2010, Metrics, SEM and Web

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

San Francisco CPA SEM CTO Hire

Lessons Learned: The lean startup

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

I have shared with multiple groups Part 2 [link] Very good work -- MM April 2, 2010 6:46 AM Gobala Krishnan said. April 6, 2010 8:23 AM Colie Brice said. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. Tell your Startup Visa story Speaking 2010: Webstock, GDC, Web 2.0, Good stuff. Great blog! Expo SF (May.

Lean

Lean San Francisco Startup Continuous Deployment

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

Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 7, 2008

Dont worry about selecting particularly good keywords, if youre new to SEM. SEM only gets at one segment of users, and for a brand new product, you presumably need some skill at marketing in general and adsense in particular to get any useful info. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. Just put in your credit card.

Demand

Demand San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment

SuperMac War Story 9: Sales, Not Awards « Steve Blank

Steve Blank

APRIL 30, 2009

And the final lesson was that we were keeping score on our packaging with the wrong metrics – it wasn’t about awards, it was about sales in the retail channel. SuperMac sold our graphic boards for the Macintosh through multiple distribution channels: direct sales to major accounts, national chains, independent rep firms, etc.

Sales

Sales Silicon Valley RSS Las Vegas

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 April 23, 2010 in San Francisco. Expo SF (May.

San Francisco

San Francisco Continuous Deployment Agile Lean

Lessons Learned: Customer Development Engineering

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 7, 2008

We talk about taking advantages of the incredible agility offered by modern web architecture for extremely rapid deployment, etc. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. Tell your Startup Visa story Speaking 2010: Webstock, GDC, Web 2.0, What about a hardware business with some long-lead-time components?

Customer Development

Customer Development Engineer San Francisco Developer

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. To promote this metrics discipline, we would present the full funnel to our board (and advisers) at the end of every development cycle. Max Levchin of Slide and Paypal has noted that 10% of Slides headcount is devoted to metrics only.

San Francisco

San Francisco Lean Technical Review 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?) April 23, 2010 in San Francisco.

Audience

Audience San Francisco Continuous Deployment Lean

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

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 2, 2008

October 17, 2009 10:34 AM 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.

San Francisco

San Francisco Continuous Deployment Lean DC

Lessons Learned: Lo, my 5 subscribers, who are you?

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 18, 2008

I originally thought I might get some development process tips (I manage developers), but I find that Im really enjoying your business tips (SEM, listening to customers, etc.). My background isnt metrics, but we came to it as a matter of practicality. 4) More posts about metrics, scaling, and online games. More of the same.

San Francisco

San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment DC

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? March 23, 2010 2:05 PM Anonymoussaid. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. Tell your Startup Visa story Speaking 2010: Webstock, GDC, Web 2.0, As a CTO, you need to get inside the CEO's head.

CTO

CTO Fractional CTO CTO Hire Technical Review

How to listen to customers, and not just the loud people

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 14, 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.

San Francisco

San Francisco Customer Lean Continuous Deployment

Startup Killer: the Cost of Customer Acquisition | For Entrepreneurs

www.forentrepreneurs.com

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Business model viability, in the majority of startups, will come down to balancing two variables: Cost to Acquire Customers (CAC) The ability to monetize those customers, or LTV (which stands for Lifetime Value of a Customer) Successful web businesses have long understood these metrics as they have such an easy way to measure them.

Acquisition

Acquisition Cost Customer Entrepreneur

On deployment

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 2, 2008

Labels: continuous deployment 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.

San Francisco

San Francisco Continuous Deployment Lean DC

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

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 10, 2008

This is still an essential practice, especially on the web. There was a time when "web content" was considered "not code" and therefore not routinely source controlled. May 30, 2010 1:34 AM Poker Workout said. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. Lets start with the original list: Do you use source control

Software Review

Software Review Technical Review San Francisco Continuous Deployment

Lessons Learned: Test-Driven Development as andon cord

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 1, 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?)

San Francisco

San Francisco Developer Continuous Deployment DC

Marc Prensky's Weblog: Cell Phones in Class

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 10, 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?) April 23, 2010 in San Francisco.

San Francisco

San Francisco Continuous Deployment DC Lean

Lessons Learned: Greasemonkey compiler

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 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.

San Francisco

San Francisco Continuous Deployment Lean DC

Seth Godin: How often should you publish?

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 10, 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?) April 23, 2010 in San Francisco.

San Francisco

San Francisco Continuous Deployment Lean DC

How to Usability Test your Site for Free

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 16, 2008

thanks for the mention:) September 17, 2008 11:56 AM 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?)

San Francisco

San Francisco Continuous Deployment Lean DC

Waves of technology platforms

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 8, 2008

Now you can build an app at true web scale without incurring any software costs, or any fixed hardware costs. 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.

San Francisco

San Francisco Technology Continuous Deployment Lean

Not crossing the chasm

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 2, 2008

December 23, 2009 6:17 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?) Expo SF (May.

San Francisco

San Francisco Continuous Deployment Lean DC

Cracking The Code: Getting the most of your online marketing: the In.

Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 12, 2007

Getting the most of your online marketing: the In & Out of SEM/SEO. ► 2010. (5). State of the SaaS 13: Q1 2010 Sentiment. Happy New Year 2010! Cloudonomics and 2010 Planning for your SaaS and C. on a scale of 1-4). on a scale of 1-4). ► 02/20 - 02/27. (1). SaaS Multiples: Recovery or Bubble?

Software Review

Software Review SEM Marketing Las Vegas

Lessons Learned: SEM on five dollars a day

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 13, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Saturday, September 13, 2008 SEM on five dollars a day How do you build a new product with constant customer feedback while simultaneously staying under the radar? SEM is a simple idea. Its now a technique I recommend for any web-based startup. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0.

SEM

SEM San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment

The Lean LaunchPad – Teaching Entrepreneurship as a Management Science

Steve Blank

DECEMBER 7, 2010

and if a web-based product, a minimum feature set,) all delivered in 10 weeks. Suggested Projects: While your first instinct may be a web-based startup we suggest that you consider a subject in which you are a domain expert, such as your graduate research. Teams that select a web-based product will have to build the site for the class.

Wiki

Wiki Lean Management Business Model

Lessons Learned: The App Store after the gold rush

Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 7, 2008

On the web, we have many of these channels: SEM, SEO, world of mouth, PR and viral. If and when a good SEM solution shows up for iPhone, you may be able to use it to artificially drive your app into the Top 25, as a one-time event. Or if your lifetime value is high enough, you can just keep spending on SEM. Expo SF (May.

San Francisco

San Francisco Lean Retention SEM

Lessons Learned: Throwing away working code

Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 28, 2009

I used to think that investments in metrics were a form of waste. Customers dont care if you have good metrics, only if you have a good product. The only reason we learned the art of metrics-based decision making at IMVU was out of necessity. that justify decisions already made. I think it was $350 the next, and so on.

San Francisco

San Francisco Continuous Deployment Lean DC

Lessons Learned: Don't launch

Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 13, 2009

Start with a five-dollar-a-day SEM campaign. Know what the success metrics are for the launch. the most sensible SEM advice Ive read - discussed in the context of a real situation. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. Tell your Startup Visa story Speaking 2010: Webstock, GDC, Web 2.0,

San Francisco

San Francisco PR Lean Early Stage

Free resources for small businesses from Google

crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

If you want to learn more about search engine marketing, I suggest you read 10 Practical Small Business SEO and SEM marketing tips. Also, there are numerous resources available for Google Docs, such as wireframing templates for web designers. Google Analytics. Google Apps. Google Alerts. Google Places.

Small Business

Small Business Analytics Social Media Search

How to get distribution advantage on the iPhone

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 18, 2008

If you sell an online service that solves a defined problem, you can compete in SEO or SEM. 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.

Distribution

Distribution San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment

Lessons Learned: Q&A with an actual reader

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 29, 2008

Luckily, the metrics helped us figure out the difference. Question 2: If your product has areas where people read and then different areas where people interact, are there ways to do metrics to determine where people spend their time? We built and are refining a communications and productivity Web 2.0 Is that a success?

San Francisco

San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment DC

Lessons Learned: Great open source scalability tools from Danga

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 5, 2008

October 13, 2008 9:44 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?) Expo SF (May.

Open Source

Open Source San Francisco Continuous Deployment Lean

You don't need as many tools as you think

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

I used to think a giant flat-panel screen that broadcast our companys key metrics would be what was required to get everyone to pay attention to them. 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

San Francisco SCRUM Lean Continuous Deployment

Lessons Learned: The lean startup comes to Stanford

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 28, 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.

Lean

Lean San Francisco Continuous Deployment Startup

Thoughts on scientific product development

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Labels: product 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?) Now that is fun.

Product Development

Product Development Developer San Francisco Product

Cracking The Code: The Bessemer 10 laws of SaaS - Fall 2008.

Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 10, 2008

Effectively measuring and understanding your CAC and CLTV metrics are key to future success. Keep up the blogging and web casts and we will keep listening and growing. Bessemer SaaS Law #1: Your key monthly business metrics are: CMRR (Committed Monthly Recurring Revenue), Churn, and Cash flow - “Bookings” is for suckers.

Software Review

Software Review North America Europe Metrics

StartUpRoar

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

Lessons Learned: The lean startup

Trending Sources

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

SuperMac War Story 9: Sales, Not Awards « Steve Blank

Lessons Learned: Just-In-Time Scalability

Lessons Learned: Customer Development Engineering

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

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

Andrew Chen: Growing renewable audiences

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

Lessons Learned: Lo, my 5 subscribers, who are you?

Lessons Learned: What does a startup CTO actually do?

How to listen to customers, and not just the loud people

Startup Killer: the Cost of Customer Acquisition | For Entrepreneurs

On deployment

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

Lessons Learned: Test-Driven Development as andon cord

Marc Prensky's Weblog: Cell Phones in Class

Lessons Learned: Greasemonkey compiler

Seth Godin: How often should you publish?

How to Usability Test your Site for Free

Waves of technology platforms

Not crossing the chasm

Cracking The Code: Getting the most of your online marketing: the In.

Lessons Learned: SEM on five dollars a day

The Lean LaunchPad – Teaching Entrepreneurship as a Management Science

Lessons Learned: The App Store after the gold rush

Lessons Learned: Throwing away working code

Lessons Learned: Don't launch

Free resources for small businesses from Google

How to get distribution advantage on the iPhone

Lessons Learned: Q&A with an actual reader

Lessons Learned: Great open source scalability tools from Danga

You don't need as many tools as you think

Lessons Learned: The lean startup comes to Stanford

Thoughts on scientific product development

Cracking The Code: The Bessemer 10 laws of SaaS - Fall 2008.

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