashion, to gather real facts for making ROI decisions about new project investment. Is that a lot? Is that good?

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 26, 2009

Its a key lean startup concept. Although customers didnt flock to this offering at first, we had enough of a developer program active to start recruiting early adopters to start creating 3D objects for sale in our catalog. For example, I recently created a customer validation exercise around the Lean Startup Workshop.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 30, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Thursday, October 30, 2008 John Doerrs 10 lean startup tips I just saw video of John Doerrs talk yesterday at VentureBeat’s “How to manage your start-up in the downturn&# roundtable event. What I find remarkable about this list is how many of them apply to lean startups in good times and in bad.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 5, 2012

I was in Washington D.C. One of the issues that came up is whether the new lexicon of entrepreneurial ideas – Customer Development, Business Model Design , Lean , Lean LaunchPad class, etc. There are no sales, marketing or business development departments when you are searching for a business model.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 20, 2012

For the next month or so I'll be on the road, starting in Washington DC and then proceeding to New Haven, New York, and Boston. In case you haven't noticed my hundreds of messages about it, there's a Lean Startup Conference coming up on December 3-4 in San Francisco. Tickets just went on sale , so book yours before prices go up.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 4, 2009

Because this language may lead you to believe this concept is for enterprise sales only, I thought Id walk you through an example from the world of consumer electronics. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. Amazing lean startup resources Is Entrepreneurship a Management Science? Expo SF (May.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Tuesday, September 8, 2009 What would you want to tell Washington DC about startups? Im writing this post from an airplane headed to Washington DC, where Ill be presenting at the Government 2.0 So heres my simple question: What do folks in Washington need to know about the global community of entrepreneurs?

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 16, 2010

First, SlideShare is a fantastic product (that I use on a regular basis) and an impressive company example of Lean Startup practices in action. Second, their story illustrates a key Lean Startup idea: proving the business in micro-scale. Second, their story illustrates a key Lean Startup idea: proving the business in micro-scale.

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genylabs.typepad.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

They had a great managment team, A list VCs, great technology, excellent sales traction and market leadership in a very exciting space. What about working with smaller business that are established already but have little or no marketing plan & taking a percentage of profits on sales generated thru your efforts? Invalid URL.

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Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 22, 2016

While building ConnectYard, Grant learned that product-market fit is not the only ingredient for success: Grant : One thing I would say about my co-founder, he’s very intuitive on the sales side. Do we hire 50 sales people? The other piece was that my partner had some of the Lean Startup process down cold.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 19, 2009

Then, the company spends no more than a few hundred dollars marketing the product through search engines and to the contacts in its sales database and LinkedIn. This article is part of a trend that has taken me a bit by surprise: the adoption of lean startup techniques outside the traditional domain of high-tech startups.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 14, 2019

What do you say on a sales call? Tell yourself you are doing what’s right for you, that it is exciting and forward-leaning. She has published 85 books, including the Washington Post #1 bestseller “ The Art and Science of Training “ But your expertise alone will not lead to your success. What taxes do you pay?

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The Entrepreneurial Mind

JANUARY 17, 2011

With continuing weak sales, small-business owners remain unwilling to increase hiring. Until sales pick up, there is no pressing reason to hire, and job creation will remain slow," Dunkelberg said. Until sales improve, business owners will not need additional credit to buy new equipment or help fund new hiring.

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The Entrepreneurial Mind

DECEMBER 14, 2010

Those businesses that have survived are operating a lean staffing levels right now. Of major concern should be the sales forecasts of small businesses in the U.S. The net percent of all owners (seasonally adjusted) reporting higher nominal sales over the past three months worsened in November. workers per firm. Up from 0.0

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Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 28, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Saturday, February 28, 2009 Throwing away working code Lean startups work by systematically eradicating waste. But lean startups cant afford to be satisfied with just that definition, because there are situations where working code is itself a form of waste. that justify decisions already made.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 13, 2009

In particular, a marketing launch can help you do three things (courtesy, as is most of my marketing advice, of The Four Steps to the Epiphany ): Drive customers into your sales pipeline. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. Amazing lean startup resources Is Entrepreneurship a Management Science? Expo SF (May.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 21, 2015

Betsy Corcoran was a science and technology journalist for many years, working at Scientific American , The Washington Post and Forbes. While at The Washington Post, she broke stories on the Microsoft antitrust case from Washington before establishing the paper’s Silicon Valley office. They were terrible looking.

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 9, 2009

Thats the essence of so many of the lean startup techniques Ive evangelized: customer development , the Ideas/Code/Data feedback loop , and the adaptation of agile development to the startup experience. The lean startup focuses on situations where we have both an unknown problem and an unknown solution. The Lean Startup at Web 2.0

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Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 7, 2008

This is one of the bedrock practices of any lean startup , and so its a common piece of advice I give out. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. Startup Visa update ► February (5) Kiwi lean startup + Australia next Why diversity matters (the meritocracy business) Beware of Vanity Metrics (for Harvard Business Rev.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 29, 2009

Martin , on June 29, 2009 at 8:26 am Said: “Eighty percent of success is showing up.&# – Woody Allen A version of your story about showing up for a job that didn’t exist happened to me when I reported for work at a lab in eastern Washington state years ago. There is no doubt that mistakes create opportunities.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 11, 2008

Sales depend on being right (whereas in UGC we can pretty much try anything, and promote the winners). The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. Startup Visa update ► February (5) Kiwi lean startup + Australia next Why diversity matters (the meritocracy business) Beware of Vanity Metrics (for Harvard Business Rev.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 22, 2023

Every year inbound brings together leaders across business, sales, marketing, customer success, operations, and more. But for me, there was a really important reason why I at least had to show up and lean in and try. That's right. It'll be in Boston from September 5th through the 8th. Siri Lindley (18:57): That's right.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 23, 2009

The lean startup methodology is based on enlisting customers as allies, which requires honesty and integrity. The following was written an actual lean startup practitioner. It was originally posted anonymously to the Lean Startup Circle mailing list, and then further developed on the Lean Startup Wiki ’s Case Studies section.

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Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 16, 2008

At that point, theres no opportunity for marketing or sales; the battle is already won or lost in the persons mind. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. Amazing lean startup resources Is Entrepreneurship a Management Science? Its analogous to walking down the aisle in a supermarket. Expo SF (May.

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Occam's Razor

APRIL 30, 2018

What was the reach/frequency for the Washington Post? I cannot stress enough that these results can be positive (for the ad business and, in this case, the sales of insurance products). Can we automate the placement of display ads based on desired psychographics? Did we get the TRPs that we were shooting for?

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online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

Harley Goes Lean to Build Hogs. Businesses For Sale |. Washington. Businesses For Sale |. Washington. Businesses For Sale |. Subscriber Content Read Preview. Pension Crisis Looms Despite Cuts. Subscriber Content Read Preview. Firms Miss Out on Jobs Push. Subscriber Content Read Preview. Most Popular.

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Reid Hoffman

JUNE 8, 2021

We can either try to step forward and be progressive and really try to lean forward, or we can get dragged in the future. At the time, they said, it’s not enough to design a product that’s good for sales, it must also be good for the environment. And so you got to be honest, you got to be willing to lean in and be open, authentic.

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Reid Hoffman

JUNE 8, 2021

We can either try to step forward and be progressive and really try to lean forward, or we can get dragged in the future. At the time, they said, it’s not enough to design a product that’s good for sales, it must also be good for the environment. And so you got to be honest, you got to be willing to lean in and be open, authentic.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 30, 2010

The housing market is not recovered : Sales in existing homes in the US fell 27.2% Sales fell in every region of the country with the Midwest suffering the worst at 35%. Additionally, those who run lean operations and raised money from supportive investor bases will be best positioned.

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Up and Running

JULY 14, 2015

I’d implemented a business plan including marketing, engagement, sales strategy and realized a few months in that it wasn’t servicing a key influence or in the sales process. I walked in to different retailers here on our town in Eugene and I asked them, “What are sales goals for today?” Peter: Caroline.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 28, 2009

This is usually exacerbated by zealous sales persons who oversell the features, or even more typical, promise completely new features. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. Amazing lean startup resources Is Entrepreneurship a Management Science? Expo SF (May. Conference streaming, sponsors, discounted tickets.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 22, 2010

These companies produced over $52 billion dollars in sales in 2005, and employed 450,000 workers that year. These companies produced over $52 billion dollars in sales in 2005, and employed 450,000 workers that year. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. Expo SF (May. for Harvard Business Revie.

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