Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 8, 2008

This theory has become so influential that I have called it one of the three pillars of the lean startup - every bit as important as the changes in technology or the advent of agile development. 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.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 14, 2009

Were not going to have any form of advertising, but I am considering trying to offer a scholarship program to worthy entrepreneurs, just as we did for the Web 2.0 We changed our model to B2B and adopted Agile around 2002. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. Expo SF (May. for Harvard Business Revie.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 20, 2008

When I first encountered agile software techniques, in the form of extreme programming , I thought I had found the answer. I explained it to people this way: agile lets you make the trade-offs visible to whole company, so that they can make informed choices. Even worse, agile wasnt really helping me ship higher quality software.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 18, 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 Getting educated about advertising, agencies, and.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

Heres what the one-line split-test looks like in pseudocode: if( setup_experiment(.) == "control" ) { // do it the old way } else { // do it the new way } The call to setup_experiment has to do all of the work, which for a web application involves a sequence something like this: Check if this experiment exists. Buy a higher quantity 2.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 5, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Wednesday, November 5, 2008 Getting educated about advertising, agencies, and media buyers I see lots of startups whose business plans revolve around selling high-value ad space to brand advertisers. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. Getting educated about advertising, agencies, and.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 24, 2009

Aside from the dramatically shorter development cycle that browser games enjoy, the split testing of features (which is intuitive to web application makers) is something that propelled Zynga's games and revenues to the top of the social games vertical. Though technology tools and Web 2.0 September 7, 2009 4:28 PM akibalogh said.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 4, 2009

In a startup, these channels of communication are critical to understand for advertising, launch and PR purposes. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. Tell your Startup Visa story Speaking 2010: Webstock, GDC, Web 2.0, Join the Lean Startup discussion at Web 2.0 Expo SF (May. for Harvard Business Revie.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 27, 2009

Their economics blends elements of the free, advertising-supported, "eyeballs" business with more traditional e-commerce and subscription businesses. I think this is the right way to think about many advertising businesses, like Google AdWords. Is it that they act as free advertising for our premium product? Free as inventory.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 11, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Sunday, January 11, 2009 CPI > CPC Google revolutionized advertising by popularizing pay-per-click. Because social networks have generated staggering quantities of traffic without generating as much economic value from traditional advertising models, theres a big opportunity to buy traffic on a new model.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 16, 2010

Designed for large businesses, the channels let a company share several types of documents, brand the channel with their own design elements, and then include display advertising, contest promotions, blog aggregation, social media integration and metrics reporting. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. Expo SF (May.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 29, 2008

The six key attributes spell ABCDEF: Agility. When talking about their past experience, candidates with agility will know why they did what they did in a given situation. To probe for agility, you have to ask the candidate questions involving something that they know little about. Expo SF (May. for Harvard Business Revie.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 19, 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 Getting educated about advertising, agencies, and.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 11, 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 Getting educated about advertising, agencies, and.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 22, 2009

Each has its own iterative process: customer development and agile development respectively. I am so sick of your tweets it's advertising 24/7. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. Tell your Startup Visa story Speaking 2010: Webstock, GDC, Web 2.0, February 9, 2010 3:16 PM Anonymoussaid. Expo SF (May.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

Lean manufacturing , agile software development , and Theory of Constraints are all examples of this idea in action. Freemium or subscription or advertising? Lean manufacturing , agile software development , and Theory of Constraints are all examples of this idea in action. Freemium or subscription or advertising?

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 13, 2009

Launching is about creating circles within circles (groups of people that connect) and social networking, word of mouth, and real-world advertising are all contributing factors. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. Tell your Startup Visa story Speaking 2010: Webstock, GDC, Web 2.0, Thats how to "launch".

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 13, 2008

Wed never heard of five whys, and we had plenty of "agile skeptics" on the team. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. Tell your Startup Visa story Speaking 2010: Webstock, GDC, Web 2.0, Stevey's Blog Rants: Good Agile, Bad Agile Learning from Obama: maneuver warfare on the campa. Expo SF (May.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 17, 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 Getting educated about advertising, agencies, and.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 2, 2009

I work in advertising and this system would work to analyze failures. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. Tell your Startup Visa story Speaking 2010: Webstock, GDC, Web 2.0, I have not read the previous post(s) on 5 why's (about to now though.), Expo SF (May. Conference streaming, sponsors, discounted tickets.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 13, 2008

You declare how much someone clicking an advertisement is worth to you, and then the search engine does its best to get you as many clicks as it can at that price. Its now a technique I recommend for any web-based startup. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. SEM is a simple idea. I just came across this post.

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Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 14, 2009

This attention is valuable to yet another set of people: namely, the traditional businesses (see above) who are using marketing to grow, and are looking to advertise to new prospects. In the old days, these media companies would then themselves plow this profit back into marketing and advertising, and grow.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 24, 2009

But that is not the only source of positioning: brand advertisers have been using packaging and TV ads to do this for years. And most web applications do their positioning right in the first few screens of the app. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. Join the Lean Startup discussion at Web 2.0 Expo SF (May.

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mashable.com

MAY 5, 2011

If you are a totally new site with zero web presence what can you do to even get people there? I am a graduating senior from Yeshiva University graduating with a degree in economics and hope to go into marketing/advertisement/social media. In April, “stealth” social media startup Kohort announced its upcoming launch.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

Isn’t it equally possible that this company is spending more money on advertising or marketing than it’s competitors? And it is much more insulated from external effects, like an advertising or PR blitz, than your typical vanity metric. But is that true? Or that there is some other external factor at work? But is that true?

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mashable.com

MAY 24, 2011

Sourcebits offers design and development services for iOS, Android, Mobile and Web platforms. Marketing firm Performics reported that 49% of “heavy mobile web users&# have made a purchase using a mobile device. Follow Sourcebits on Twitter for recent news and updates.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 22, 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 Getting educated about advertising, agencies, and.

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Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 12, 2009

Are advertisers customers, and are they part of a market? But also, remember that eBay started out with pez dispensers but also remember that Google never advertised and Ive heard that Facebook got it right from the start. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. Is a market a set of paying customers? Expo SF (May.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 5, 2008

Obama understood the two concepts that are essential for building a high-performance, highly adaptable, agile organization: 1) rapid iteration and 2) clear values-based objectives. Mission synchronization If an organization is changing on a daily basis how is it that it doesnt look "erratic" yet feels "agile." Expo SF (May.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 11, 2009

We kept denying that we had done anything wrong, that the features still worked as advertised, and justifying our decisions instead of apologizing. It is a hangover of other days, of thin-skinned geeks who cannot still be heeded on the big, wide web. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. Expo SF (May.

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