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A Startup Had Better Be Agile and Opportunistic — Buckle that Seat Belt

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by Eric | Apr 14, 2010, 6:32am EST

Creating a startup is tough work. Invariably it requires many starts and stops. Assuming that you know at the outset what will work and how, is foolish. I have become a big fan of the work Steve Blank has done regarding “Customer Development.” This piece which follows below was authored entirely by him and is [...]

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What Should I Build and For Whom?

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by Eric | Feb 18, 2010, 8:53am EST

We have spent a good amount of time discussing how to vet the the big idea, but we have spent precious little effort describing how to actually build a framework around testing it in actual use.  I’ve heard  Google often say, “Release early and iterate,” and while I agree, maybe if they had used the [...]

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