Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 23, 2020

I am moving away from spending dollars on email and ad marketing to investing my energy into speaking engagements. I am looking to reopen offices in a smaller capacity when it is safe to do so and when my employees are comfortable with returning. As a marketing expert, one pivot we are making is increasing focus on online engagement.

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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." Many of us are not accustomed to thinking about markets or customers in a disciplined way. a roadmap for how to get to Product/Market Fit." Theory of market types.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 5, 2010

I used to give copies of Four Steps out to my employees, in the hopes that it would instantly indoctrinate them into the methodology of Customer Development. The results of the Customer Development process may indicate that the assumptions about your product, your customers and your market are all wrong. In fact, they probably will.

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Customer Development Developer San Francisco Customer 166

Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 28, 2010

In the early fall of 2009, as kaChing prepared for its marketplace launch, the management team showed the app—which included real time market data, SEC-grade accounting, analytics, compliance and customer management tools—to a number of investment pros to get feedback and endorsements. Thus far the results are encouraging.

San Francisco 158

San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment SEC 158

Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 17, 2009

Although Im not a developer, I am captivated by the lean and agile start-up model that you write about. Kent Beck keynote, "To Agility, and Beyond" Six streaming locations Interviews ► March (7) New conference website, speakers, agenda Two new scholarship programs for lean startups Speed up or slow down? Expo SF (May.

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Lean San Francisco Web Continuous Deployment 76

Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 20, 2008

When I first encountered agile software techniques, in the form of extreme programming , I thought I had found the answer. I explained it to people this way: agile lets you make the trade-offs visible to whole company, so that they can make informed choices. Even worse, agile wasnt really helping me ship higher quality software.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 4, 2008

Although Catalyst folded with the dot-com crash, Ries continued his entrepreneurial career as a Senior Software Engineer at There.com, leading efforts in agile software development and user-generated content. That institution will touch many people in its life: customers, investors, employees, and everyone they touch as well.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 10, 2008

I know plenty of people who prefer more advanced source control system, but my belief is that many agile practices diminish the importance of advanced features like branching. Its not that the idea behind them is wrong, but I think agile team-building practices make scheduling per se much less important. Youd better. Expo SF (May.

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Software Review Technical Review San Francisco Continuous Deployment 144

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 30, 2008

When Ive asked mentors of mine who have worked in big companies about the role of the CTO, they usually talk about the importance of being the external face of the companys technology platform; an evangelist to developers, customers, and employees. Thats an important job, for sure, and Ive been called upon to do it from time to time.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 28, 2008

We pitch to potential partners, vendors, publishers, conferences, employees, and even lawyers. how big is the market? what is the potential market size? whos on the marketing team? can the team bring the product to market? can your team execute the growth plan? or drive traffic to that profitable destination?)

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San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment DC 128

Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 14, 2009

Because they have no presence in the market, they have to find distribution channels to bring in customers. Over time, they have found a formula for acquiring, qualifying, and selling customers in the market segments they have targeted. What’s the total available market? What’s the ROI on acquiring new customers?

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Customer San Francisco Lean Hockey Stick 167

Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 31, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Tuesday, March 31, 2009 The Lean Startup workshop coming soon I am currently gearing up for my talk tomorrow at the Web 2.0 And today I am excited to announce a new experiment: the Lean Startup workshop. NB: if youre already sold on the workshop and would like to pre-register, click here.

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Lean San Francisco Continuous Deployment DC 68

Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 26, 2009

Its an amazing thing when you can hire an employee who knows more about your code base than you do, and this turned out to be a big source of advantage. Many complex apps can now be prototyped as a simple mashup in order to prove market viability - and this is true beyond just software apps. Expo SF (May.

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Product Development Developer San Francisco Product 88

Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 26, 2009

Every two months, the company would have a big end-of-milestone meeting, with our Board of Directors, Business Advisory Board, and all employees present. Every two months, the company would have a big end-of-milestone meeting, with our Board of Directors, Business Advisory Board, and all employees present. Expo SF (May.

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Advisory Board Customer San Francisco Lean 151

Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 4, 2009

Kent Beck keynote, "To Agility, and Beyond" Six streaming locations Interviews ► March (7) New conference website, speakers, agenda Two new scholarship programs for lean startups Speed up or slow down? Combining agile development with customer developm. Combining agile development with customer developm.

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San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment DC 68

Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 17, 2010

Not to be outdone, the technologists on the team had also brought their big guns, and the meeting was packed with employees of every level – from VP’s all the way down to me. As the meeting progressed, the temperature kept rising. At first, I couldn’t even follow the recriminations back-and-forth. Expo SF (May.

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Technical Review San Francisco Lean Software Review 164

Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 3, 2009

The same has been true of an unfortunate number of startups, they manage to generate a lot of hype, raise a lot of money, and sometimes make some of their investors, employees, or founders rich. They dont really create value. But did they leave the world a better place than before they existed? Expo SF (May. Amazon PostRank

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Lean San Francisco Continuous Deployment Cofounder 60

Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 14, 2017

And the effort was reflected by the 140 speakers and mentors who took the stage and ran workshops over the course of the seven-day conference. The result is a combination of design thinking, Lean Startup, and Agile Scrum, and Ignacio’s innovation team includes 25 coaches who train employees in PACE best practices.

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Lean Startup CTO Hire Cofounder 245

Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 23, 2009

Kent Beck keynote, "To Agility, and Beyond" Six streaming locations Interviews ► March (7) New conference website, speakers, agenda Two new scholarship programs for lean startups Speed up or slow down? Combining agile development with customer developm. Combining agile development with customer developm.

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San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment DC 167

crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 30, 2019

Most startups and small businesses have limited budgets for marketing. So what’s a startup or small business to do when their need for marketing is big, but their budget is small? But, there’s plenty that you can do… if you embrace lean marketing principles. National television campaigns are definitely out.

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Lean Small Business Software Review Marketing 91

Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 3, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Tuesday, March 3, 2009 Employees should be masters of their own time Every startup should have a culture of learning. The rule is simple: every employee is 100% responsible for how they spend their time. Everything else is only marketing. For example, lets consider job descriptions. I asked why.

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Employee San Francisco Lean Software Review 146

Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 21, 2010

Yet, the real stories of successful startups are full of activities that can rightly be called institution-building: hiring creative employees, coordinating their activities, and creating a company culture that delivers results. But most often, the entrant of a startup into a previously calm market precipitates this kind of crisis.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 30, 2008

Over-communicate with employees, investors, customers. Ive also used the voluntary salary reduction tool - its particularly useful as a way to get passionate employees who dont have a lot of personal expenses to buy into the mission of the company at a deep level. Pay attention to where your cash is. Dont sugar coat. Expo SF (May.

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Lean San Francisco Continuous Deployment DC 121

Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 9, 2015

Emmanuel Macron during the workshop in Versailles In this context I was invited, together with a large dozen of foreign investors, to participate in a workshop to discuss what France could to do to attract more venture capital from global firms. Lower social charges for foreigners joining a company less than 10 years old.

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Netherlands France Salary Spain 48

Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 7, 2010

Whether youre a US citizen or an immigrant, entrepreneur or investor, founder or employee, theres something you can do. Whether youre a US citizen or an immigrant, entrepreneur or investor, founder or employee, theres something you can do. Soon, I promise. But in order for this idea to progress into legislation, we need your help.

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San Francisco DC Startup Lean 118

Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 23, 2009

Priority will be given to employees of companies participating in the fbFund REV program, but I am confident that there will be room for members of the general public who want to attend. I just got word that this is going to be happening this coming Thursday, June 25 in Palo Alto (in the former Facebook HQ). Expo SF (May. Amazon PostRank

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Lean San Francisco Continuous Deployment DC 74

Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 2, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Thursday, July 2, 2009 How to conduct a Five Whys root cause analysis In the lean startup workshops , we’ve spent a lot of time discussing the technique of Five Whys. These problems can be anything: development mistakes, site outages, marketing program failures, or even internal missed schedules.

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San Francisco Lean Technical Review Software Review 164

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 19, 2009

In fact theyd cause there to be more jobs for Americans, because the companies they started would hire more employees as they grew. In fact theyd cause there to be more jobs for Americans, because the companies they started would hire more employees as they grew. Brad Feld is working on promoting this idea inside the halls of Congress.

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ConversionXL

AUGUST 4, 2020

As if expectations like that weren’t enough, you might have heard that one in four CX employees are predicted to lose their jobs this year–if you can’t prove value, you don’t get a paycheck. . After digging further, you may discover an advertising campaign where marketing promotes these products in-store and increases demand.

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SQL Software Review Agile Metrics 117

Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 19, 2009

Thats why some entrepreneurs are trying another approach to product launches: marketing a product online before spending much on research and development or inventory. 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.

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San Francisco Product Lean Continuous Deployment 137

Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 29, 2008

On the one hand, it gives you insight into what kind of employee the candidate might be. The six key attributes spell ABCDEF: Agility. When talking about their past experience, candidates with agility will know why they did what they did in a given situation. You need to ask: 1) does the person care about what they work on?

San Francisco 146

San Francisco Lean Agile Java 146

Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 1, 2009

OReillyUG : For more info on The Lean Startup by Eric Ries, register for our upcoming courses in SF May 29 and June 18 [link] #leanstartup Very excited to announce that Ive teamed up with OReilly to produce the upcoming Lean Startup Workshop as part of their Master Class series. The Lean Startup Workshop - now an O'Reilly Master.

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Lean San Francisco Startup Continuous Deployment 60

Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 13, 2009

Announce a new product, start its PR campaign, and engage in buzz marketing activities. Marketing launch) Make a new product available to customers in the general public. This is the usual reason given for a marketing launch, but for most early stage startups, its a failure. In the right situation, its a very useful tactic, too.

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San Francisco PR Lean Early Stage 168

ConversionXL

AUGUST 12, 2020

Marty Hayes, Online Business Manager for UK Consumers at Dell Technologies, uses data to show people why customer centricity is important and to get people to start questioning opinions: I once worked for an online womenswear retailer, where our target market was fast-fashion-craving teenage girls and young women. Image source ).

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Customer Conversion Dividend Engineer 74

Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 20, 2009

Because this radical notion of progress is located firmly in the heads of its employees, and not in any artifacts they produce, the lean startup is employee-centric and knowledge-obsessed. Does lean startup xlate into sustainable success where a fast feedback/iteration loop yields market leadership? Did gore tex start lean?

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Lean San Francisco Startup Continuous Deployment 68

Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 7, 2009

As Eric said, “at IMVU, ‘release’ is a marketing term&#. We eventually discovered (via five whys ) that we also had to get each new employee acculturated to a fearless way of thinking. Because this was such a big cultural change for most new employees, we didnt leave them to sink or swim on their own.

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San Francisco Continuous Deployment Software Review Lean 131

Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 27, 2009

Customer Development : a disciplined approach to finding out if there is a market for your product before its too late. Kent Beck keynote, "To Agility, and Beyond" Six streaming locations Interviews ► March (7) New conference website, speakers, agenda Two new scholarship programs for lean startups Speed up or slow down?

San Francisco 117

San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment DC 117