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| Page 1 of 4 | Previous | Next | STARTUP LESSONS LEARNED DECEMBER 23, 2009 Why vanity metrics are dangerous Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Wednesday, December 23, 2009 Why vanity metrics are dangerous In a previous post, I defined two kinds of metrics: vanity metrics and actionable metrics. In this post, Id like to talk about the perils of vanity metrics. My personal favorite vanity metrics is "hits." Of course not. | | | | | | |
| STARTUP LESSONS LEARNED FEBRUARY 8, 2010 Beware of Vanity Metrics (for Harvard Business Review) 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. Remember "metrics are people, too." | STEVE BLANK DECEMBER 17, 2009 Building a Company with Customer Data – Why Metrics Are Not Enough Web startups are at real disadvantage here as founders may confuse web metrics, A/B testing and on-line surveys as the entirety of first-hand knowledge – for most web business models they are not. Metrics tell you that something is happening. Of course you need to collect metrics, do A/B testing and run online surveys. | STARTUP LESSONS LEARNED JUNE 22, 2009 Pivot, don't jump to a new vision Each has its own iterative process: customer development and agile development respectively. Leading up to a pivot, each cycle, despite our best efforts, the metrics werent good enough. And the two teams are joined together into a company-wide feedback loop that allows the whole company to be built to learn. Both are lethal outcomes. | STARTUP LESSONS LEARNED NOVEMBER 6, 2008 Lessons Learned: Stevey's Blog Rants: Good Agile, Bad Agile Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Thursday, November 6, 2008 Steveys Blog Rants: Good Agile, Bad Agile I thought Id share an interesting post from someone with a decidedly anti-agile point of view. Steveys Blog Rants: Good Agile, Bad Agile : "Google is an exceptionally disciplined company, from a software-engineering perspective. | | | | | | | |
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 Maybe not so much with the "optimization"
In the quest for optimization, A/B tests, metrics, and funnels, we're in danger of losing the fun and value of creative work. Now by all of the usual arguments for Lean, Agile, and minimimalism, I should have used boogers too: Boogers were already semi-standardized. We're "lean" but we're not stirring hearts. Here's its story. MORE >> -
STARTUP LESSONS LEARNED | MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2008 Lessons Learned: The three drivers of growth for your business.
Master of 500 Hats: Startup Metrics for Pirates (SeedCamp 2008, London) This presentation should be required reading for anyone creating a startup with an online service component. He also has a discussion of how your choice of business model determines which of these metric areas you want to focus on. Choose one. One last thought. MORE >> -
STARTUP LESSONS LEARNED | WEDNESDAY, APRIL 7, 2010  Learning is better than optimization (the local maximum problem)
At least, not in the traditional sense of trying to squeeze every tenth of a point out of a conversion metric or landing page. Even if it shows improvement in some micro metric, does that invalidate the overall design? That was evident in the metrics and in the in-person usability tests. And they’re not the only ones. MORE >> -
STARTUP LESSONS LEARNED | MONDAY, JULY 13, 2009  The Principles of Product Development Flow
Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, July 13, 2009 The Principles of Product Development Flow If youve ever wondered why agile or lean development techniques work, The Principles of Product Development Flow: Second Generation Lean Product Development by Donald G. Reinertsen is the book for you. This is not for the faint of heart. How high? MORE >> -
STARTUP LESSONS LEARNED | SUNDAY, APRIL 4, 2010  Kent Beck keynote, "To Agility, and Beyond"
Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Sunday, April 4, 2010 Kent Beck keynote, "To Agility, and Beyond" Kent Beck will give the opening keynote at the Startup Lessons Learned conference on April 23. Labels: sllconf Kent Beck keynote, "To Agility, and Beyond" Kent Beck will give the opening keynote at the Startup Lessons Learned conference on April 23. MORE >>
- The Superbowl ad test STARTUP LESSONS LEARNED | MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2010
- Lessons Learned: The metrics and levers of engagement. STARTUP LESSONS LEARNED | TUESDAY, MARCH 24, 2009
- Market By Numbers MARKET BY NUMBERS | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28, 2009
- Lessons Learned: Just-In-Time Scalability STARTUP LESSONS LEARNED | TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2008
- Lessons Learned: Throwing away working code STARTUP LESSONS LEARNED | SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2009
- Lessons Learned: When NOT to listen to your users; when NOT to. STARTUP LESSONS LEARNED | MONDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2008
- StartupRoar - Great Content for Startups SOCAL CTO | WEDNESDAY, JULY 13, 2011
- What’s A Startup? First Principles. STEVE BLANK | MONDAY, JANUARY 25, 2010
- Lessons Learned: Test-Driven Development as andon cord STARTUP LESSONS LEARNED | MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2008
- Updated Customer Development Image MARKET BY NUMBERS | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13, 2010
- Nail the Customer Development Manifesto to the Wall STEVE BLANK | THURSDAY, MARCH 29, 2012
- 6 Startups Actions to Survive a Volatile Market STARTUP PROFESSIONALS MUSINGS | WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2011
- Mastering Change: Lessons on the Pivot WILL PRICE | FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2011
- Lessons Learned: The lean startup STARTUP LESSONS LEARNED | MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2008
- The @Dharmesh Test: 16 Questions For Better SaaS Companies ONSTARTUPS | THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2010
- Minimum Viable Product: a guide STARTUP LESSONS LEARNED | MONDAY, AUGUST 3, 2009
- Four myths about the Lean Startup STARTUP LESSONS LEARNED | SUNDAY, APRIL 18, 2010
- Lessons Learned: Achieving a failure STARTUP LESSONS LEARNED | FRIDAY, JANUARY 30, 2009
- Market Segmentation Exercise MARKET BY NUMBERS | TUESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2010
- Lessons Learned: Five Whys STARTUP LESSONS LEARNED | THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2008
- Customer Development Slide MARKET BY NUMBERS | TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2009
- Case Study: UX, Design, and Food on the Table STARTUP LESSONS LEARNED | TUESDAY, JANUARY 18, 2011
- How We Build Features ASH MAURYA | MONDAY, JULY 25, 2011
- Customer Development Funnel Image v.4 MARKET BY NUMBERS | MONDAY, JUNE 14, 2010
- Managing Growth WILL PRICE | WEDNESDAY, MAY 24, 2006
- Lessons Learned: What is customer development? STARTUP LESSONS LEARNED | SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2008
- Lessons Learned: Venture Hacks interview: "What is the minimum. STARTUP LESSONS LEARNED | MONDAY, MARCH 23, 2009
- Steve Blank's SLL Keynote – It's a “Must Watch” STARTUP MARKETING BLOG | MONDAY, APRIL 26, 2010
- Lessons Learned: Validated learning about customers STARTUP LESSONS LEARNED | TUESDAY, APRIL 14, 2009
- Is My Poem Lean? MARKET BY NUMBERS | TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2010
- Complementary Iteration Loops: Product and Customer Development MARKET BY NUMBERS | WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2010
- Innovation inside the box STARTUP LESSONS LEARNED | SUNDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2009
- Twitter Link Roundup #26 – Design, Marketing, Small Business, Social Media And More CROWDSPRING BLOG | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2010
- Why Do Market Segments Matter? MARKET BY NUMBERS | MONDAY, JULY 19, 2010
- Datablindness STARTUP LESSONS LEARNED | MONDAY, JUNE 8, 2009
- Lessons Learned: Built to learn STARTUP LESSONS LEARNED | THURSDAY, APRIL 9, 2009
- Lessons Learned: Don't launch STARTUP LESSONS LEARNED | FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 2009
- Startup Tools STEVEBLANK.COM | FRIDAY, JULY 8, 2011
- Stop lying on stage STARTUP LESSONS LEARNED | MONDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2010
- Lessons Learned: The one line split-test, or how to A/B all the time STARTUP LESSONS LEARNED | MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2008
- Lessons Learned: A new version of the Joel Test (draft) STARTUP LESSONS LEARNED | WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2008
- Reinventing the Board Meeting – Part 1 of 2 STEVE BLANK | WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1, 2011
- Continuous deployment for mission-critical applications STARTUP LESSONS LEARNED | MONDAY, DECEMBER 28, 2009
- Twitter Link Roundup #27 – Design, Writing, Marketing, Small Business, Social Media And More CROWDSPRING BLOG | WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2010
- Amazing lean startup resources STARTUP LESSONS LEARNED | TUESDAY, JANUARY 12, 2010
- 5th Anti-Lean Startup Archetype – We Already Do It MARKET BY NUMBERS | SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2009
- Case Study: SlideShare goes freemium STARTUP LESSONS LEARNED | MONDAY, AUGUST 16, 2010
- If You Don’t Have a Discrete Hypothesis You Are Incapable of Failing BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2011
- What is a startup? STARTUP LESSONS LEARNED | MONDAY, JUNE 21, 2010
- Business Planning for the ‘Lean Startup’ TIM BERRY'S BLOG - PLANNING STARTUPS STORIES | MONDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2010
- “Intermediate” MVPs MARKET BY NUMBERS | TUESDAY, APRIL 27, 2010
- Missing Link - the HR plan VENTUREWOODS | THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 2012
- Lessons Learned: Using AdWords to assess demand for your new. STARTUP LESSONS LEARNED | FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2008
- What's Wrong With Today's Board Meetings: Part 1 READWRITESTART | MONDAY, JUNE 13, 2011
- Lessons Learned: What does a startup CTO actually do? STARTUP LESSONS LEARNED | TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2008
- The Lean LaunchPad – Teaching Entrepreneurship as a Management Science STEVE BLANK | TUESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2010
- How does Etsy manage development and operations? CODE AS CRAFT | FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2011
- Marching through quicksand STARTUP LESSONS LEARNED | MONDAY, AUGUST 24, 2009
- Lessons Learned: Three freemium strategies STARTUP LESSONS LEARNED | TUESDAY, JANUARY 27, 2009
- The Cover-Up Culture STEVE BLANK | MONDAY, JANUARY 10, 2011
- Why Board Meetings Suck – Part 1 of 2 STEVE BLANK | WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1, 2011
- The Art of the Customer Development Conversation MARKET BY NUMBERS | THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2010
- What Skills Every New Internet Entrepreneur Needs READWRITESTART | WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 17, 2011
- You’re Not a Real Entrepreneur STEVE BLANK | THURSDAY, JUNE 10, 2010
- Embrace technical debt STARTUP LESSONS LEARNED | WEDNESDAY, JULY 29, 2009
- Lessons Learned: Customer Development Engineering STARTUP LESSONS LEARNED | SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2008
- Entrepreneurs: Know Thy Marketing! MARKET BY NUMBERS | WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2009
- Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases non-events STARTUP LESSONS LEARNED | MONDAY, JANUARY 18, 2010
- 4 Anti-Lean Startup Archetypes MARKET BY NUMBERS | TUESDAY, AUGUST 4, 2009
- Six Keys to Increasing Startup Change Readiness STARTUP PROFESSIONALS MUSINGS | FRIDAY, AUGUST 6, 2010
- Good enough never is (or is it?) STARTUP LESSONS LEARNED | MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2010
- How to find early adopters MARKET BY NUMBERS | SATURDAY, JUNE 20, 2009
- The Lean Startup Book is here STARTUP LESSONS LEARNED | WEDNESDAY, JULY 6, 2011
- Lessons Learned: The engineering manager's lament STARTUP LESSONS LEARNED | MONDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2008
- Why Continuous Deployment? STARTUP LESSONS LEARNED | MONDAY, JUNE 15, 2009
- The curse of prevention STARTUP LESSONS LEARNED | MONDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2009
- The Entrepreneur's Guide to Customer Development STARTUP LESSONS LEARNED | MONDAY, JULY 5, 2010
- B2B Customer Development MARKET BY NUMBERS | MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2010
- Treat Your Customers Like Children (or your Children like Customers) MARKET BY NUMBERS | SATURDAY, JANUARY 9, 2010
- The “Ice, Ice, Baby” reminder for investor pitches MARKET BY NUMBERS | TUESDAY, APRIL 21, 2009
- How Customer Development Failed Us STEVE BLANK | WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 18, 2010
- The State of Customer Development MARKET BY NUMBERS | WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2009
- Startups: Don't Hire a PR Agency MARKET BY NUMBERS | WEDNESDAY, MAY 12, 2010
- Lessons Learned: Net Promoter Score: an operational tool to. STARTUP LESSONS LEARNED | SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2008
- Your Business “Driving Force” MARKET BY NUMBERS | MONDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2009
- Oh no, not another pitch template MARKET BY NUMBERS | WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29, 2009
- Lessons Learned: Principles of Lean Startups, presentation for. STARTUP LESSONS LEARNED | TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2008
- Getting to Product-Market Fit STARTUP MARKETING BLOG | TUESDAY, JULY 13, 2010
- Lessons Learned: SEM on five dollars a day STARTUP LESSONS LEARNED | SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2008
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