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Why Build, Measure, Learn – isn’t just throwing things against the wall to see if they work

Steve Blank

Version 1 was built without customer feedback, and before version 1 was complete work had already started on version 2 so it took till version 3 before the customer was really heard (e.g. Best practices in software development started to move to agile development in the early 2000’s. Microsoft Windows 3.0).

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Crazy! 189 Answers To The Top Startup Questions On Your Mind

maplebutter.com

Product/Metrics (70%/30% time) * Get your product activation (sign-up + meaningful action) to 60% * then, Get your product retention to 20% weekly. Your existing customers are you best source of referals – just ask. No investor cares about a business plan. It all depends on where you’re at. They care about real product.