2010 Aggregator Agile Engineer 
Agile VC
APRIL 17, 2011
In 2010 I deconstructed the filings for GameFly and Quinstreet. GameFly filed in 2010 and remains in registration, though 2011 has seen a positive start for VC-backed IPOs with 14 in Q1 2011. Filing Date: initial S-1 filed Nov 17, 2010 , updated March 9, 2011. What They Do: Travel search engine.
Startup Lessons Learned
APRIL 14, 2009
This is an incredible skill, one that most engineers overlook. First of all, it means that most aggregate measures of success, like total revenue, are not very useful. Go on an agile diet quickly. With a product development team that is not shipping, any agile methodology will surface major problems quickly. Great post!
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Startup Lessons Learned
JUNE 5, 2009
I think this idea is particularly appealing to those of us from an engineering background. It’s entirely possible for the startup to be a massive success without having large aggregate numbers, because the startup has succeeded in finding a passionate, but small, early adopter base that has tremendous per-customer behavior.
Startup Lessons Learned
FEBRUARY 22, 2009
But aggregated across many schools, there are thousands or tens of thousands of them. January 14, 2010 12:43 AM wesley chun said. January 14, 2010 12:43 AM wesley chun said. January 14, 2010 4:55 AM Ronald S Woan said. January 14, 2010 9:48 AM wesley chun said. Wow, this sounds familiar. Expo SF (May.
Startup Lessons Learned
JANUARY 18, 2010
Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, January 18, 2010 Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases non-events The following is a case study of one entrepreneurs transition from a traditional development cycle to continuous deployment. Many people still find this idea challenging, even for companies that operate solely on the web.
Startup Lessons Learned
AUGUST 24, 2009
I believe in the new world you describe, but I think you forget the role that the distributors play in aggregating content for a self-selecting consumer "type" The easiest place to see this in newspapers, where consumers normally buy a newspaper that shares their political viewpoint. [link] August 24, 2009 2:50 PM Quentin said.
Startup Lessons Learned
AUGUST 16, 2010
Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, August 16, 2010 Case Study: SlideShare goes freemium (Normally, I do not write about companies that are doing a marketing launch. Because the SlideShare team was used to giving away a high-value product, engineers balked at charging for a clearly imperfect product. Except it didn’t take off.
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