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Applied Lean Startup: How to Master Simplicity and Velocity in Business

The Product Coalition

Nimble young businesses, who live by the Lean Startup approach of building, measuring, and learning, move from nothing to a product customers love in what appears, from an established company perspective at least, virtually no time. Startups practice the lean methodology to avoid spending time on things that won’t deliver value.

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Top 10 Japanese Startups

freshtrax

This makes it a hot spot for startups in Japan because of how much potential there is to grow there. These investments stimulate entrepreneurship in Japan causing the Japanese startup scene to be hotter than ever before. Curious to know which innovative startups are successful in Japan? Related article? Market Capitalization.

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10 years of UX studio

UX Studio

I remember my first impression when I came across their name: These people are doing something special and valuable, and I want to be part of it. However, at that time, I was busy working on my startup as a co-founder, so this feeling endured for another 1,5 years.

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Japanese Female Entrepreneurs who Thrive Against the Odds

freshtrax

Gender gap in various industries has been a topic of discussion with there being a huge gap in the percentage of women who are startup entrepreneurs. This is especially true in Japan, where the gender gap in the startup community is even wider than the U.S. The startup world is completely male dominated. tomochinski.

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Jam 2016 – Product Manager Club

Product Club

On the 4th November the Product Manager Club attended JAM 2016 in London. Yeah but what’s Jam 2016?! We’re not going to lie, when we saw the name of the presentation we kind of thought, “oh, not another talk about why persona’s are awesome”. It was pretty awesome! albeit not one in the Folding Buritto periodic table!

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CEO Joel Gascoigne Reflects on the Highs and Lows of Building Buffer

Business of Software Conference

A product that started out being built in a bedroom has now evolved into a household name amongst social media management platforms. You will learn about coping with life as a startup founder in the early days, navigating the scale-up years, and how Joel dealt with burnout and stress. What you will learn. Joel Gascoigne.

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How JustGiving Crowdfunding Went From an Idea to £100m in Five Years

Mind the Product

This forced us to think and act more like a startup, with JustGiving’s CEO in the role of angel investor – and we knew funding would be cut if we didn’t produce results. And for that, we needed a new name… Output of one naming brainstorm. 2016 – Accelerating Growth. 2017 – Scaling and Going Viral.