Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 8, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, June 8, 2009 Datablindness Most of us are swimming in a sea of data about our products, companies, and teams. Of course, I can still get access to the data about who’s signing up and when – and a lot more analytics, to boot – but I have to ask. June 8, 2009 8:28 PM Geoff said.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 24, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, August 24, 2009 Marching through quicksand I have been spending a lot of time lately talking to people in various media companies: editors and agents, executives, journalists, producers and directors. Doug August 24, 2009 8:21 AM Hugh said. August 24, 2009 8:36 AM Erin said. Very smart stuff.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 16, 2008

At Facebook we never did testing or looked at analytics. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? Towards a new entrepreneurship ► 2009 (88) ► December (4) Continuous deployment for mission-critical applica. Two Ways to Hold Entrepreneurs Accountable (for Ha.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 7, 2010

We’ll build the class around the business model / customer development / agile development solution stack. Instead you will be getting your hands dirty talking to customers, partners, competitors, as you encounter the chaos and uncertainty of how a startup actually works. What are the 9 parts of a business model?

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 18, 2010

They use customer development , split-testing , and actionable analytics as vehicles for learning about how to make their vision successful. But they do not blindly do what customers tell them , nor do they mechanically attempt to optimize numbers. No departments The Five Whys for Startups (for Harvard Business R.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 16, 2010

It requires separating the product launch from the marketing launch (see Dont Launch ) as well as other staple Lean Startup tactics: minimum viable product, split-testing, customer development and the pivot. SlideShare asked customers what they had expected in the product; the responses were often literal descriptions.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 15, 2009

Filed under: Customer Development , Family/Career , Technology | Tagged: Steve Blank , Entrepreneurs , Tips for Startups « Am I a Founder? Reply Mark MacLeod , on June 15, 2009 at 9:21 am Said: Thanks for sharing this Steve. The Adventure of a Lifetime. I am sure a few people have gone through this.

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Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 8, 2010

How do we know how much energy to invest in analytics vs. doing real work? How do we know how much energy to invest in analytics vs. doing real work? The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? But its lethal when we start to run the company using vanity metrics as a guide.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 3, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, August 3, 2009 Minimum Viable Product: a guide One of the most important lean startup techniques is called the minimum viable product. In a lot of cases, this requires a lot of energy invested in talking to customers or metrics and analytics. August 3, 2009 10:52 AM Chris Hopf said.

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Steve Blank

MAY 7, 2009

Filed under: Marketing , Technology , Venture Capital | Tagged: Steve Blank , Venture Capital , Entrepreneurs , Early Stage Startup , Tips for Startups « Customer Analytics – From Those Who Should Know SuperMac War Story 10: The Video Spigot » 14 Responses Michael F. I hate business plan competitions.

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Aymeric Gaurat-Apelli

JULY 1, 2010

Analytics You need to understand your customers/users better. I am slowly going away from Google Analytics in favour of Clicky (although this is an affiliate link, I genuinely recommend this tool). ABingo If you are writing your application in Ruby on Rails, you can integrate more complex split tests straight from your code.

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Aymeric Gaurat-Apelli

JULY 1, 2010

Analytics You need to understand your customers/users better. I am slowly going away from Google Analytics in favour of Clicky (although this is an affiliate link, I genuinely recommend this tool). ABingo If you are writing your application in Ruby on Rails, you can integrate more complex split tests straight from your code.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 1, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Friday, May 1, 2009 Lean Startup webcast post-game Wow, what an incredible turnout for webcast this morning, right on the heels of a phenomenal crowd at startup2startup last night. 2009 05 01 How To Build A Lean Startup Step By Step View more presentations from Eric Ries. Trial and Error + Analytics?

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 13, 2008

Slowly, over time, we optimized (or eliminated) each step in the process of becoming a customer by giving us money. In the process, we had also built a simple cohort-based analytics system. And then we would use that simple analytics system I mentioned to monitor the conversion rates of customers from each campaign.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 13, 2008

February 11, 2009 8:05 AM Anonymoussaid. I don't see how aplying Continuous Deployment (CD) to data marts (and the analytic products that depend on them) would be any different to any other online application. June 15, 2009 9:27 PM Mark Graban said. link] June 20, 2009 2:52 PM Anonymoussaid.

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

So let’s be very specific: let’s assume your dream job is product manager at Google, working on the Analytics product. The Ultimate Combination of Startup Business Development Methods - ArcticStartup , November 16, 2010 I've been a huge fan of Steven Blank's Customer Development methodology for a long time. Where is it?

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Steve Blank

MAY 4, 2009

In an early stage startup, instead of sales being up front, the point departments are likely to be product development and customer development. Later on in this same company’s life, sales will become the pointy end and product development moves to a supporting role. No one was confused after that.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 8, 2009

Reply steveblank , on October 8, 2009 at 1:42 pm Said: Matt, The issue isn’t how you “frame it.&# Chris Ryland , on October 8, 2009 at 1:35 pm Said: OK, so who was the CEO? At Ardent I learned many of them with a sharp smack on the side of the head from a brilliant but abusive boss.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

Customer development - along with acquisition and retention – is one of the primary firm activities that drive customer value. It describes the tactics that a firm employs to create the maximum value for its existing customers over the lifetime of their relationship. But this pattern is far from universal.

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steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 5, 2008

The risk of incorporating a bunch of brand-new volunteers is much lower if you have good analytics about their performance. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? What is customer development? No departments The Five Whys for Startups (for Harvard Business R.

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