Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 22, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Saturday, November 22, 2008 Net Promoter Score: an operational tool to measure customer satisfaction Ive mentioned Net Promoter Score (NPS) in a few previous posts, but havent had a chance to describe it in detail yet. Net Promoter Score NPS is a methodology that comes out of the service industry.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

Once the railways are built most countries (except for some odd reason the US) start to build better versions of their infrastructure so you get high-speed railway in Japan, Germany, China, France and now even connecting France & The UK. ”).

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crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 15, 2012

Interview with a crowdSPRING designer – 12 Questions: Meet Naoki Haruyoshi (Japan) – [link]. Median net worth in US fell to $77,300 in ’10 from $126,400 in ’07 [link]. Really Useful Resources and Tools for Responsive Web Design – [link]. 20 Eye-Catching and Artistic Business Card Designs – [link].

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 1, 2013

In exchange for a minority equity stake, every team joining will be offered a package including S$15,000 (USD 11,700) net cash, mentoring valued at S$150,000 (USD 117,000), technical and other vendor perks worth S$300,000 (USD 234,000) and working space for the duration of the program. Other nations made up less than 1% of applications each.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 28, 2018

Sjamsul Nursalim of Indonesia invested in Singapore property development to increase his $830 million net worth. For example, computer technology is booming in India, and few countries can beat Japan for manufacturing. Wouldn’t you benefit from the technology Japan uses in its manufacturing processes? Asset Diversification.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 15, 2021

I went on a trip to Japan and came across the most beautiful Doe’s (Deer) from Asia. While MISGIF gets pronounced incorrectly oftentimes, to this day it’s a great conversation starter and allows us the perfect segway into educating our clients and partners about what a GIF is and why our GIF Booths are a must for virtual events.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 1, 2018

Cast a wide net. Surprisingly, promotion of women in business and in governance is hot-button issue of in the Peoples’ Republic of China (not in Japan, however: fewer than one percent of corporate directors are female). Compared to other countries around the globe, the U.S.’s

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Austin Startup

JUNE 2, 2021

interpreting a “better human being” as one that does less harm to the environment, or as a goal, is a net benefit to the environment. and ours was simply “can digital technologies make us better humans?” Our panel endeavored to answer the question. combining digital technologies with the idea of a more sustainable outcome for all of us?—?interpreting

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 7, 2008

The net result: we sold exactly zero presidential debate avatars. We finally settled on a $1.99 price point, figuring that we wouldnt make much money, but at least we wouldnt get in the way of achieving scale. Finally the day came, we unleashed the landing page, emailed our existing customers, and started advertising online.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 22, 2010

In the past two decades, they have accounted for nearly all the net job growth in our country. In the past two decades, they have accounted for nearly all the net job growth in our country. Part of this is due to their determination to overtake us, but part is due to structural changes in the nature of entrepreneurship.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 6, 2008

Lo, my 1032 subscribers, who are you? ScienceDaily: Corporate culture is most important. The four kinds of work, and how to get them done: The four kinds of work, and how to get them done: Five Whys Where did Silicon Valley come from? Take a look and let me know what you think.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 13, 2008

Since we were only paying per click, it didnt cost us anything to cast a wide net. We ran ad campaigns against every single product we could think of in an adjacent market space to ours. We tried obvious competitors as well as long-shots. Take a look and let me know what you think.

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Start Up Blog

APRIL 28, 2011

This is ahead of the USA, the UK and Japan. Forget the net – launch with mobile. A nice example is net-a-porter. E-commerce retailers know all this and they have a massive advantage because of it – their advantage isn’t just in cost infrastructure it’s in rich data and information. Often the destination is determined for us.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 4, 2008

Lo, my 1032 subscribers, who are you? ScienceDaily: Corporate culture is most important. The four kinds of work, and how to get them done: The four kinds of work, and how to get them done: Five Whys Where did Silicon Valley come from? Take a look and let me know what you think.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 14, 2008

Some techniques that Ive found especially helpful: Build your own tracking survey, using a methodology like Net Promoter Score (NPS) to identify and get a regular check-up from promoters (and to screen out detractors). You need to foster situations where you - and everyone you work with - is likely to see feedback that matters.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 17, 2008

Lo, my 1032 subscribers, who are you? ScienceDaily: Corporate culture is most important. The four kinds of work, and how to get them done: The four kinds of work, and how to get them done: Five Whys Where did Silicon Valley come from? Take a look and let me know what you think.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 7, 2012

A simple concept wound up netting him $17,000 from Canon and MediaCorp, proving that one doesn’t have to bog down ideas in needless complexities to produce something valuable. Beh Weng Wei at Tech65.org Chuck Feeney at RTE Radio 1 , Jan.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 26, 2009

In previous posts, I’ve mentioned quite a few of these, including these most important ones: having engineers post on the forums in their own name when they make a change routinely split-testing new changes routinely conducting in-person usability tests and interviews Net Promoter Score Each of these techniques is fundamentally bottoms-up.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 4, 2021

Gox in Japan and I'm not going to send a wire to Japan. Or what advice would you give to other CEOs who are contemplating where they should net out on that question? And I thought, "Okay, well, if I put a button in there that said, 'buy Bitcoin' or something like that, would you use it?" And so far, it's actually, I would say.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 18, 2008

Lo, my 1032 subscribers, who are you? ScienceDaily: Corporate culture is most important. The four kinds of work, and how to get them done: The four kinds of work, and how to get them done: Five Whys Where did Silicon Valley come from? Take a look and let me know what you think.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 17, 2008

Lo, my 1032 subscribers, who are you? ScienceDaily: Corporate culture is most important. The four kinds of work, and how to get them done: The four kinds of work, and how to get them done: Five Whys Where did Silicon Valley come from? Take a look and let me know what you think.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 29, 2016

It’s a safety net. My study abroad stay in Ireland and my business stint in Japan opened my eyes to new ways of thinking, and constantly challenged me to think outside my comfort zone. Mixing my two non-business degrees with my additional entrepreneurship classes gave me an opportunity to be more well-rounded and adventurous.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 2, 2009

The net effect of all this was to make new engineers incredibly productive right away – in most cases, we’d have them deliver code to production on their very first day. So far, it's been a net win to keep supporting it. We never set out to build a world-class engineering-training process.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 27, 2009

Even if it helps optimize one stage, if it slows you down somewhere else, it might not be a net win. The key is to examine every cost through the lens of its effect on each stage of your learning feedback loop. The hardest costs to cut are those that are embodied in sacred cows. Take a look and let me know what you think.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 8, 2008

Lo, my 1032 subscribers, who are you? ScienceDaily: Corporate culture is most important. The four kinds of work, and how to get them done: The four kinds of work, and how to get them done: Five Whys Where did Silicon Valley come from? Take a look and let me know what you think.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 26, 2019

On a side note, Tradenet, the day trading academy founded by Meir Barak, enables clients to access funded accounts and secure up to 70% of the net profits. To increase the chances of potential profits, you should aim for a funded traded account , which will allow you to enter the market with a more generous deposit.

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Start Up Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2013

In fact, the safety net in places like Australia are significant. Yes, it would be a strangle to live on it in Australia – but it is more than the average wage in every Asian Country excluding Japan, every African country excluding South Africa, and every Eastern European nation.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 13, 2008

Lo, my 1032 subscribers, who are you? ScienceDaily: Corporate culture is most important. The four kinds of work, and how to get them done: The four kinds of work, and how to get them done: Five Whys Where did Silicon Valley come from? Take a look and let me know what you think.

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Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 10, 2008

This single number is the key to determine your level of sales and marketing investment and is very simple to calculate by looking at a quarterly GAAP P&L: you just have to divide the annualized net gross margin added during the quarter by the sales and marketing costs of the previous quarter. Philippe Botteri. Bessemer SaaS Law # 4.

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

A photo from the designer collection launch in Japan yielded 148,612 likes, but it also broached the idea of a collaboration with Net-a-Porter : ( Image Source ). Since Lewis has a large, engaged following, his posts create a buzz—and an opportunity for the brand to get customer feedback.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 29, 2015

When you don’t know what failure looks like you can shoot for the moon without a safety net with the blind belief that you’ll conquer the world. When you’ve failed you at least think twice about the safety net albeit you may still take the leap. First time entrepreneurs can fall prey to hubris.

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VC Cafe

AUGUST 15, 2011

Net foreign investment in stocks traded on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) totaled $440 million in June, 9% higher than in May, and well above the $240 million monthly average recorded during the first six months of the year. The company has plants in Israel and the US, and sales offices in the US, Japan, and Europe.

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David Teten

JUNE 7, 2011

Mr. Stewart is also a co-founder of Belgrave Trust; a carbon offset service tailored to the needs of high-net-worth individuals. Stewart is the founder of Urgent Group, a venture development firm and the founder and managing director of Geometric Group, LLC and Urgent Ventures, LLC, both focused on seed-stage investments.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 18, 2010

With staged releases, time provides a (somewhat illusory) safety net. With staged releases, time provides a (somewhat illusory) safety net. Continuous deployment makes releases non-events and checking in code is synonymous with triggering a release. On the one hand, this is the ultimate in customer responsiveness.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 29, 2008

Revenue is always my preferred measure, but you can use anything that is important to your business: retention, activation, viral invites, or even customer satisfaction in the form of something like net promoter score. If an optimization has an effect at the micro level that doesnt translate into the macro level - who cares?

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 26, 2009

The net result was powerful: within six months of starting the company, we were able to get a basic version of our product into open beta. We combined three tactics: extensive use of free software, an open platform for user-generated content, and leveraged distribution channels. Take a look and let me know what you think.

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techcrunch.com

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

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