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

Startup Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, September 22, 2008 The three drivers of growth for your business model. The AARRR model (hence pirates, get it?) He also has a discussion of how your choice of business model determines which of these metric areas you want to focus on. Choose one.

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Lessons Learned: The lean startup

Startup Lessons Learned

April 27, 2009 8:59 AM Anonymoussaid. Paring down products, target customers, business models etc takes courage, but it must be done to have any chance of success. Paring down products, target customers, business models etc takes courage, but it must be done to have any chance of success.

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Lessons Learned: What does a startup CTO actually do?

Startup Lessons Learned

January 18, 2009 8:22 AM Dan Khan said. Cheers, -Dan January 18, 2009 9:04 PM Ivo said. January 20, 2009 1:12 PM Anonymoussaid. April 12, 2009 12:28 AM kenshin said. April 21, 2009 4:51 PM Geethan said. April 26, 2009 8:40 PM RubyFocus Groups said. September 27, 2009 3:31 PM codercofounder said.

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It's a startup, not a spreadsheet

Startup Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Friday, June 5, 2009 It’s a startup, not a spreadsheet Some people, when they start to realize the power of using data to inform their decisions, become obsessed with optimization. For example, say that your business model calls for a 4% conversion rate – as ours did initially at IMVU.

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Embrace technical debt

Startup Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Wednesday, July 29, 2009 Embrace technical debt Financial debt plays an important and positive role in our economy under normal conditions. For example, IMVU’s early business model was made possible by Paypal’s easy self-serve and open access payment system. Remember Hamlet?

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Lessons Learned: Validated learning about customers

Startup Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Tuesday, April 14, 2009 Validated learning about customers Would you rather have $30,000 or $1 million in revenues for your startup? What matters is proving the viability of the company’s business model, what investors call “traction.&# April 14, 2009 3:09 PM Eric Santos said.

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Austin: the Lean Startup tour continues

Startup Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Wednesday, May 27, 2009 Austin: the Lean Startup tour continues Next week I head to Austin, TX for my first visit ever. and lean manufacturing to guide the creation of technology businesses that create disruptive innovation. Thanks, Alexandre Gomes May 28, 2009 8:59 AM Eric Overton said.

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