Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

is an elegant way to model any service-oriented business: Acquisition Activation Retention Referral Revenue We used a very similar scheme at IMVU, although we werent lucky enough to have started with this framework, and so had to derive a lot of it ourselves via trial and error. Two Ways to Hold Entrepreneurs Accountable (for Ha.

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AUGUST 8, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Saturday, August 8, 2009 Revisiting the Software Design Manifesto (and whats changed since then) My recent article on technical debt and its positive uses generated a fair bit of controversy. Labels: product development 5comments: new york web development company said. it is very helpful for me.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 10, 2008

Labels: continuous deployment , product development , Test-driven development 8comments: Nasser Ghanemzadeh said. February 14, 2009 11:12 PM Eric said. Thanks for stopping by, Eric February 27, 2009 9:07 PM dan said. May 15, 2009 1:17 AM neocoder said. August 31, 2009 9:17 PM Anonymoussaid.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 15, 2010

This whole framework breaks down when teams confront entrepreneurial situations in which theyre trying to build something new under conditions of extreme uncertainty. This whole framework breaks down when teams confront entrepreneurial situations in which theyre trying to build something new under conditions of extreme uncertainty.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 25, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Wednesday, March 25, 2009 The Lean Startup at Agile Vancouver April 21st A surprising number of respondents in the latest Lessons Learned survey hail from one of the flourishing startup hubs in Canada. March 25, 2009 4:44 PM Dan McGrady said. March 25, 2009 5:04 PM j pimmel said. Registered.

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MARCH 29, 2010

Tactics were discussed out of context, and there wasnt an overarching framework for figuring out what works for what kinds of companies, industries, and stages of growth. Tactics were discussed out of context, and there wasnt an overarching framework for figuring out what works for what kinds of companies, industries, and stages of growth.

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SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

Kathy Sierra at Business of Software 2009 - Business of Software Blog , May 4, 2010 "In the old days, getting customers was easy. They’re deep into Customer Development ,” he said. &# The classic framework for analyzing a firm’s strategic position is Michael Porter’s Five Forces. You could just outspend.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 27, 2009

This series of posts is a brief explanation of how we’ve evolved from Product Development to Customer Development to the Lean Startup. The Product Development Diagram Emerging early in the twentieth century, this product-centric model described a process that evolved in manufacturing industries.

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Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 23, 2009

Reply A real time story start-up | Failed Screenwriter , on April 8, 2009 at 6:33 pm Said: [.] a customer before you try and build a business. That’s in stark contrast to the traditional Product Development Model where it’s expected a customer is already there and waiting and it’s simply a matter of [.]

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 26, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Sunday, April 26, 2009 Product development leverage Leverage has once again become a dirty word in the world of finance, and rightly so. But I want to talk about a different kind of leverage, the kind that you can get in product development. April 27, 2009 10:54 AM DSarathy said. Great post!

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

For those of you who have been following the discussion, a Lean Startup is Eric Ries ’s description of the intersection of Customer Development , Agile Development and if available, open platforms and open source. The Customer Development process (and the Lean Startup) is one way to do that.

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JUNE 22, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, June 22, 2009 Pivot, dont jump to a new vision In a lean startup , instead of being organized around traditional functional departments, we use a cross-functional problem team and solution team. Each has its own iterative process: customer development and agile development respectively.

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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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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 1, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Saturday, August 1, 2009 The Steve Jobs method Image via CrunchBase Its been a long time since I did a post that was primarily a link to another blog with commentary, but I came across something today that I really want to share. In the meantime, I hope some of you will find the lean startup a helpful framework.

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Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 11, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Wednesday, February 11, 2009 You buy virtual goods Jeremy Liew has a great piece in the WSJ about the central mystery of businesses that make money selling virtual goods: Why do People Buy Virtual Goods? February 17, 2009 10:17 AM Tobias Lampe said. February 19, 2009 5:23 PM Maryam Asif said.

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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. May 3, 2009 4:45 AM Eric said.

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MARCH 13, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Friday, March 13, 2009 Dont launch Heres a common question I get from startups, especially in the early stages: when should we launch? Do some Customer Development instead. March 13, 2009 1:50 PM dan simard said. March 13, 2009 2:14 PM Alan Pinstein said. Help you raise money.

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OCTOBER 6, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, October 6, 2008 When NOT to listen to your users; when NOT to rely on split-tests There are three legs to the lean startup concept: agile product development , low-cost (fast to market) platforms , and rapid-iteration customer development. What can you do about it?

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OCTOBER 5, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, October 5, 2009 The curse of prevention Beware! One way to evaluate this fear is to spend time on analysis: how many customers will be affected? How upset will those customers be? In this framework, we’ll tend to either invest in the proposed prevention or do nothing.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

It also has the nice side-effect of driving down the batch size of work, but thats for another post) This framework for making progress evident applies to more than just scheduling, of course. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? Seth Godin: How often should you publish?

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Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 7, 2008

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. No departments The Five Whys for Startups (for Harvard Business R. Take a look and let me know what you think.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 18, 2009

My ideas about Customer Development started evolving around these concepts. thanks Reply Ben Yoskovitz , on June 18, 2009 at 7:13 am Said: Steve – Great post. Being in a startup and having a successful relationship and family was very hard work. But entrepreneurs can be great spouses and parents. It takes two.

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market-by-numbers.com

DECEMBER 7, 2009

Market By Numbers on Twitter | Entries RSS | Comments RSS Market By Numbers High-Tech Marketing and Customer Development Home What is Customer Development? Customer Development Help Affordable Customer Development Support! Please Share! Feel free to Contact me.

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www.rocketwatcher.com

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

5 Reasons to Stop Exhibiting at Trade Shows A New Marketing Framework If Your Message Works, Don’t Tinker With It 04. Subscribe in a reader Popular Latest Comments Tags 7 Rules for Perfect Press Releases Influencers Suck Selling vs. Buying: A Marketing Wake-up Call Twitter: Is Marketing Doing it Wrong?

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Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 16, 2008

But I think the value in this framework is that it can help make overall business decisions that require thinking about the whole rather than just one of the parts. Thanks a lot for writing this :) January 16, 2009 8:05 AM Chris Hopf said. June 18, 2009 11:20 PM JakeRsaid. For example, lets say you have a viral ratio of 1.4.

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www.rocketwatcher.com

DECEMBER 5, 2011

Big thanks to @aprildunford for providing a framework around one of the hardest things in a startup: [link]. A Startup Marketing Framework (Version 2) 125 comment(s). customer development. customer retention. customer service. marketing framework. December 2009. November 2009.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 12, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, January 12, 2009 Why PHP won When I first learned to program on the web, Perl + CGI was the dominant platform. Since then, PHP (as part of the LAMP stack ) has really been the dominant development platform, at least in the free software and startup worlds. January 16, 2009 2:54 AM DROCKsaid.

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steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

interactions, widgets, effects Django – high-level Python framework Cappuccino – open source framework for app development Kodingen – cloud development environment, code editor, hosting service, collaboration platform. Reply Crystal Williams , on April 12, 2009 at 10:38 am said: Hi Steve!

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FEBRUARY 12, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Thursday, February 12, 2009 What is a market? (a February 12, 2009 3:30 PM Neil said. February 13, 2009 2:05 PM kareem said. February 13, 2009 4:12 PM Brant Cooper said. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? great analogies.

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Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 7, 2008

A few days ago I open-sourced a framework for split-testing, A/B testing or continous optimization. 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.

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