The Next Web

MARCH 11, 2014

You’ve heard them all before: Lean methodology , customer interviews, landing page tests , concierge experiments, and other tactics for testing hypotheses and measuring demand before building a product. WhatsApp, recently acquired by Facebook for $19 billion in cash and stock options , challenged traditional Silicon Valley logic.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2015

Thus I was happy to see a recent book, “ The Tech Entrepreneur’s Survival Guide ,” by Bernd Schoner, PhD, and cofounder of ThingMagic, which leans heavily on the people side of the equation. The rest can come from early hires (with stock options to assure commitment), equity investors, or even strategic partners.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

Beyond just those who will be hearing about the lean startup for the first time, Im expecting to shake a lot of hands and have a lot of interesting side conversations. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. Amazing lean startup resources Is Entrepreneurship a Management Science? Expo SF (May.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 17, 2020

If possible, offering stock options in lieu of raises or to counteract pay cuts is another way to build security. People still spend money in the lean times — in fact they are much more likely to spend money on small luxury items when they are holding off on big purchases.

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The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 20, 2020

Our aim with this post is to share a handful of management strategies that you can lean on to not only help you through this recession but also to assist you in thriving at any time. That might entail calling an EDI managed services provider to liquidate stock options.

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Reid Hoffman

DECEMBER 10, 2020

And if the reference checks come back positively, then if I believe at startup is a good opportunity, I can lean in right away. To honor the Alliance it had made with those former employees, Airbnb waived the usual vesting cliff so that they could exercise their stock options, and provided generous severance packages.

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The Startup Magazine

JUNE 1, 2023

Lean” doesn’t come to mind when you think of a business that needs trucks, warehouses, cross-docks, and thousands of employees to run efficiently. Hire versatile players and lean into your team The SVB collapse reminded us that staffing matters. Working creatively Our company sits at the center of the logistics and freight industry.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

MARCH 11, 2014

I think I might be able to speed things up, especially now that everybody always talks about the book The Lean Startup. You may call it employee number one with a really low salary and really generous stock options and as the company grows, you’ll fix their salary. I really like the book Nail It then Scale It.

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The Startup Magazine

MARCH 1, 2022

You may, for instance, offer stock options to your best-performing employees, especially in the current uncertain environment. As you habitually lean on critical thinking, your business will always stay two steps ahead of your competitor’s. 2. Upgrades Your Communication Skills. Final Thoughts.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JULY 7, 2016

Not for the stock options — you won’t be doling out 1% of the company to anyone by then. You might already know about “Five Whys” from Lean Startup, a method for determining root causes of problems and generating ideas for incremental improvement. But why will the 50th employee join ? The Five Whys?

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This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 4, 2021

They make money off of equity and stock option gains, as well as investment partnership interests that are taxed at lower capital gains rates. New York City should be leaning into that. The very wealthy don’t make their entire income through wages.

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techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

link] The Best Programming Language for a Lean Startup [.] link] Three Ships Media » MORE Sage Start-Up Advice from Meebo CEO Seth Sternberg [.] Last month we wrote a quick post on Meebo CEO Seth Sternberg’s Techcrunch guest blog series on start-ups. [.] Hopefully you have some idea for how you’re going to pivot.

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The Next Web

AUGUST 14, 2013

Without further ado, here’s my ultimate guide to raising money as a first-time founder – leaning heavily on the experience and advice I’ve learned from other smart people who understand raising money much better than me. How to Convince Investors. This is certainly most confusing part about raising money – at least it was for me.

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