Remove Advisory Board Remove Metrics Remove Product Development Remove Retention
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Pivot, don't jump to a new vision

Startup Lessons Learned

IMVU had a roughly two-month-long development cycle. Each cycle was punctuated by a meeting of our Business Advisory Board (BAB). Leading up to a pivot, each cycle, despite our best efforts, the metrics werent good enough. More than anything, it forced us to take advantage of necessity, the mother of invention.

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Startup Tools

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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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Startup Resources

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Startup Metrics for Pirates â?? SaaS Metrics Tutorial â?? customer retention, churn reduction, lifetime value. Simple online team or personal kanban board. Great for visualizing work of product development. Executive / Advisory Board Compensation. VentureHacks on Startup Advisory Boards â??