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Lessons Learned: The three drivers of growth for your business.

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, September 22, 2008 The three drivers of growth for your business model. Master of 500 Hats: Startup Metrics for Pirates (SeedCamp 2008, London) This presentation should be required reading for anyone creating a startup with an online service component. Choose one. One last thought.

San Francisco CPA SEM CTO Hire

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Lessons Learned: Using AdWords to assess demand for your new.

Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 7, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Friday, November 7, 2008 Using AdWords to assess demand for your new online service, step-by-step If you want to build an online service, and you dont test it with a fake AdWords campaign ahead of time, youre crazy. Dont worry about selecting particularly good keywords, if youre new to SEM. I used to use $.05,

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Lessons Learned: The lean startup

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, September 8, 2008 The lean startup Ive been thinking for some time about a term that could encapsulate trends that are changing the startup landscape. September 11, 2008 2:06 PM Editor said. September 15, 2008 9:19 PM James said. After some trial and error, Ive settled on the Lean Startup.

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Lean San Francisco Startup Continuous Deployment

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Lessons Learned: Customer Development Engineering

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 7, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Sunday, September 7, 2008 Customer Development Engineering Yesterday, I had the opportunity to guest lecture again in Steve Blank s entrepreneurship class at the Berkeley-Columbia executive MBA program. Warm Regards Sean Murphy www.skmurphy.com September 19, 2008 4:35 PM Eric said. Sure, Id be delighted to.

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Customer Development Engineer San Francisco Developer

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Lessons Learned: What does a startup CTO actually do?

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 30, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Tuesday, September 30, 2008 What does a startup CTO actually do? October 1, 2008 2:13 AM archenland said. Great article youre now in my rss feeds :) October 2, 2008 4:37 AM kamilski81 said. October 2, 2008 8:58 AM Chad said. October 2, 2008 8:58 AM Chad said. Great piece! Great post!

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Lessons Learned: Just-In-Time Scalability

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 2, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Tuesday, September 2, 2008 Just-In-Time Scalability At my previous company, we pioneered an approach to building out our infrastructure that we called "Just-In-Time Scalability." April 23, 2010 in San Francisco. How to listen to customers, and not just the loud. Bring your questions.

San Francisco Continuous Deployment Agile Lean

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Lessons Learned: The one line split-test, or how to A/B all the time

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, September 15, 2008 The one line split-test, or how to A/B all the time Split-testing is a core lean startup discipline, and its one of those rare topics that comes up just as often in a technical context as in a business-oriented one when Im talking to startups. September 15, 2008 9:12 PM Hitchens said.

San Francisco Lean Technical Review Continuous Deployment

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Smarticus — 10 things you could be doing to your code right now

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 10, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Wednesday, September 10, 2008 Smarticus — 10 things you could be doing to your code right now Smarticus — 10 things you could be doing to your code right now A great checklist of techniques and tools for making your development more agile, written from a Rail perspective. Bring your questions.

Software Review

Software Review San Francisco Technical Review Continuous Deployment

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Lessons Learned: Ideas. Code. Data. Implement. Measure. Learn

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 2, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Tuesday, September 2, 2008 Ideas. SEM on five dollars a day Andrew Chen: Growing renewable audiences Marc Prensky's Weblog: Cell Phones in Class A new version of the Joel Test (draft) Smarticus — 10 things you could be doing to your c. April 23, 2010 in San Francisco.

San Francisco Continuous Deployment Lean DC

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Andrew Chen: Growing renewable audiences

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 12, 2008

SEM on five dollars a day Andrew Chen: Growing renewable audiences Marc Prensky's Weblog: Cell Phones in Class A new version of the Joel Test (draft) Smarticus — 10 things you could be doing to your c. April 23, 2010 in San Francisco. How to listen to customers, and not just the loud. Bring your questions.

Audience San Francisco Continuous Deployment Lean

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Lessons Learned: Lo, my 5 subscribers, who are you?

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 18, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Thursday, September 18, 2008 Lo, my 5 subscribers, who are you? September 19, 2008 2:08 PM gmlk said. September 19, 2008 2:25 PM Eric said. Thanks again, Eric September 19, 2008 2:26 PM Eric said. September 19, 2008 2:27 PM gmlk said. September 19, 2008 2:35 PM gmlk said.

San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment DC

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How to listen to customers, and not just the loud people

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 14, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Sunday, September 14, 2008 How to listen to customers, and not just the loud people Frequency is more important than talking to the "right" customers, especially early on. April 23, 2010 in San Francisco. How to listen to customers, and not just the loud. Bring your questions.

San Francisco Customer Lean Continuous Deployment

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On deployment

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 2, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Tuesday, September 2, 2008 On deployment My favorite question to ask a software development team is "how do you do a release." April 23, 2010 in San Francisco. The mechanical steps, the culture of how its done, how they evaluate success, how they cope with failure. How fast do they iterate?

San Francisco Continuous Deployment Lean DC

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Lessons Learned: A new version of the Joel Test (draft)

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 10, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Wednesday, September 10, 2008 A new version of the Joel Test (draft) (This article is a draft - your comments are especially welcome as I think through these issues. April 23, 2010 in San Francisco. Please leave feedback!) Do programmers have quiet working conditions? Bring your questions.

Software Review

Software Review Technical Review San Francisco Continuous Deployment

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Waves of technology platforms

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 8, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, September 8, 2008 Waves of technology platforms I still remember the first time I switched to LAMP. So one of the first things we did was to hire an Oracle expert and get to work. April 23, 2010 in San Francisco. I was building a new startup in 1999, and wanted to do it right.

San Francisco Technology Continuous Deployment Lean

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Lessons Learned: Test-Driven Development as andon cord

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 1, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, September 1, 2008 Test-Driven Development as andon cord You cannot control what you cannot see, and the hardest part of managing software projects is that the final product is so intangible. April 23, 2010 in San Francisco. Automated tests make defects visible. Bring your questions.

San Francisco Developer Continuous Deployment DC

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How to Usability Test your Site for Free

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 16, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Tuesday, September 16, 2008 How to Usability Test your Site for Free Noah Kagan has a great discussion of usability testing which can help get you over the "thats too hard" or "thats too expensive" fear. April 23, 2010 in San Francisco. At Facebook we never did testing or looked at analytics.

San Francisco Continuous Deployment Lean DC

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Marc Prensky's Weblog: Cell Phones in Class

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 10, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Wednesday, September 10, 2008 Marc Prenskys Weblog: Cell Phones in Class Marcs writing has been a huge influence on me in thinking through the consequences of the way the current generation of "digital natives" is educated. April 23, 2010 in San Francisco. Are todays kids apathetic?

San Francisco Continuous Deployment DC Lean

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Seth Godin: How often should you publish?

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 10, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Wednesday, September 10, 2008 Seth Godin: How often should you publish? SEM on five dollars a day Andrew Chen: Growing renewable audiences Marc Prensky's Weblog: Cell Phones in Class A new version of the Joel Test (draft) Smarticus — 10 things you could be doing to your c. Bring your questions.

San Francisco Continuous Deployment Lean DC

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Lessons Learned: Greasemonkey compiler

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 6, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Saturday, September 6, 2008 Greasemonkey compiler Ive been incredibly impressed by Greasemonkey , the Firefox add-on that lets you easily extend the browser with simple Javascript. April 23, 2010 in San Francisco. How to listen to customers, and not just the loud. Bring your questions.

San Francisco Continuous Deployment Lean DC

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Not crossing the chasm

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 2, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Tuesday, September 2, 2008 Not crossing the chasm What does life feel like in the chasm ? SEM on five dollars a day Andrew Chen: Growing renewable audiences Marc Prensky's Weblog: Cell Phones in Class A new version of the Joel Test (draft) Smarticus — 10 things you could be doing to your c.

San Francisco Continuous Deployment Lean DC

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Lessons Learned: SEM on five dollars a day

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 13, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Saturday, September 13, 2008 SEM on five dollars a day How do you build a new product with constant customer feedback while simultaneously staying under the radar? SEM is a simple idea. April 23, 2010 in San Francisco. How to listen to customers, and not just the loud.

SEM

SEM San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment

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Lessons Learned: The App Store after the gold rush

Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 7, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Tuesday, October 7, 2008 The App Store after the gold rush I wrote earlier about the issue of distribution advantage on the iPhone. On the web, we have many of these channels: SEM, SEO, world of mouth, PR and viral. Or if your lifetime value is high enough, you can just keep spending on SEM.

San Francisco Lean Retention SEM

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How to get distribution advantage on the iPhone

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 18, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Thursday, September 18, 2008 How to get distribution advantage on the iPhone I have had the opportunity to meet a lot of iPhone-related companies lately. If you sell an online service that solves a defined problem, you can compete in SEO or SEM. September 19, 2008 1:35 PM Anish Acharya said.

Distribution San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment

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Lessons Learned: Throwing away working code

Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 28, 2009

Ive told the story of how this desperation turned us on to Google AdWords in SEM on five dollars a day. a guide for hackers) You buy virtual goods The free software hiring advantage Continuous deployment and continuous learning The lean startup @ Web 2.0 April 23, 2010 in San Francisco. Pretty soon we ran out of friends.

San Francisco Continuous Deployment Lean DC

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Lessons Learned: Don't launch

Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 13, 2009

Start with a five-dollar-a-day SEM campaign. the most sensible SEM advice Ive read - discussed in the context of a real situation. April 23, 2010 in San Francisco. So dont combine your product launch with a marketing launch. Instead, do your product launch first. Iterate as fast and for as long as you can. Dont scale.

San Francisco PR Lean Early Stage

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Lessons Learned: The lean startup comes to Stanford

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 28, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Sunday, September 28, 2008 The lean startup comes to Stanford Im going to be talking about lean startups (and the IMVU case in particular) three times in the next two weeks at Stanford. September 28, 2008 6:13 PM Eric said. September 28, 2008 7:26 PM Jeff Hammerbacher said. Can I go to one of them?

Lean

Lean San Francisco Continuous Deployment Startup

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Lessons Learned: Great open source scalability tools from Danga

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 5, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Friday, September 5, 2008 Great open source scalability tools from Danga If you are trying to build a scalable LAMP service, its always best to start with the original and still quite relevant presentation, from Brad Fitzpatrick when he was at LiveJournal. April 23, 2010 in San Francisco.

Open Source San Francisco Continuous Deployment Lean

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Lessons Learned: Q&A with an actual reader

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 29, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, September 29, 2008 Q&A with an actual reader One of my favorite things about having a blog is the feedback I get in comments and by email. April 23, 2010 in San Francisco. Today, I thought Id answer a few questions that came in from a very thoughtful comment from Andrew Meyer.

San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment DC

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Thoughts on scientific product development

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, September 22, 2008 Thoughts on scientific product development I enjoyed reading a post today from Laserlike (Mike Speiser), on Scientific product development. April 23, 2010 in San Francisco. How to listen to customers, and not just the loud. Bring your questions.

Product Development

Product Development Developer San Francisco Product

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You don't need as many tools as you think

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, September 22, 2008 You dont need as many tools as you think Im always excited to see someone else writing about lessons learned from their startup, and wanted to link today to Untitled - Startup Lessons Learned -- Take it with a grain of salt. April 23, 2010 in San Francisco.

San Francisco SCRUM Lean Continuous Deployment