Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 23, 2013

Guest post by Lisa Regan, writer for The Lean Startup Conference. Analytics spark more questions and discussion than almost any other aspect of the Lean Startup method. Alistair and Ben, co-authors of the book Lean Analytics, will help you sort it out in our next webcast, Lean Analytics for Non-tech Companies.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 2, 2008

Its the same with acquisitions. 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?) Expo SF (May.

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 14, 2009

Their product definition fluctuates wildly – one month, it’s a dessert topping, the next it’s a floor wax. Their product development team is hard at work on a next-generation product platform, which is designed to offer a new suite of products – but this effort is months behind schedule.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 14, 2021

Take the search for a hat as an example. Uncovering what led them to search for X product or Y service helps inform the customer journey and buyer motivation. This message appeals to customers who value a comfortable shave without leaning solely on the subscription business model. Uncover gaps that are being unmet.

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Up and Running

JULY 26, 2016

1x hacker in charge of product/development. 1x hipster working with both product and growth. Lean marketing. Your customer acquisition cost and lifetime value are the two magical numbers you need to calculate for each one of your campaigns. Search ads are expensive, however. this drops by $0.30-$0.50

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Steve Blank

MARCH 11, 2015

And when we do make bets, they’re small bets on incremental products or acquisitions that simply add to the bottom line.”. I suggested the best place to start the conversation is with the 21 st century definition of a startup: A startup is a temporary organization designed to search for a repeatable and scalable business model.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 2, 2008

In a subscription business, maybe your attrition starts matching your acquisition, balancing like magic. Or your cost of customer acquisition just magically floats up to match your customer lifetime value. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. Amazing lean startup resources Is Entrepreneurship a Management Science?

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Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 14, 2009

If you haven’t figured out the ecosystem, growth is useless – whether it is a acquisition-only viral loop, like Tagged, or an advertising blitz like countless dot-bombs. One clue that you don’t have product/market fit – you’re trying to evaluate your business to see if you have it. Expo SF (May.

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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.

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steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

AgileZen – project management visually see and interact with your work Kanbanery – Simple online team or personal kanban board LeanKit Kanban – Great for visualizing work of product development Kanban Pad – “Nice and lean” and free online Kanban tool Banana Scrum – A tool simple as Scrum itself.

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 9, 2016

An Epic List of 100 Growth Hacks for Startups by Search Engine Journal. Peep Laja , ConversionXL : “I see growth hacking as traffic acquisition + conversion optimization.” Would they agree that growth hacking is essentially traffic acquisition plus CRO? 6 Growth Hack Techniques You Can Try Today by Entrepreneur.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 4, 2014

The Enterprise: Business Model Execution We know that a startup is a temporary organization designed to search for a repeatable and scalable business model. It describes the product/service, who is it for, what channel sells/deliver it, how demand is created, how does the company make money, etc. The question is – why? What to Do?

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techcocktail.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

But while you are small and lean, take advantage of everyone skills; if someone on your team is a great writer, have them take charge of your press releases and marketing content. be the manager and product developer). Talent: Each team member needs to have talent – they all need to own their abilities and focus on their assets.

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Whether you’re wondering what site search you should use or what is the best email marketing tool, knowledge is power. Lean Methodology Sources. Steve Blank on Lean Customer Development. Part 3- Lean Cust. Â Search for apps tools. Google Custom Search Engine. Lean Startup Circle â??

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

Others would go even further and say it is better to launch half a product than a half-assed product. The Four Steps to the Epiphany (highly recommended book by Steve Blank) preaches for customer development before product development, advocating a quick launch with a minimal feature set rather than a full fledged product offering.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 21, 2010

Even for companies that essentially have only one product, the value the company creates is located not in the product itself but with the people and their organization who built it. To see proof of this, simply observe the results of the large majorities of corporate acquisitions of startups. Expo SF (May.

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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?

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Software By Rob

AUGUST 5, 2010

The knowledge that you need 10,000 hours to master a subject, that certain trends become viral after the 412th person adopts it, or that you should make your product remarkable, is not going to help you launch. Nor will it save you a single minute during product development, or sell one more copy of your application.

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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. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

MARCH 11, 2014

You have your general management meeting and in your general management meeting you talk about product development, about marketing and about finance. Jason: Well, look, nobody sits around and goes man, I wish my meetings were too productive. Edwin: I do get a lot of searches for that, by the way. Edwin: I know.

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viniciusvacanti.com

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

I write this post to put you out of your miserable technical co-founder search and give you some realistic options. It’s actually pretty hard to find a good start-up job if you have no real engineering or user acquisition / product management skills. I was in this situation and we barely escaped.

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maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

Search for: Videos. How to stay lean and iterate quickly while you’re building a two sided marketplace, especially when “network effect” and “critical mass” are the two main focuses? Near shoring development with your team (ex: your team is based in Canada / India) is cool, but not outsourcing.

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techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

The exemption is of course a problem that’s extremely difficult to solve but everyone knows about – like web search (Google). link] The Best Programming Language for a Lean Startup [.] The New MacBook Air Is That Good. Bob I’ve seen more than a few friendships end this way. Love the guest post TechCrunch!

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