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Lessons Learned: The one line split-test, or how to A/B all the time

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For example, by making this button green, did more people click on it? That green button was part of a customer flow, a series of actions you want customers to complete for some business reason. Focus on the output metrics of that part of the product, and you make the problem a lot more clear. One last note on reporting.

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Lessons Learned: What does a startup CTO actually do?

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If youre trying to design an architecture to maximize agility, how can that work if some people are working in TDD and others not? The green arm is the best. ;) October 2, 2008 10:27 PM Andrew Badera said. But along the way, something strange happened. And what about if deployment takes forever? Great post, very educational.

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Marching through quicksand

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Despite all the energy invested in talking to authors about the size of their platform, very few gatekeepers have a rigorous set of metrics for measuring it. The problem is that there are no other metrics they can look at to judge the content of a book to know if it’s worth reviewing. Is that a lot? In that I see opportunity.

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Lessons Learned: Please teach kids programming, Mr. President

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May 16, 2009 1:52 PM Todd Green said. You can find out more at: manning.com/sande Many thanks in advance, Todd -- Todd Green Manning Publications Co. Startup Visa update ► February (5) Kiwi lean startup + Australia next Why diversity matters (the meritocracy business) Beware of Vanity Metrics (for Harvard Business Rev.

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Support the Startup Founders Visa with a tweet

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Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Saturday, September 19, 2009 Support the Startup Founders Visa with a tweet Its been an exhilarating first day here in Washington DC for the Geeks on a Plane tour. After a full day of talking, debating, thinking, and strategizing, we feel about read to take some good old-fashioned action. Expo SF (May.

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More video "what to do if customers don't like your (initial.

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Lawrence Green Thanks for reading, listening, and watching. Kent Beck keynote, "To Agility, and Beyond" Six streaming locations Interviews ► March (7) New conference website, speakers, agenda Two new scholarship programs for lean startups Speed up or slow down? Long pause. Thanks for listening." Expo SF (May.

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The Steve Jobs method

Startup Lessons Learned

Having so few products means Apple can dedicate enormous resources to each project once it gets the green light. So I don't think the Apple experience should be used to discount lean, agile, or customer development-type approaches. It means saying no to the hundred other good ideas that there are. You have to pick carefully.