2010 Aggregator Hosting Metrics 
Startup Lessons Learned
JUNE 5, 2009
In a startup context, numbers like gross revenue are actually vanity metrics, not actionable metrics. Similarly, it’s easy to generate large aggregate numbers by simply falling back to non-disruptive or non-sustainable tactics (see Validated learning about customers for one example). June 8, 2009 1:16 AM Colin said.
Startup Lessons Learned
AUGUST 24, 2009
Despite all the energy invested in talking to authors about the size of their platform, very few gatekeepers have a rigorous set of metrics for measuring it. The problem is that there are no other metrics they can look at to judge the content of a book to know if it’s worth reviewing. Is that a lot? In that I see opportunity.
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Startup Lessons Learned
APRIL 14, 2009
Every board meeting, the metrics of success change. First of all, it means that most aggregate measures of success, like total revenue, are not very useful. Time-to-complete-a-sale is not a bad metric for validated learning at this stage. Thank you for your simple, insightful explanation of why that is the wrong metric to use.
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.
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. Tell your Startup Visa story Speaking 2010: Webstock, GDC, Web 2.0,
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. Between the metrics and the direct customer questions, SlideShare had what Sinha calls “minor learnings and then major shifts.&# Except it didn’t take off. [I
Startup Lessons Learned
SEPTEMBER 19, 2009
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