2010, Metrics, Product Development and Web

Why vanity metrics are dangerous

Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 23, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Wednesday, December 23, 2009 Why vanity metrics are dangerous In a previous post, I defined two kinds of metrics: vanity metrics and actionable metrics. In this post, Id like to talk about the perils of vanity metrics. My personal favorite vanity metrics is "hits."

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Lessons Learned: Product development leverage

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. Its a key lean startup concept.

Product Development

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Join the Lean Startup discussion at Web 2.0 Expo for free

Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 17, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Tuesday, March 17, 2009 Join the Lean Startup discussion at Web 2.0 Expo for free Im honored to announce that my Lean Startup session at the Web 2.0 Although Im not a developer, I am captivated by the lean and agile start-up model that you write about. The chance to not only be at the Web 2.0

Lean

Lean San Francisco Web Continuous Deployment

The lean startup @ Web 2.0 Expo (and a call for help)

Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 9, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, February 9, 2009 The lean startup @ Web 2.0 Expo (and a call for help) Ive been asked to speak this year at the Web 2.0 The Lean Startup: a Disciplined Approach to Imagining, Designing, and Building New Products.: It uses principles of agile software development, open source and web 2.0,

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Lean San Francisco Web Advisory Board

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

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Master of 500 Hats: Startup Metrics for Pirates (SeedCamp 2008, London) This presentation should be required reading for anyone creating a startup with an online service component. 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.

San Francisco

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Speed up or slow down? (for Harvard Business Review)

Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 25, 2010

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Thursday, March 25, 2010 Speed up or slow down? This is the first post that moves into making specific process recommendations for product development. Two Ways to Hold Entrepreneurs Accountable Beware of Vanity Metrics For Startups, How Much Process Is Too Much? Expo SF (May.

Software Review

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Kent Beck keynote, "To Agility, and Beyond"

Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 4, 2010

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Sunday, April 4, 2010 Kent Beck keynote, "To Agility, and Beyond" Kent Beck will give the opening keynote at the Startup Lessons Learned conference on April 23. Kent is a significant figure in the field of software development. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. Expo SF (May.

Agile

Agile Software Review San Francisco Continuous Deployment

Lessons Learned: The lean startup

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

The application of agile development methodologies which dramatically reduce waste and unlock creativity in product development. See Customer Development Engineering for my first stab at articulating the theory involved) Ferocious customer-centric rapid iteration, as exemplified by the Customer Development process.

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The Five Whys for Startups (for Harvard Business Review)

Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 2, 2010

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Wednesday, June 2, 2010 The Five Whys for Startups (for Harvard Business Review) I continue my series for Harvard Business Review with the Lean Startup technique called Five Whys. Five Whys has its origins in the Toyota Production System. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0.

Technical Review

Technical Review San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment

Lessons Learned: Customer Development Engineering

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 7, 2008

In a startup, both the problem and solution are unknown, and the key to success is building an integrated team that includes product development in the feedback loop with customers. 2008 09 06 Eric Ries Haas Columbia Customer Development Engineering View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. Expo SF (May.

Customer Development

Customer Development Engineer San Francisco Developer

Lessons Learned: About the author

Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 4, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Saturday, October 4, 2008 About the author ( Update January, 2010: This post originally dates from October, 2008 back when I first started writing this blog. Ken Yagen (@kenyagen) KenAtYagenDotCom January 3, 2010 1:38 PM Paramendra Bhagat said. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0.

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San Francisco Technical Cofounder Fractional CTO CTO

Lessons Learned: The one line split-test, or how to A/B all the time

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

Focus on the output metrics of that part of the product, and you make the problem a lot more clear. I had the opportunity to pioneer this approach to funnel analysis at IMVU, where it became a core part of our customer development process. Whatever its purpose, try measuring it only at the level that you care about.

San Francisco

San Francisco Lean Technical Review Continuous Deployment

Speaking 2010: Webstock, GDC, Web 2.0, and more

Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 6, 2010

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Saturday, February 6, 2010 Speaking 2010: Webstock, GDC, Web 2.0, and more Ive been trying hard to cut back on travel in 2010 so as to have more time for writing. Next week, Ill be in New Zealand for Webstock 2010. In May, Ill be giving a keynote address at the Web 2.0

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San Francisco Web DC Lean

Lessons Learned: Combining agile development with customer development

Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 16, 2009

Ever since that time, I have struggled to explain how the feedback loop in customer development should interface with the feedback loop in product development. Eric Ries Lean Startup Schematic View Of Agile Development And Customer Development View more presentations from Eric Ries. Expo SF (May.

Agile

Agile Customer Development Developer San Francisco

Lessons Learned: Just-In-Time Scalability

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 2, 2008

The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. ► April (11) Video update on the Startup Visa Act Lean Enterprise Institute webinar, April 28 Four myths about the Lean Startup Sneak preview, KISSmetrics (and more) Sneak preview, Grockit The Lean Startup Intensive at Web 2.0 Expo SF (May.

San Francisco

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Lessons Learned: Validated learning about customers

Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 14, 2009

Every board meeting, the metrics of success change. Their product definition fluctuates wildly – one month, it’s a dessert topping, the next it’s a floor wax. And what of the product development team? Time-to-complete-a-sale is not a bad metric for validated learning at this stage.

Customer

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The Lean Startup Intensive at Web 2.0 Expo SF (May 3, 2010)

Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 12, 2010

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, April 12, 2010 The Lean Startup Intensive at Web 2.0 Expo SF (May 3, 2010) Im discovering the truth of the old saying, "when it rains, it pours." Just one year ago , I gave my first big conference talk at the 2009 Web 2.0 If youre thinking of attending the Web 2.0

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Lean San Francisco Web Continuous Deployment

Lessons Learned: What does a startup CTO actually do?

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 30, 2008

Was it an important or irrelevant fact that most of our web code was procedural and not object-oriented? Labels: product development 15comments: mukund said. March 23, 2010 2:05 PM Anonymoussaid. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. What if someone wanted to write their module in OOP style?

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Lessons Learned: The product manager's lament

Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 5, 2008

But first I think we need to save the product manager from that special form of torture only a waterfall product development team can create. Labels: product development 8comments: Vincent van Wylick said. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. This post has been removed by the author.

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San Francisco Management Software Review Product

Lessons Learned: A new version of the Joel Test (draft)

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 10, 2008

I am convinced one of Joel Spolskys lasting contributions to the field of managing software teams will turn out to be the Joel Test , a checklist of 12 essential practices that you could use to rate the effectiveness of a software product development team. This is still an essential practice, especially on the web.

Software Review

Software Review Technical Review San Francisco Continuous Deployment

Lessons Learned: Ideas. Code. Data. Implement. Measure. Learn

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 2, 2008

Its inspired by the classic OODA Loop and is really just a simplified version of that concept, applied specifically to creating a software product development team. There are three stages: We start with ideas about what our product could be. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. Expo SF (May.

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San Francisco Continuous Deployment Lean DC

Lessons Learned: Work in small batches

Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 20, 2009

Luckily, I now have the benefit of a forthcoming book, The Principles of Product Development Flow. Labels: five whys root cause analysis , product development 11comments: Peter Severin said. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. Tell your Startup Visa story Speaking 2010: Webstock, GDC, Web 2.0,

San Francisco

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Thank you

Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 31, 2010

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, May 31, 2010 Thank you The past month has been an incredible roller coaster: #sllconf was a trending topic (briefly topping Justin Bieber before the wifi in the hotel gave out), the Web 2.0 There are so many more people to thank: Sarah Milstein and the Web 2.0 Expo SF (May.

San Francisco

San Francisco Lean Technical Review Software Review

Two Ways to Hold Entrepreneurs Accountable (for Harvard Business.

Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 15, 2010

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Friday, January 15, 2010 Two Ways to Hold Entrepreneurs Accountable (for Harvard Business Review) The next part in the series I am writing for Harvard Business Review is online. They are long-term bets on the development of a new line of business, a new technology platform, or the creation of a new market.

Hockey Stick

Hockey Stick San Francisco Entrepreneur Lean

Paul Graham on fundraising

Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 2, 2008

0comments: Post a Comment Newer Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) Subscribe via email Blog Archive ► 2010 (48) ► October (3) Case Study: Rapid iteration with hardware The Lean Startup Bundle Stop lying on stage ► September (4) Good enough never is (or is it?) The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0.

San Francisco

San Francisco Software Review Technical Review Continuous Deployment

Is Entrepreneurship a Management Science? (for Harvard Business.

Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 7, 2010

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Thursday, January 7, 2010 Is Entrepreneurship a Management Science? Although much of it will sound familiar to readers of this blog, whats new is my first step towards the " new entrepreneurship " that is my goal for 2010. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. Expo SF (May.

San Francisco

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Lessons Learned: Using AdWords to assess demand for your new.

Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 7, 2008

To help find the right keywords, Ive written an article on my blog Web Startup Help that details How to Do Keyword Research for startups. We run a web development company and we start by creating a splash page very similar to what is describe here. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. What a great post.

Demand

Demand San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment

Smarticus — 10 things you could be doing to your code right now

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 10, 2008

Labels: Test-driven development 0comments: Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) Subscribe via email Blog Archive ► 2010 (48) ► October (3) Case Study: Rapid iteration with hardware The Lean Startup Bundle Stop lying on stage ► September (4) Good enough never is (or is it?)

Software Review

Software Review San Francisco Technical Review Continuous Deployment

Andrew Chen: Growing renewable audiences

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 12, 2008

0comments: Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) Subscribe via email Blog Archive ► 2010 (48) ► October (3) Case Study: Rapid iteration with hardware The Lean Startup Bundle Stop lying on stage ► September (4) Good enough never is (or is it?) Expo SF (May.

Audience

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The Principles of Product Development Flow

Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 13, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, July 13, 2009 The Principles of Product Development Flow If youve ever wondered why agile or lean development techniques work, The Principles of Product Development Flow: Second Generation Lean Product Development by Donald G. Reinertsen is the book for you.

Product Development

Product Development Developer San Francisco Product

Lessons Learned: Principles of Lean Startups, presentation for.

Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 4, 2008

Eric, Any thoughts on how forum feedback fits into customer development and agile product development? Youve probably addressed this in the past, but I continue to be blown away by how fast Blizzard reacts to noise in their forums and rapidly makes fixes to the product. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0.

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Amazing lean startup resources

Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 12, 2010

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Tuesday, January 12, 2010 Amazing lean startup resources A year ago, there was no lean startup movement. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. Tell your Startup Visa story Speaking 2010: Webstock, GDC, Web 2.0, The term was known by maybe a few dozen people. Expo SF (May.

Lean

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Lessons Learned: What is customer development?

Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 8, 2008

Customer development is a parallel process to product development, which means that you dont have to give up on your dream. Our goal in product development is to find the minimum feature set required to get early customers. January 6, 2010 12:49 AM Anonymoussaid. This is a common mistake. Expo SF (May.

Customer Development

Customer Development Developer San Francisco Customer

Datablindness

Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 8, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, June 8, 2009 Datablindness Most of us are swimming in a sea of data about our products, companies, and teams. That’s because many of our reports feed us vanity metrics: numbers that make us look good but don’t really help make decisions. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0.

San Francisco

San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment DC

Building a new startup hub

Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 26, 2009

Inspiring ideas: real-time biz metrics; safe continuous deployment; A/B split testing. More recently it's skewed to software & web. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. Tell your Startup Visa story Speaking 2010: Webstock, GDC, Web 2.0, Articulate, inspirational. Expo SF (May.

San Francisco

San Francisco Silicon Valley Startup Continuous Deployment

Startup Lessons Learned - the Conference (April 23, 2010 in SF)

Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 9, 2010

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Tuesday, March 9, 2010 Startup Lessons Learned - the Conference (April 23, 2010 in SF) Today we are opening up registration for the first ever Startup Lessons Learned Conference on April 23, 2010 in San Francisco. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. Im incredibly excited.

San Francisco

San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment Startup

The Entrepreneur's Guide to Customer Development

Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 5, 2010

In the meantime, go buy a copy of The Entrepreneur´s Guide to Customer Development right now. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. Startup Visa update ► February (5) Kiwi lean startup + Australia next Why diversity matters (the meritocracy business) Beware of Vanity Metrics (for Harvard Business Rev.

Customer Development

Customer Development Developer San Francisco Customer

Lean Startup fbFund slides and video

Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 6, 2009

July 12, 2009 11:02 PM Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) Subscribe via email Blog Archive ► 2010 (48) ► October (3) Case Study: Rapid iteration with hardware The Lean Startup Bundle Stop lying on stage ► September (4) Good enough never is (or is it?) April 23, 2010 in San Francisco.

Lean

Lean Video San Francisco Continuous Deployment

Case Study: kaChing, Anatomy of a Pivot

Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 28, 2010

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Wednesday, July 28, 2010 Case Study: kaChing, Anatomy of a Pivot (The following guest post is a new experiment for this blog. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. Tell your Startup Visa story Speaking 2010: Webstock, GDC, Web 2.0, Expo SF (May.

San Francisco

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Refactoring for TDD and interaction design

Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 30, 2008

This basic pattern is useful in all aspects of product development. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. Startup Visa update ► February (5) Kiwi lean startup + Australia next Why diversity matters (the meritocracy business) Beware of Vanity Metrics (for Harvard Business Rev. Expo SF (May.

Software Review

Software Review San Francisco Design Continuous Deployment

Lessons Learned: The four kinds of work, and how to get them done.

Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 17, 2008

Strategy - startups first encounter this when they have the beginnings of a product, and theyve achieved some amount of product/market fit. Growth - when you have existing customers, the pressure is on to grow your key metrics day-in day-out. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. Expo SF (May.

San Francisco

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Techstars brings The Lean Startup to Boulder

Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 30, 2009

Congrats Eric.this is really awesome July 30, 2009 5:13 PM Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) Subscribe via email Blog Archive ► 2010 (48) ► October (3) Case Study: Rapid iteration with hardware The Lean Startup Bundle Stop lying on stage ► September (4) Good enough never is (or is it?)

Lean

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Beware of Vanity Metrics (for Harvard Business Review)

Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 8, 2010

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, February 8, 2010 Beware of Vanity Metrics (for Harvard Business Review) The next article in my series on entrepreneurship for Harvard Business Review is live today. Once again, we revisit the topic of Actionable metrics and their nemesis: Vanity metrics. For more, read on.

Metrics

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Lessons Learned: Stevey's Blog Rants: Good Agile, Bad Agile

Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 6, 2008

The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. ► April (11) Video update on the Startup Visa Act Lean Enterprise Institute webinar, April 28 Four myths about the Lean Startup Sneak preview, KISSmetrics (and more) Sneak preview, Grockit The Lean Startup Intensive at Web 2.0 April 23, 2010 in San Francisco. Expo SF (May.

Agile

Agile San Francisco Software Review Continuous Deployment

Why vanity metrics are dangerous

Lessons Learned: Product development leverage

Trending Sources

Join the Lean Startup discussion at Web 2.0 Expo for free

The lean startup @ Web 2.0 Expo (and a call for help)

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

Speed up or slow down? (for Harvard Business Review)

Kent Beck keynote, "To Agility, and Beyond"

Lessons Learned: The lean startup

The Five Whys for Startups (for Harvard Business Review)

Lessons Learned: Customer Development Engineering

Lessons Learned: About the author

Lessons Learned: The one line split-test, or how to A/B all the time

Speaking 2010: Webstock, GDC, Web 2.0, and more

Lessons Learned: Combining agile development with customer development

Lessons Learned: Just-In-Time Scalability

Lessons Learned: Validated learning about customers

The Lean Startup Intensive at Web 2.0 Expo SF (May 3, 2010)

Lessons Learned: What does a startup CTO actually do?

Lessons Learned: The product manager's lament

Lessons Learned: A new version of the Joel Test (draft)

Lessons Learned: Ideas. Code. Data. Implement. Measure. Learn

Lessons Learned: Work in small batches

Thank you

Two Ways to Hold Entrepreneurs Accountable (for Harvard Business.

Paul Graham on fundraising

Is Entrepreneurship a Management Science? (for Harvard Business.

Lessons Learned: Using AdWords to assess demand for your new.

Smarticus — 10 things you could be doing to your code right now

Andrew Chen: Growing renewable audiences

The Principles of Product Development Flow

Lessons Learned: Principles of Lean Startups, presentation for.

Amazing lean startup resources

Lessons Learned: What is customer development?

Datablindness

Building a new startup hub

Startup Lessons Learned - the Conference (April 23, 2010 in SF)

The Entrepreneur's Guide to Customer Development

Lean Startup fbFund slides and video

Case Study: kaChing, Anatomy of a Pivot

Refactoring for TDD and interaction design

Lessons Learned: The four kinds of work, and how to get them done.

Techstars brings The Lean Startup to Boulder

Beware of Vanity Metrics (for Harvard Business Review)

Lessons Learned: Stevey's Blog Rants: Good Agile, Bad Agile

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