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Small Business and Startups: End-of-Year Mishegoss, 2013!

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The madness is best summed up in the Yiddish and there are several variations: meshuggah (which Merriam Webster defines as crazy or foolish, but also happens to be a metal band from Sweden! ), meshugener (a foolish or crazy person), and (for our purposes here) mishegoss defined as general craziness, or a senseless behavior or activity.

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15 steps to launch your own tech startup: Part 2

The Next Web

It also helped us to start lean and simple, and grow our product into something bigger. Make sure you check out The Lean Startup ; it’s one of the best books to identify and develop great new ideas. He started Skype in Sweden. If we would have been successful in Sweden, we wouldn’t have been successful at all.

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Startup Lessons Learned 2011 streaming live

Startup Lessons Learned

All I ask in return in that you pre-order the Lean Startup Book (on lean.st Watch live video from Startup Lessons Learned on Justin.tv We have an amazing lineup for you today. Enjoy the simulcast, wherever you are. or Amazon , your choice). :) Thank you. If at all possible, please support one of the simulcast locations.

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This Weekend

Startup Lessons Learned

The next couple of days are going to be amazing, as the Lean Startup community converges on San Francisco. As a reminder, the first 200 people to show up will get one of the very first copies of the Lean Startup Book , a pre-publication printed galley. prettylittleceo Scaling Lean Thinking in a Fast-growing Startup Rob Fan.

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New speakers + Ignite + streaming locations

Startup Lessons Learned

Speakers at Startup Lessons Learned 2011 Ignite: Lean Startup If you're planning to come into town for the conference, you should really check out Ignite: Lean Startup on Saturday, May 21. This is a community-run event featuring a number of brand-new case studies and voices in the Lean Startup movement.

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Lessons Learned: The lean startup

Startup Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, September 8, 2008 The lean startup Ive been thinking for some time about a term that could encapsulate trends that are changing the startup landscape. After some trial and error, Ive settled on the Lean Startup. I like the term because of two connotations: Lean in the sense of low-burn.

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What is Lean about the Lean Startup?

Startup Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Wednesday, December 16, 2009 What is Lean about the Lean Startup? The first step in a lean transformation is learning to tell the difference between value-added activities and waste. I was giving my first-ever webcast on the lean startup. This value is evident in Lean Startups.

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