Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 28, 2010

Andy Mathieson, a founder and managing member at Fairview Capital , was particularly supportive. Finally, after launch, 30 professional money managers, having read articles on the company, contacted kaChing out of the blue. They were interested in the tools and new distribution medium kaChing provided. Expo SF (May.

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APRIL 14, 2009

It should be even more important to the founders themselves, because it demonstrates that their business hypothesis is grounded in reality. These founders have not managed, to borrow a phrase from Steve Blank , to create a scalable and repeatable sales process. Go on an agile diet quickly. More on that in a moment.

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JANUARY 2, 2009

The core of the article is my first attempt to articulate the key metrics (in graph form) that I believe demonstrate customer value. You can read the article to find out why. You can read the article to find out why. Thank you for this excellent article. Thanks for the article. Retention cohort analysis.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2009

This is a fantastic article. Sounds very similar to agile development which is the way. ► August (2) SXSW Case Study: SlideShare goes freemium ► July (4) Case Study: kaChing, Anatomy of a Pivot Some IPO speculation Founder personalities and the “first-class man&# th. February 21, 2009 7:39 AM Rocky1138 said.

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JULY 29, 2009

I hope to show why lean and agile techniques actually reduce the negative impacts of technical debt and increase our ability to take advantage of its positive effects. Yet other agile principles suggest the opposite, as in YAGNI and DoTheSimplestThingThatCouldPossiblyWork. Reconciling these principles requires a little humility.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

It was actually my co-founder Will Harvey who taught me to present this data in the simple format weve discussed in this post. Thanks for writing this article. I saw you speak yesterday at the FB garage and it reminded me of this article. Labels: customer development , split-test 7comments: Editor said. Great post Eric!

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AUGUST 8, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Saturday, August 8, 2009 Revisiting the Software Design Manifesto (and whats changed since then) My recent article on technical debt and its positive uses generated a fair bit of controversy. 1] For more on SBCE, see this MIT Sloan Management Review article. So, in that spirit: thanks, Mitch. Expo SF (May.

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AUGUST 24, 2009

Or follow all of the New York Times columnists equally? This is good news for everyone except those who have huge legacy investments in large-batch distribution. Because of the incredible array of information available, we have a desperate need for filtering mechanisms. Does anyone really watch the full NBC lineup anymore?

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www.women2.org

MARCH 8, 2012

female founders. founder friday. Lessons learned from female founders and women entrepreneurs. WHATS HOT: EVENTS NEWS LEARN CAREER VIDEOS ESPAÑOL. Startup Quote: Wendy Tan White on Building a Successful Startup » FounderDating: How I Found My Co-Founder. Scoring Founder “Dates” On My Own.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2009

Almost to a person, we learned the key skills that would enable us to compete in this new economy in between shifts of highly regimented classes and turns of humiliation at the hands of our more popular peers. Then you set up a web app to co-ordinate volunteers who can wipe a hard drive and install Ubuntu. Good Post. Expo SF (May.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2008

What led you to become a subscriber, versus just reading an article and leaving like everybody else? (or, Hacker News 3. In order to convince me, Id to see another link to an article here somewhere that I enjoyed. Hacker News 3. Read some articles, liked what I saw. Posted item in Facebook news feed.

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MAY 20, 2010

Although the article is a bit me-centric, I think they did a good job capturing the fact that this is more than just the bloggers and writers, but represents a shift in thinking among entrepreneurs all over the world. The article includes comments from Kevin Dewalt and Drew Houston. Even Marc Andreessen weighs in. Expo SF (May.

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Agile VC

MAY 9, 2014

Some context… like many startups, the founders of Alibaba still own substantial stakes in the company and believe it’s in the company’s best interests for them to retain an outsized influence in the company’s governance longer term. Companies like Ford and the New York Times Co.

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JUNE 5, 2009

An excellent article and responses. ► August (2) SXSW Case Study: SlideShare goes freemium ► July (4) Case Study: kaChing, Anatomy of a Pivot Some IPO speculation Founder personalities and the “first-class man&# th. June 8, 2009 6:11 AM Jason said. No departments The Five Whys for Startups (for Harvard Business R.

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JUNE 8, 2009

Related articles by Zemanta The Sharp End of the Stick (steveblank.com) Validated learning about customers (startuplessonslearned.blogspot.com) 4comments: mike@dataspora.com said. Luckily, datablindness is not an incurable condition. Have stories of how you’ve seen it cured? Expo SF (May. Take a look and let me know what you think.

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MARCH 11, 2010

for Harvard Business Review) In the latest article for my series in HBR, I discuss the problem of how to figure out how much process startups should have. for Harvard Business Review) In the latest article for my series in HBR, I discuss the problem of how to figure out how much process startups should have. Expo SF (May.

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OCTOBER 21, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Tuesday, October 21, 2008 Lean startups vs lean companies Venture Hacks has a great article today on lean startups. I want to take up one of the questions posed in the Hacker News discussion of the article: The question in my mind against most of these efficiency driven programs is simple.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2010

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, February 8, 2010 Beware of Vanity Metrics (for Harvard Business Review) The next article in my series on entrepreneurship for Harvard Business Review is live today. Once again, we revisit the topic of Actionable metrics and their nemesis: Vanity metrics. Dont forget to leave a comment. Expo SF (May.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

Thanks for the interesting article. ► August (2) SXSW Case Study: SlideShare goes freemium ► July (4) Case Study: kaChing, Anatomy of a Pivot Some IPO speculation Founder personalities and the “first-class man&# th. Support the Startup Founders Visa with a tweet Testing the new Disqus comment system Gov 2.0

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OCTOBER 30, 2008

The Entire Video of John Doerr Giving 10 Tips for Start-ups to Avoid the Econalypse Related articles by Zemanta Ten ways to save your company by John Doerr John Doerrs 10 Ways to Stay on Top Ten ways to save your company by John Doerr John Doerr: 10 ways for companies to stay afloat in rough times (MG Siegler/VentureBeat) 1 comments: fnthawar said.

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JANUARY 27, 2009

For founders, I think it also has another big attraction: the ability to avoid a lot of " free vs paid " arguments. Andrew Chen recently did a great article on the economic model underlying freemium (it includes a detailed spreadsheet, too!). Your article disticly illustrates the models in which one can make free work.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2009

I liked the flattering Venture Hacks commentary so much Ill just quote it: Many founders believe that early stage startups are endeavors of execution. Ive embedded the audio and slides below, but I recommend you c lick through to the Venture Hacks article if youre interested. Eric takes a different approach. Expo SF (May.

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JUNE 22, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, June 22, 2009 Pivot, dont jump to a new vision In a lean startup , instead of being organized around traditional functional departments, we use a cross-functional problem team and solution team. Each has its own iterative process: customer development and agile development respectively.

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APRIL 9, 2009

Thats the essence of so many of the lean startup techniques Ive evangelized: customer development , the Ideas/Code/Data feedback loop , and the adaptation of agile development to the startup experience. Creating a company-wide feedback loop that incorporates both customer development and agile development is a challenge.

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MARCH 13, 2009

Since we hadnt shown him much in the way of progress recently, we actually brought in the article to show off. New York Times, Wall Street Journal, CNN, the works. Founders push for it. In some ways, founders are even worse. Great article. what happens when newspapers call you for an article?

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Equity-Only CTO and Equity-Only Developers - SoCal CTO , November 1, 2010 I had a recent email dialog with the founder of a company looking for a CTO for their startup. And I tried to evaluate the idea and figure out: What did the founder really need here? Was it a Startup Founder Developer Gap ? same as the old boss.

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OCTOBER 19, 2009

We do not develop a product until we get a paying customer," says Orit Pennington , who co-founded the six-employee company with her husband in 2002. This article is part of a trend that has taken me a bit by surprise: the adoption of lean startup techniques outside the traditional domain of high-tech startups. Read the rest.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 20, 2009

This article also appeared on BusinessWeek.com. Read the rest of the article here. Related articles by Zemanta The Promise of the Lean Startup (gigaom.com) Labels: lean startup 11comments: Ravi said. It is a truly fun place to work. Am I getting the mix right? Please let me know in the comments. Expo SF (May.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 19, 2014

I have pitched to hundreds of angel investors over the years as a result of co-founding two tech companies and raising just shy of $1M in angel capital. VCs are now having to compete with the “super angels,” as discussed in this TechCrunch article. Dan Nainan, Angel from New York City, NY | Website | Twitter.

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JULY 2, 2009

Great article as always, Eric. Great article, Eric. I have one comment on style: could you break up your articles with subheadings? It would make article more approachable initially, and easier to scan when I go back to reference it. enjoyed your article. Eric, Thank you for this article.

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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 13, 2010

Cut Your Words: 5 Articles on Concise Writing – [link]. is a new web magazine about how wordsmiths will survive in the 21st century – [link]. Great article on focus – [link]. Build a technology company without a tech cofounder – [link]. Why you should have a co-founder – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 13, 2010

Cut Your Words: 5 Articles on Concise Writing – [link]. is a new web magazine about how wordsmiths will survive in the 21st century – [link]. Great article on focus – [link]. Build a technology company without a tech cofounder – [link]. Why you should have a co-founder – [link].

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 1, 2009

LIKED: Y startups fail, cont deployment vs waterfall vs agile, small batches & learn fr biz metrics #leanstartup As concise a summary as Ive ever seen. What makes a department (or individual) "more efficient" doesnt necessarily advance the companys goals. farazq : Awesome session @ericries. If youre interested, you can find out more here.

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JULY 9, 2009

You can even see the humiliating evidence of my smug incompetence in this absurd article from 1999.) In fact, I remember sending him and his obscure-to-me co-founder (aka Reid Hoffman ) a bug report early-on, instead of taking them up on their offer of an in-person meeting. Maybe, but the thought never even entered our minds.

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MAY 7, 2009

Interesting article, Eric. This article, like others, has challenged me to think about best practices that I found obvious, a sort of Socratic questioning of the "common sense" that perhaps makes no sense. Whatever fear-reducing tactics you try, share your results in the comments. Or, if fears got you paralyzed, share that too.

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DECEMBER 8, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, December 8, 2008 Continuous integration step-by-step Lets start with the basics: Martin Fowlers original article lays out the mechanics of how to set up a CI server and the essential rules to follow while doing it. Great article. So dont sweat the details - jump in and start experimenting.

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AUGUST 1, 2009

For startups that are tempted to mimic this behavior, I suggest reading the great account of the early Apple in Founders at Work.) I really enjoyed this article, my first time reading any of your stuff. Thanks for another great article! Regardless, they must cull a lot of bad ideas for every one that we hear about. Great Post !

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