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Five case studies you'll see at the Lean Startup Conference 2015

Startup Lessons Learned

It all started with a small group of founders and product enthusiasts who self-aggregated into an online community. With this approach to establishing and tracking milestones, ReadyTalk launched its beta of UbiMeet.com in March 2015. The United States Digital Service, a federal government agency, is building a ‘stealth startup.’

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Amazon Redshift Too Slow or Crashing? BlazingDB Performs

Austin Startup

Transformations, aggregations and joins at massive scale is where BlazingDB wins! Three years ago brothers Rodrigo Aramburu (CEO) and Felipe (CTO), from Houston were working on a consulting project for the Peruvian government involving 14 legacy systems. They were accelerated and invested in by Techstars Boulder in 2015.

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Say No To Absent Fathers, Yes To Paternity Leave

YoungUpstarts

In November 2015, Facebook Founder & CEO Mark Zuckerberg posted his paternity leave plans. Sweden is one of the few countries in the world, where fathers must take at least two months off before the child is 8 years old to receive the government benefits. Image credit: Father and son from Shutterstock.

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Online Review Management – A Synopsis of my project with a review management startup.

Scalable Startup

For B2B, online reviews and testimonials and becoming a requirement in healthcare, automotive, government and other industries. > Market Segments: Online Reviews, Review Management, Restaurant Reviews, Employer Reviews, Movie Reviews, Social Analytics, Reputation Management, Customer Service Feedback, Review Aggregation. >

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“Customer First” Healthcare

abovethecrowd.com

David Goldhill, in his enlightening book Catastrophic Care , declared: “…a guiding principle of any reform should be to put the consumer, not the insurer or the government, at the center of the system. In 1942, President Roosevelt worked with Congress to pass the Stabilization Act of 1942.

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MANAGING DIRECTOR OF TECHSTARS AUSTIN

Austin Startup

As part of the Techstars library, “Sell More Faster” contains aggregated knowledge from Techstars leaders, instilling lessons learned from the accelerator’s experience with years of work with startups. City governments connect with local entrepreneurs, corporations, and community leaders to grow and sustain a vibrant startup economy.

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On the Road to Recap:

abovethecrowd.com

In February of last year, Fortune magazine writers Erin Griffith and Dan Primack declared 2015 “ The Age of the Unicorns ” noting — “Fortune counts more than 80 startups that have been valued at $1 billion or more by venture capitalists.” Late 2015 also brought the arrival of “mutual fund markdowns.” 2015 was the exact opposite.

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