Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

Thats when this approach can pay huge dividends. This gets me into trouble, because it conjures up for some the idea that product development is simply a rote mechanical exercise of linear optimization. You just constantly test little micro-changes and follow a hill-climbing algorithm to build your product.

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Small Business Force

MARCH 15, 2013

At the end of the day, sales are what makes or breaks a small business. Yet many entrepreneurs, especially those who are the product gurus in their company, never fully grasp either their importance or the process that drives them. However, all that said, there is a definite sales-product connection to success.

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Small Business Force

MARCH 15, 2013

At the end of the day, sales are what makes or breaks a small business. Yet many entrepreneurs, especially those who are the product gurus in their company, never fully grasp either their importance or the process that drives them. First, let's dispel the myths, like a good product sells itself. all help the sales process.

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The Startup Toolkit

JANUARY 10, 2017

I had a cofounder leave the company to join our biggest competitor while stealing several key clients and then using our [shoddily rebranded] case studies and sales materials at his new company. After the team-poaching mentioned earlier, the goal ended up being to keep product development moving while a new tech team was found.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

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Small Business Force

MARCH 29, 2013

What is really necessary is to be "walking the talk" of UNDERSTANDING that market and not just listening to but anticipating market and customer needs and then developing, delivering and supporting products that meet those need and enhance that market.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 19, 2009

But instead of spending the time and money to develop products on spec, TPGTEX creates mocked-up webpages that list the features of a potential new product -- such as a system for making radio-frequency identification, or RFID, labels -- along with its price. Read the rest. Why didn’t we learn more? Read the rest.

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Small Business Force

JANUARY 2, 2017

I have used this technique, successfully, in every single company I have ever started or run and it always paid countless dividends in better understanding both individual employees and the company, as a whole. Explain to them their role in your product development or delivery process and their importance to you and your customers.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 28, 2009

Because, unless you are working in an extremely static environment, your product development team is learning and getting better all the time. If thats not a team-wide phenomenon, then its still a form of waste, because everyone has to learn every lesson before it starts paying dividends. Share what you learn. Great post, Eric.

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