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By: Startup Articles « Samuel R Solomon

Startup Articles « Samuel R Solomon — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 18:03:03 +0000

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By: What’s in a Startup Methodology? « Methodologist

What’s in a Startup Methodology? « Methodologist — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 17:25:14 +0000

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By: Ash Maurya

Ash Maurya — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 12:52:47 +0000

Agreed.

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Thoughts About When Startups Grow Bigger than One Team at Scott Porad — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 19:04:29 +0000

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By: Kevin Dewalt

Kevin Dewalt — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 19:42:03 +0000

I just renamed this post to “The First Thing That Matters: Product/Market Fit”

Great stuff, Ash. Enjoyed (re)reading your popular posts. WRT the name change, the difference between “The only” and “The first” is one of perspective:

As entrepreneurs, we have the ability to shift to a different market; thus if “the first” step fails, we just change directions.

VCs are evaluating bets based on lots of different options and information; given so many options, they’ll chose “The only” one that matters most.

By: Kevin Dewalt

Kevin Dewalt — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 19:42:00 +0000

I just renamed this post to “The First Thing That Matters: Product/Market Fit”

Great stuff, Ash. Enjoyed (re)reading your popular posts. WRT the name change, the difference between “The only” and “The first” is one of perspective:

As entrepreneurs, we have the ability to shift to a different market; thus if “the first” step fails, we just change directions.

VCs are evaluating bets based on lots of different options and information; given so many options, they’ll chose “The only” one that matters most.

By: My take on Customer Development and the Lean Startup | Recess Mobile Blog

My take on Customer Development and the Lean Startup | Recess Mobile Blog — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 13:30:59 +0000

[...] sales and marketing, press, or premature scalaculation is when you hit the accelerator before finding product/market fit. It’s premature optimization, easily masked by a myopic reliance on [...]

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Wed, 23 Dec 2009 13:56:35 +0000

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