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Lessons Learned: The lean startup

Startup Lessons Learned

But by taking advantage of open source, agile software, and iterative development, lean startups can operate with much less waste. I also owe a great debt to Kent Beck, whose Extreme Programming Explained: Embrace Change was my first introduction to this kind of thinking. (So What are the characteristics of a lean startup?

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How to listen to customers, and not just the loud people

Startup Lessons Learned

This was 2004, and we had never even heard of MySpace, let alone had any understanding of social networking. It required hearing customers say it over and over again for us to take a serious look, and eventually to realize that social networking was core to our business. But the early customers all compared it to MySpace.

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Startup Killer: the Cost of Customer Acquisition | For Entrepreneurs

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SolidWorks 2: The best VAR management program in the world? SolidWorks 3: The best VAR management program in the world? Far more common is a need to acquire customers through a series of steps like SEO, SEM, PR, Social Marketing, direct sales, channel sales, etc. that will cost the company significant amounts of money.

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Pick the Perfect Name for Your Startup

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3) Check the social network username site www.knowem.com to see who else is using something similar. 4 Winning Strategies for Social Media. YouTubes Musicians Wanted Program Go. I have a couple of points and resources to add. And Good luck! Keep it up i look forward to reading more. How iPad Magazine Sales Stack Up [REP.

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How to get distribution advantage on the iPhone

Startup Lessons Learned

If you sell an online service that solves a defined problem, you can compete in SEO or SEM. This can even vary by category, as people apply different criteria to games vs. utilities vs. social networking apps. In other markets, he who controls the directory has the power, like Download.com in the world of windows shareware.

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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.]? Waves of technology platforms The lean startup Customer Development Engineering Greasemonkey compiler Great open source scalability tools from Danga Ideas.