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TEDxSoMa: Startup Innovation Is Alive and Well

By providing software for startups and small teams, we've been hoping to facilitate a little more innovation. With this goal in mind, Atlassian was proud to sponsor TEDxSoMa, an independently-organized TEDx event. I had the pleasure of representing Atlassian at the event and wanted to share my experience. So, what is TEDx? The TEDx program was created by TED, the nonprofit well-known for it's annual conferences with inspirational and oftentimes iconoclastic speakers, from Tony Robbins to Daniel

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Startup Lessons Learned – What I Learned

Last week I attended Eric Ries' (@ericries) lean startup event, Startup Lessons Learned. Steve Blank (@sgblank) described the event as the "Woodstock for entrepreneurs". To stay true to theme I thought I should follow up and share some "lessons learned". The pivot If I was to focus on only one lesson learned from the event, it would be the pivot. Eric Ries describes the pivot as "the idea that successful startups change directions but stay grounded in what they've learned". Steve Blank provided

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