Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 7, 2008

The App Store is a channel for customer acquisition. This is completely analogous to the situation elsewhere on the internet, where launching a new website, product, or service with PR is getting harder and harder. Having that data will let you pick an acquisition strategy that is appropriate for your app. So what can you do?

San Francisco 68

San Francisco Lean Retention SEM 68

Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 23, 2013

Nearly all of the ones who''d been successful went through a natural process of customer development—what we call the “empathy” stage—followed by a tight focus on stickiness, then virality, then paid acquisition, and finally scaling. Alistair: There are plenty. The Magic 8-Ball seldom says “Ask again later.” Join us there.'

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Analytics Lean Widget Metrics 167

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

Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 24, 2009

Why, we just unified acquisition and engagement! But from a pragmatic perspective I think its a dangerous thing to rely on when making concrete product decisions. I do think the concept allows us to unify acquisition and engagement, and is important for that reason. helping you balance engagement vs acquisition.

Metrics 88

Metrics San Francisco Lean Viral 88

maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

what are the most crucial steps to be taken by a new tech startup when outsourcing major part of the tech to IT firms or outsourcing “product development” eg new social media website project? Near shoring development with your team (ex: your team is based in Canada / India) is cool, but not outsourcing.

Technical Review 44

Technical Review Startup Cofounder Software Review 44

Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 16, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Tuesday, December 16, 2008 Engagement loops: beyond viral Theres a great and growing corpus of writing about viral loops, the step-by-step optimizations you can use to encourage maximum growth of online products by having customers invite each other to join. April 23, 2010 in San Francisco.

Viral 140

Viral San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment 140

VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

The app, the first of its kind, allows parents and teachers to easily design educational games for children on iPads, iPhones, or Android devices. With current locations in San Francisco, Boston, London, and Shanghai, the medical giant’s innovation centers work on developing new approaches to a range of diseases.

Las Vegas 92

Las Vegas India San Francisco 92

Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 30, 2009

Build a truly mainstream product. 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.

San Francisco 150

San Francisco Lean Agile Continuous Deployment 150