Reflections on a movement | Eric Ries (creator of the Lean Startup methodology)
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Reflections on a movement | Eric Ries (creator of the Lean Startup methodology)
Build-Measure-Learn. The fundamental activity of a startup is to turn ideas into products, measure how customers respond, and then learn whether to pivot or persevere. All successful startup processes
Livingston: What surprised you most about having your own startup? Schachter: It's a combination of sudden freedom to run things as you please and crushing responsibility in which you know you have to do certain things in a certain way at a certain time. That eradicates all of that freedom. You become a robot on rails. You know what you have to do
... See moreInternal or external, in my experience startup teams require three structural attributes: scarce but secure resources, independent authority to develop their business, and a personal stake in the outcome.
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A lot of companies don't do product marketing, they do brand marketing, which are ads about the app, or they do performance marketing, but they're never really educating people about new things they're making and shipping. And because no one's marketing new things that are