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. The AARRR model (hence pirates, get it?)
Startup Lessons Learned
APRIL 14, 2009
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? Products can find sources of validation with impressive stats along a number of dimensions, such as high engagement, viral coefficient, or long-term retention. Great post!
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Startup Lessons Learned
FEBRUARY 5, 2013
competitiveness, catalyze the creation and retention of U.S. Data.gov Build upon the success of Data.gov (launched in 2009) – and recent improvements such as Alpha.Data.gov – to create an optimal hub for the growing open data work of the Federal Government. USDataGov on Twitter.
Ben's Blog
MAY 15, 2020
In normal times, every company operates against some hypothetical growth model—a data-driven framework that describes how your product grows and how you acquire new users. In normal times, every company operates against some hypothetical growth model—a data-driven framework that describes how your product grows and how you acquire new users.
Startup Lessons Learned
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. Instead of these dead-ends, use the problem and solution team framework and then: pivot, dont jump.
Lightspeed Venture Partners
JUNE 11, 2012
In 2009 I wrote a guest post at Industry Gamers about why social gaming is so attractive to investors , where I talked about the three key elements oin gaming: Development, Distribution and Discovery. Much has changed since 2009, and browser (including social) and mobile games are the two hottest areas in gaming right now.
Startup Lessons Learned
DECEMBER 16, 2008
I wrote about this challenge for iPhone developers, in an essay on retention competition : the battle over what icon the user will click when they go to the home screen. Our theory is that the key to long-term retention is creating an engagement loop where the reactivation rate exceeds the rate of fatigue. What do they get out of it?
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