Ben's Blog

MAY 15, 2020

Andrew : I think a very, very simple, simple shortcut version of this might be something like: I find Yelp because I search for best dumplings in San Francisco, and then a Yelp page comes up. Brian : Our monkey brains are not designed to balance those things at the same time. I’m excited about Yelp. Andrew : Right.

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Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 14, 2009

I had a lot of use for this concept back when I worked on game design and virtual worlds. In order to maintain game play balance, game designers have to take into account the needs of customers who have an excess of four different assets: time , money , skill , and passion. Having a balanced ecosystem is what game designers strive for.

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Customer San Francisco Viral Lean 156

www.ere.net

JULY 15, 2012

If you’re targeting top performers or poaching from competitors, the remaining steps of the recruiting process must be designed to “fit” the needs in the job search process of your targeted candidate if you expect to even gain their attention. Joshua Letourneau. May 11, 2010 at 9:59 am.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 24, 2009

Why, we just unified acquisition and engagement! I do think the concept allows us to unify acquisition and engagement, and is important for that reason. helping you balance engagement vs acquisition. Combining agile development with customer developm. March 25, 2009 9:16 AM Jesse Farmer said. Expo SF (May.

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Metrics San Francisco Lean Viral 88

Agile VC

APRIL 13, 2012

I spent some time with some startups in San Francisco proper, as opposed to the heart of Silicon Valley (see Note 1). 2) Design ethic vs engineers - Over the course of the last 5-10 years, many software-based startups are being built on competitive advantages of design and business model rather than technical differentiation.

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Silicon Valley San Francisco San Jose Startup 185

ConversionXL

JUNE 16, 2016

Here’s a look at pirate metrics (AARRR) as designed by Dave McClure of 500 Startups … Image Source. For optimizers, those descriptions are a bit different… Acquisition: Optimizing emails, PPC ads, etc. Josh Aberant of SparkPost , formerly Twitter, shared the concept of 1% experiments at eMetrics in San Francisco.

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Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 16, 2008

We were trying to broaden the conversation beyond just viral customer acquisition. Kent Beck keynote, "To Agility, and Beyond" Six streaming locations Interviews ► March (7) New conference website, speakers, agenda Two new scholarship programs for lean startups Speed up or slow down? April 23, 2010 in San Francisco.

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Viral San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment 140

ConversionXL

APRIL 29, 2014

San Francisco 49ers Coach Bill Walsh said of the two quarterbacks (of which he coached Montana). ” What he meant by this is that Montana flourished inside of a system designed to produce championships, Marino wasn’t a part of a system or a process. It’s all about the system. Dan Marino was the system.”

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Conversion Engineer Montana Framework 117

Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 30, 2009

Insist on high levels of usability, UI design, and polish. Without conscious process design, product development teams turn lines of code written into momentum in a certain direction. This is why agility is such a prized quality in product development. Labels: agile , customer development 5comments: William Pietri said.

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