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   by eries 11y ago

   Hilariously the HBO show Silicon Valley had a pretty decent take on this last night: just take less money. There's no law that says you have to slurp up as much dumb money as the market will throw at you. But regardless of how much mon
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   by eries 11y ago

   There are so many assumptions baked into these questions that it's a little hard to answer. First of all, I'm not a fan of the "10X engineer" framing. I'm much more interested in the systems that companies can build
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   by eries 11y ago

   Nope, that's almost certain to fail. Why should sellers join if there are no buyers? And if you do convince them, how can you ensure that they will have a good experience on launch day? The only way to test a marketplace is to get a sm
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   by eries 11y ago

   I hate to be a downer, but I'm not very optimistic that this will work. The limiting factor is that you can't learn for another human being, they have to do it themselves. Maybe you can ask a few of the volunteers to join you for
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   by eries 11y ago

   Sounds cool. Email me (it's right on my blog).
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   by eries 11y ago

   Of course. The key is to learn as quickly as possible within the constraints of the medium you're working in. I've worked with startups that launched an MVP in days for $10 and ones that have spent more than a year and $10M+ to ma
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   by eries 11y ago

   Drastically is an understatement! I was 25 when I co-founded IMVU. My goals at that time were to become an excellent technical founder, CTO, and maybe even a startup CEO someday. Looking back, I think if YC had existed, I almost certainly w
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   by eries 11y ago

   Well the first thing to think about is: are you in a position to tell your client the truth, which is that this is not going to work. A giant part-time committee isn't going to accomplish this kind of work. If you can tell the truth, t
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   by eries 11y ago

   I just looked at the collection and realized Founders at Work isn't in there, which is an oversight.
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    by eries 11y ago

    TBH, don't read books, go start something. Then, when you're totally baffled by what's happening, use books to try and understand why. Now, since you're probably not going to take my advice, I think a new book that you&#
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    by eries 11y ago

    It's actually very simple: most established organizations adopt processes designed to eradicate innovation. If you study management history it's pretty easy to see why they did this, since there were huge gains in the 20th century
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    by eries 11y ago

    tons! I think about this all the time, since I feel a responsibility to try and talk about lean startup in such a way that prevents misunderstanding. I would say the two most fatal misapplications are: 1. "up and to the right" dis
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    by eries 11y ago

    When I was working on IMVU, we almost killed ourselves launching in only six months. At the time, we thought that was pretty impressive because our previous startup had taken almost 5 years. But by today's standards, we were incredibly
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    I Am Eric Ries, Author of the Lean Startup. AMA

    214 points by eries 11y ago|112 comments
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    Trashing Sheryl Sandberg(salon.com)

    37 points by eries 14y ago|6 comments
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    by eries 14y ago

    To add to Dave's comment above - this isn't so much a course as it is simply the complete video of the Lean Startup track from SXSW 2012. We asked every speaker to provide a case study with concrete examples of what worked and what didn't w
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    CodeNow: Summer Training Teaching Kids To Code(indiegogo.com)

    2 points by eries 14y ago|0 comments
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    by eries 15y ago

    I couldn't agree more. My intention wasn't to call out YC as part of the problem, but simply to suggest a specific place where I think YC (and the Valley ecosystem in general) could be improved. In fact, the only reason I think this argumen
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    by eries 15y ago

    Yes, that's true. For a lot more detail, and how this applies to product development, see http://www.startuplessonslearned.com/2009/07/principles-of-p...
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    by eries 15y ago

    Believe me, I didn't pick that title.
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    by eries 15y ago

    Email me (address is on my blog)
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    by eries 15y ago

    You'll have to order the ebook version separately. You can pre-order it on Kindle right now.
23. 503.▲
    by eries 15y ago

    All AppSumo customers who bought the Lean Startup Bundle will get a brand-new hardcover copy shipped to them in the mail.
24. 504.▲
    by eries 15y ago

    Yes, the book will launch on Kindle/iBooks at the same as hardcover. You can pre-order the Kindle version at http://bit.ly/LeanStartupBook
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    by eries 15y ago

    thank you
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    by eries 15y ago

    Thanks for the kind words. It takes courage to admit that we don't know everything. (For the record, I certainly don't). I look forward to learning from you, when you're ready to share your story.
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    by eries 15y ago

    Thanks!
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    by eries 15y ago

    Thank you!
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    by eries 16y ago

    FWIW, I've always wanted a service like that. Good luck!
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    by eries 16y ago

    My belief is that the reason teams were so productive was not that they worked insane hours (although some did), it was that they were laser-focused on doing work that really matters.