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How MakeSpace Recently Closed $30 million in New Funding

Both Sides of the Table

Amazon took a consumer value proposition (buying books, then all retail products) and made the consumer experience significantly better, faster & cheaper. They didn’t do this by selling better books or electronics, they did it by building a logistics & warehouse powerhouse. years of software development.

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[Interview] Jim Ewel, Author Of ‘The Six Disciplines of Agile Marketing: Proven Practices For More Effective Marketing And Better Business Results’

YoungUpstarts

Here is some of our conversation: What is Agile marketing, and what makes it so different? Agile marketing takes its inspiration from Agile software development, which is how 90% of companies develop software today. The pandemic hit just as I was finishing up some of the interviews in the book.

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US Immigration Fails Entrepreneurs Again

Feld Thoughts

If you care about this issue, I once again refer you to to Vivek Wadhwa’s excellent book called The Immigrant Exodus: Why America Is Losing the Global Race to Capture Entrepreneurial Talent. The conversation in Washington DC has shifted back to “Comprehensive Immigration Reform.”

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Eric Ries and Kent Beck Discuss Product Development

Startup Lessons Learned

We’ve made some cool additions to our pre-conference webcast lineup , including two conversations with founding figures for methods that underlie Lean Startup. Third, I needed to take small steps—one conversation where I really shared, one part of a presentation. I believe crazy things but I try to act on the sane things I believe.”

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Lean Startups aren't Cheap Startups

Steve Blank

Filed under: Customer Development , Customer Development Manifesto « The Secret History of Silicon Valley 12: The Rise of “Risk Capital” Part 2 Raising Money Using Customer Development » 8 Responses Jake Lumetta , on November 2, 2009 at 10:49 am Said: Great post.

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Why Startup Founders Should Stop Reading Business Books

Software By Rob

You own a wall of books, or perhaps a Kindle or iPad bulging at the edge of its hard disk with non-fiction you’ve earmarked for future reading. You own a wall of books, or perhaps a Kindle or iPad bulging at the edge of its hard disk with non-fiction you’ve earmarked for future reading. Also a student of reading.

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What is Lean about the Lean Startup?

Startup Lessons Learned

That foundational idea, so clearly articulated in books like Lean Thinking, is what originally led me to start using the term lean startup. For those whove heard it, it contains a length discourse on the subject of agile software development and extreme programming, including its weaknesses when applied to startups.

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