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Case Study: kaChing, Anatomy of a Pivot

Startup Lessons Learned

kaChing launched a virtual portfolio management game on Facebook in January 2008 and a similar version shortly thereafter on kaChing.com. Because kaChing prefers its portfolio managers to have a long track record, the marketplace launch (i.e., A portfolio manager’s entire track record & holdings had to be disclosed.

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Lessons Learned: The four kinds of work, and how to get them done.

Startup Lessons Learned

Managers in this area have to take a portfolio approach, promoting ideas that work and might make good candidates for further investment. Strategy - startups first encounter this when they have the beginnings of a product, and theyve achieved some amount of product/market fit. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0.

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Accept Software – Innovation is No Longer a PowerPoint Bullet

Venture Chronicles

I received an email from the PR contact for the company that mentioned the BP oil spill in the Gulf and the process of idea collection on the web they were undertaking. The four products that Accepts offers as part of their innovation suite are: Ideas: A classic ideation offering, non-employees can submit and vote on ideas.

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Sneak preview, KISSmetrics (and more)

Startup Lessons Learned

In addition to supporting their portfolio companies in coming to the event, they also have taken the additional step of underwriting a limited number of discounted tickets that are available to the general public. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. Tell your Startup Visa story Speaking 2010: Webstock, GDC, Web 2.0,

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Conference streaming, sponsors, discounted tickets

Startup Lessons Learned

Discounted Tickets As part of their sponsorship, Baseline is offering discounted tickets to their portfolio companies. Discounted Tickets As part of their sponsorship, Baseline is offering discounted tickets to their portfolio companies. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. Expo SF (May. for Harvard Business Revie.

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Lessons Learned office hours

Startup Lessons Learned

Hes a very smart guy who, as a Sequoia portfolio CEO, can tell you all about the " RIP good times " strategy. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. Tell your Startup Visa story Speaking 2010: Webstock, GDC, Web 2.0, The format is Q&A around a conference table with four "speakers" and a moderator. Expo SF (May.

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You Are What You Measure, So Choose Your KPIs (Incentives) Wisely!

Occam's Razor

This metric has been in every tool since we started torturing web server logs to measure hits (!). The web is littered with examples of this awfulness. If the web analytics dashboard prominently measured Visitor Loyalty, would they still create link pukes? I've developed distaste for the time on site metric.

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