Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 10, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Wednesday, September 10, 2008 A new version of the Joel Test (draft) (This article is a draft - your comments are especially welcome as I think through these issues. But if you want to practice rapid deployment, you need to be able to deploy that build in one step as well. Please leave feedback!)

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MARCH 22, 2010

Ive quoted from the article extensively below, but I hope youll take a moment and read the whole thing. I believe we have a unique opportunity to pass the Startup Visa Act this year - if we continue to stay focused on delivering the message to lawmakers that this is something their constituents want.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2008

All of the incentives described in the article focus on making it easy and highly desirable to launch your product: [He] claimed that launching projects is the natural state that Googles internal ecosystem tends towards, and its because they pump so much energy into pointing people in that direction. Focus on launching.

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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. For more, read on.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2008

Great article youre now in my rss feeds :) October 2, 2008 4:37 AM kamilski81 said. While reading this article Ive been thinking about my role as "CTO". Hi Eric, Great article - Ive added you to my regular RSS reads. Great article! Wow I think you just wrote my job description for me. Great post, very educational.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

Focus on the output metrics of that part of the product, and you make the problem a lot more clear. To promote this metrics discipline, we would present the full funnel to our board (and advisers) at the end of every development cycle. Thanks for writing this article. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n.

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JUNE 8, 2009

That’s because many of our reports feed us vanity metrics: numbers that make us look good but don’t really help make decisions. Yet even among those who have access to good actionable metrics, I’ve noticed a phenomenon that prevents taking maximum advantage of data. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n.

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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. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n.

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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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JANUARY 2, 2010

In a forthcoming article Ive written advocating for the Startup Visa , I wrote this: Like other industries – from publishing to automobiles – entrepreneurship is in the process of being disrupted by globalization. Similarly, let me know if youd like to host or attend a simulcast party in your town. Writing a book.

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JUNE 22, 2009

Leading up to a pivot, each cycle, despite our best efforts, the metrics werent good enough. I think i must have read this article a few times since you first posted it - mainly as a theoretical excercise. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. Pivot, don't jump to a new vision Why Continuous Deployment?

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MARCH 16, 2009

And Im thankful that Scrum/Agile doesnt address everything too. :) I think in my original article I mentioned how there is a wide (tho narrowing) gap between the world of product managers and the agile world. William: I actually posted an article about the role of the Product Manager in Scrum. March 31, 2009 12:48 PM PM Hut said.

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JANUARY 12, 2009

This made it easier for ISPs to offer PHP hosting on shared servers, too. Good article, this is exactly the reason Im still primarily a PHP developer rather than Ruby or Python. Nice article. very good article! Everybody should read your article January 16, 2009 2:40 PM Anonymoussaid. 49comments: Joel Hughes said.

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JUNE 5, 2009

In a startup context, numbers like gross revenue are actually vanity metrics, not actionable metrics. Luckily, we also discovered that certain other metrics, like LTV and CPA were much better than we initially projected. An excellent article and responses. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n.

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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, In order to convince me, Id to see another link to an article here somewhere that I enjoyed. Read some articles, liked what I saw. My background isnt metrics, but we came to it as a matter of practicality. below 2.

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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. Know what the success metrics are for the launch. Great article. excellent article although it breaks the whole concept of Launch now worry later. what happens when newspapers call you for an article?

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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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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.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2009

See Paul Grahams Why Nerds are Unpopular to learn more) Take a look at this article on a programming Q&A site: How old are you, and how old were you when you started coding? Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. Tell your Startup Visa story Speaking 2010: Webstock, GDC, Web 2.0, Expo (and a call for he.

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APRIL 14, 2009

Every board meeting, the metrics of success change. Time-to-complete-a-sale is not a bad metric for validated learning at this stage. This is possibly the most insightful startup article Ive read in a while. Eric, Thanks for a great article. And yet, their investors are frustrated. This last point is especially important.

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AUGUST 24, 2009

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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NOVEMBER 8, 2008

Very well written article. Startup Visa update ► February (5) Kiwi lean startup + Australia next Why diversity matters (the meritocracy business) Beware of Vanity Metrics (for Harvard Business Rev. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. I plan to pick up this book though.

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JULY 29, 2009

To do that, we add specific speed regulators, like integrating source control with our continuous integration server or the more elaborate dance required for continuous deployment. Eric, Great article - provides context and vocabulary for dialog on a very interesting tension in startups. Excellent article.

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AUGUST 1, 2009

I really enjoyed this article, my first time reading any of your stuff. Thanks for another great article! Startup Visa update ► February (5) Kiwi lean startup + Australia next Why diversity matters (the meritocracy business) Beware of Vanity Metrics (for Harvard Business Rev. Thanks for writing this. Made me think!

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DECEMBER 7, 2008

As usual, a fantastic article. In a future article, Id love to see more about what goes into that mentoring process. Another great article. Very nice article, thanks a lot. Great article. Well done, another gripping and perfectly accurate article. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n.

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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. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, September 13, 2010 The Superbowl ad test I am a firm believer in the danger of vanity metrics , numbers that give the illusion of progress but often mask the true relationship between cause and effect. Vanity metrics are generally bigger. Vanity metrics. The solution? Is that really news?

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JANUARY 4, 2009

At some level in your system, theres probably code that looks something like this: $connection = new_db_connection("host", port, "dbname"); $statement = $connection->prepare($sql_statement, $params); $result = $statement->execute(); What I propose is that you make your sharding decisions directly at the "new_db_connection" seam in the code.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2010

Vivek Wadhwa and his team continue their excellent work investigating the true nature of entrepreneurship. Their recent article suggests that startups led by women are actually more successful, on average, than those led by men. Vivek Wadhwa and his team continue their excellent work investigating the true nature of entrepreneurship.

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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. Two Ways to Hold Entrepreneurs Accountable Beware of Vanity Metrics Im a little late on the cross-post, but hope youll enjoy it nonetheless.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

This line in your article stood out to me: "Much of what makes the USA, and Silicon Valley in particular, such a great place to start a company is the result of good government policy." Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. Tell your Startup Visa story Speaking 2010: Webstock, GDC, Web 2.0,

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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. Go read it.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

Thanks for the interesting article. Startup Visa update ► February (5) Kiwi lean startup + Australia next Why diversity matters (the meritocracy business) Beware of Vanity Metrics (for Harvard Business Rev. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. Labels: customer development 3comments: Anonymoussaid.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2009

Ive embedded the audio and slides below, but I recommend you c lick through to the Venture Hacks article if youre interested. Eric Check my articles for Start-Up Nation [link] Peace joseph.again February 24, 2009 11:04 PM Clement said. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. Nice talk, thanks for sharing.

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OCTOBER 30, 2008

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JANUARY 27, 2009

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. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. Pretty good deal, right? I like that concept.

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AUGUST 20, 2009

As a consequence, this new startup is relentlessly metrics-driven. 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. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n.

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