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Lessons Learned: The one line split-test, or how to A/B all the time

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For example, by making this button green, did more people click on it? That green button was part of a customer flow, a series of actions you want customers to complete for some business reason. And we were fortunate to have Steve Blank , the originator of customer development, on our board to keep us honest.

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Lessons Learned: What does a startup CTO actually do?

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The green arm is the best. ;) October 2, 2008 10:27 PM Andrew Badera said. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? Waves of technology platforms The lean startup Customer Development Engineering Greasemonkey compiler Great open source scalability tools from Danga Ideas.

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Lessons Learned: Please teach kids programming, Mr. President

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When I was a kid, the way I logged onto the internet for the first time (to play MUDs, naturally) was through an open dial-up console at San Diego State University. No logins, no codes, just raw uncensored internet access. May 16, 2009 1:52 PM Todd Green said. Not all programmers are entrepreneurs, granted there are exceptions.

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Marching through quicksand

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And thanks to the radical transparency enabled by the internet, the quality of these proposals is actually constantly rising, to the point that it’s almost impossible to judge the quality of the final product – because all the proposals look polished and professional, even the terrible ones.

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Support the Startup Founders Visa with a tweet

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The EB-5 visa is designed for foreign investors to get a green card if they are willing to bring capital to the US and create at least ten full-time jobs. The EB-5 visa is designed for foreign investors to get a green card if they are willing to bring capital to the US and create at least ten full-time jobs.

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More video "what to do if customers don't like your (initial.

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Lawrence Green Thanks for reading, listening, and watching. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? 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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The Steve Jobs method

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Having so few products means Apple can dedicate enormous resources to each project once it gets the green light. Not everything has to follow lean startup and customer development principles, and I write that as a devoted practitioner of both. It means saying no to the hundred other good ideas that there are.