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It's time for lean philanthropy: a case study

Startup Lessons Learned

I’ve long been an advocate of using Lean Startup principles to advance non-profits and philanthropic organizations, whose work is so urgently needed at this moment in history. In this blog post, I want to share the story of a lean pop-up organization called HelpKitchen. SF New Deal and Frontline Foods were early leaders.

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How to Increase eCommerce Sales — Growth Tips from Industry Experts

Up and Running

Known as omnichannel marketing, this strategy is built around creating a defined and consistent presence that translates between your website, email messages, SMS, social media, traditional and digital ads, and even in-store. Work on your business brand and create a long-term lean business plan that helps you manage this process.

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How a Virtual Assistant can Help Startup Make More Sales

ReadWriteStart

Despite the variety of present-day communication channels (E-mail, SMS, call, social media), it’s easy to see why building a productive rapport with future clients becomes increasingly tricky. So it falls right down the VA’s alley. There is an urgency where your business wants hot leads contacted as soon as possible.

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The real entrepreneurs of New York City

Startup Lessons Learned

The Lean Startup Machine looks a lot like reality television for startups. I have written previously about how powerful the these events are as a teaching tool for Lean Startup principles. Below you will find the final presentations of each of the Lean Startup Machine NYC teams, including SnappSchool, who was judged to be the winner.

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How a Virtual Assistant can Help Startup Make More Sales

ReadWriteStart

Despite the variety of present-day communication channels (E-mail, SMS, call, social media), it’s easy to see why building a productive rapport with future clients becomes increasingly tricky. So it falls right down the VA’s alley. There is an urgency where your business wants hot leads contacted as soon as possible.

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Open to All: Scholarships for The Lean Startup Conference

Startup Lessons Learned

Guest post by Lisa Regan, writer for The Lean Startup Conference. We’re dedicated to making The Lean Startup Conference unlike other entrepreneurship conferences. As Lean Startup takes root around the world, we’d like to learn from and help people working in geographically diverse areas connect with each other.

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Co-founders Enables Nonprofits to Fundraise Online

Hearpreneur

With the SaaS platform from Kindest, nonprofit organizations are able to launch a fundraising campaign with an outreach calendar and pre-populated campaigns that are published through social media and sms all with the click of a button. ” – The Lean Startup by Eric Ries. No need for a big team or stress.