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Lessons Learned: The lean startup

Startup Lessons Learned

That requires deep value creation that is difficult to do when everyone is using the same tools, even in different ways -- value requires differentiality which requires protection as soon as someone spots the value creation, for it will be copied soon thereafter. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n.

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Four myths about the Lean Startup

Startup Lessons Learned

What differentiates them is their disciplined approach to determining when to spend money: after the fundamental elements of the business model have been empirically validated. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. Myth: Lean Startups are small bootstrapped startups. Take a look and let me know what you think.

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Lessons Learned: Three freemium strategies

Startup Lessons Learned

For founders, I think it also has another big attraction: the ability to avoid a lot of " free vs paid " arguments. What differentiates this model from "free serves paid" is that the free users dont need to consciously do anything special to be valuable. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n.

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Lessons Learned: You buy virtual goods

Startup Lessons Learned

Identity value - This is the strongest source of value of all, and its a little tricky to differentiate from the preceding two sources. ► August (2) SXSW Case Study: SlideShare goes freemium ► July (4) Case Study: kaChing, Anatomy of a Pivot Some IPO speculation Founder personalities and the “first-class man&# th.

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Lean Startup webcast post-game

Startup Lessons Learned

Related articles by Zemanta Continuous deployment in 5 easy steps (4cloudcomputing.blogspot.com) The Lean Startup workshop coming soon (startuplessonslearned.blogspot.com) The Lean Startup Talk From Web 2.0 Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. If youre interested, you can find out more here.

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Lessons Learned: The three drivers of growth for your business.

Startup Lessons Learned

But because paid traffic is fundamentally a bidding war, its important that you have a differentiated ability to monetize customers better than other people who are bidding for the same traffic. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. No departments The Five Whys for Startups (for Harvard Business R.

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The Steve Jobs method

Startup Lessons Learned

For startups that are tempted to mimic this behavior, I suggest reading the great account of the early Apple in Founders at Work.) Discover whats in customers heads, and tackle problems where design is a differentiator. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. Two Ways to Hold Entrepreneurs Accountable (for Ha.