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Scrappy Startups: A Conversation with Jon Boutelle/SlideShare & Dan Martell/Flowtown

In the spirit of lean startups and the current economic situation, it was refreshing for Jon and Dan to tell us stories about scrappy startups and the mentality behind scrappy.

What stuck the most to me was the differentiation betweetn lean startup and scrappy startup.

Lean Startup is a methodology, Scrappy Startup is a mentality.
(Thank you, Dan and Jon for enlightening us on this distinction.)

More scrappy stories were shared on how SlideShare scrappified their way to success, how Dan Martell trained his employees in the back of a car while driving to and from meetings, and suggestions on how to be scrappy in your own [...]

Don't Fly Blindly- Startup Acceleration and Metrics with Sean Power, Hiten Shah, and Josh Porter

Checkout this awesome #leanstartup #measure video with Sean Power (@seanpower), Hiten Shah (@hnshah) and Josh Porter (@bokardo) on startup acceleration and metrics brought to you by LiveUmbrella and KISSmetrics at our last Entrepreneurs Lounge. [...]

MVP (minimum viable product) and Lean Startup concepts applied to traditional business

MVP (minimum viable product) and Lean Startup concepts applied to traditional business

you want to create something *perfect*, something that differentiates you from the rest of your competition. You tell yourself you can’t release because your brand might be compromised, or people might not think your product is *professional* enough. Here’s an eye-opener: no one cares. And crossing all your T’s ain’t gonna help the [...]

Domain Names for Startups and A/B Testing

how to choose domain names using the lean startup methodology and ab testing domain names, a collaborative blog post between tracy lee and omar ead on google [...]