Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 2, 2008

Chris and I had the opportunity to present on our approach this past spring at the MySQL Conference. You can also download our presentation, " Just-In-Time Scalability: Agile Methods to Support Massive Growth." Labels: agile , continuous deployment 1 comments: timothyfitz said. Take a look and let me know what you think.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

The application of agile development methodologies which dramatically reduce waste and unlock creativity in product development. See Customer Development Engineering for my first stab at articulating the theory involved) Ferocious customer-centric rapid iteration, as exemplified by the Customer Development process.

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JULY 28, 2010

If you havent seen it, Pascals recent presentation on continuous deployment is a must-see; slides are here. “We had to ignore them, because they weren’t our target audience – and were never likely to become customers.&# Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. says Rachleff.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2009

Expo to explain the lean startup concept to a larger audience. The Lean Startup: a Disciplined Approach to Imagining, Designing, and Building New Products.: Expo San Francisco 2009 The current macroeconomic climate presents unparalleled opportunities for those that can thrive with constrained resources. Expo (and a call for he.

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JUNE 2, 2010

Five Whys has its origins in the Toyota Production System. Ive written about this before in some detail, but this was an opportunity to try and frame it for a general business audience. Five Whys has its origins in the Toyota Production System. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2008

I am convinced one of Joel Spolskys lasting contributions to the field of managing software teams will turn out to be the Joel Test , a checklist of 12 essential practices that you could use to rate the effectiveness of a software product development team. For more on continuous deployment, see Just-in-time Scalability.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2008

Its inspired by the classic OODA Loop and is really just a simplified version of that concept, applied specifically to creating a software product development team. There are three stages: We start with ideas about what our product could be. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n.

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MAY 31, 2010

And a special thanks is due to all of our presenters, panelists, and mentors. You are the ones that consistently blew the audience away. And a special thanks is due to all of our presenters, panelists, and mentors. You are the ones that consistently blew the audience away.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2008

Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. Towards a new entrepreneurship ► 2009 (88) ► December (4) Continuous deployment for mission-critical applica. Thoughts on scientific product development Lo, my 5 subscribers, who are you? Two Ways to Hold Entrepreneurs Accountable (for Ha.

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AUGUST 26, 2009

If you watch the video/audio below, youll get to see some of the questions I was asked after my presentation. I did my best to capture video and audio; a YouTube playlist and Slideshare slidecast are below: Slides (with audio): 2009 08 19 The Lean Startup TechStars Edition View more presentations from Eric Ries.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

In this post I hope to talk about how to do it well, in terms appropriate for both audiences. In my experience, the majority of changes we made to products have no effect at all on customer behavior. To promote this metrics discipline, we would present the full funnel to our board (and advisers) at the end of every development cycle.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2008

After an hour with a team talking dirty about deployment, youll know. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. Towards a new entrepreneurship ► 2009 (88) ► December (4) Continuous deployment for mission-critical applica. Tell your Startup Visa story Speaking 2010: Webstock, GDC, Web 2.0,

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2008

Own the development methodology - in a traditional product development setup, the VP Engineering or some other full-time manager would be responsible for making sure the engineers wrote adequate specs, interfaced well with QA, and also run the scheduling "trains" for releases. Labels: product development 15comments: mukund said.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2008

Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. Towards a new entrepreneurship ► 2009 (88) ► December (4) Continuous deployment for mission-critical applica. Thoughts on scientific product development Lo, my 5 subscribers, who are you? Two Ways to Hold Entrepreneurs Accountable (for Ha.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2008

The leadership art is to balance the needs of the present with the needs of the future. Beware The Need for Critical Mass I’m going to lead with a quote from Seth on this one: “Failing for small audiences is a loud cue that you will fail even bigger with big audiences.&# I wish hed mentioned it a little sooner.

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APRIL 14, 2009

Their product definition fluctuates wildly – one month, it’s a dessert topping, the next it’s a floor wax. Their product development team is hard at work on a next-generation product platform, which is designed to offer a new suite of products – but this effort is months behind schedule.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2008

Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. Towards a new entrepreneurship ► 2009 (88) ► December (4) Continuous deployment for mission-critical applica. Thoughts on scientific product development Lo, my 5 subscribers, who are you? Two Ways to Hold Entrepreneurs Accountable (for Ha.

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MAY 27, 2009

Heres their description of the event: The current macroeconomic climate presents unparalleled opportunities for those that can thrive with constrained resources. It uses principles of agile software development, open source and web 2.0, I expect that will lead to much deeper (and tougher) questions. Bring it on!

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OCTOBER 28, 2008

But these students completely failed to address the one and only question on their audiences mind: can you three guys really build the robots of the future? Turns out, they were incredibly well-credentialed graduate students who had, in fact, developed some interesting new robotics technology.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2008

Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. Towards a new entrepreneurship ► 2009 (88) ► December (4) Continuous deployment for mission-critical applica. Thoughts on scientific product development Lo, my 5 subscribers, who are you? Two Ways to Hold Entrepreneurs Accountable (for Ha.

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JUNE 9, 2009

It was an eye-opening day, and a great crowd to present to. Without further ado, the slides: 2009_06_08 The Lean Startup Tokyo edition View more OpenOffice presentations from Eric Ries. Very concise presentation and a great speaker. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. goap Thanks!

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2008

Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. Towards a new entrepreneurship ► 2009 (88) ► December (4) Continuous deployment for mission-critical applica. Thoughts on scientific product development Lo, my 5 subscribers, who are you? Two Ways to Hold Entrepreneurs Accountable (for Ha.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2008

Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. Towards a new entrepreneurship ► 2009 (88) ► December (4) Continuous deployment for mission-critical applica. Thoughts on scientific product development Lo, my 5 subscribers, who are you? Two Ways to Hold Entrepreneurs Accountable (for Ha.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2008

Another thought would be to outline who the intended audience for your blog is and the topic areas you will focus on. As a shoestring entrepreneur with a SaaS (well, not really, but sort of) offering that we present to very large companies (think 10K+), I love your common sense suggestions about metrics and testing. Hacker News 3.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2008

Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. Towards a new entrepreneurship ► 2009 (88) ► December (4) Continuous deployment for mission-critical applica. Thoughts on scientific product development Lo, my 5 subscribers, who are you? Two Ways to Hold Entrepreneurs Accountable (for Ha.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2008

Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. Towards a new entrepreneurship ► 2009 (88) ► December (4) Continuous deployment for mission-critical applica. Thoughts on scientific product development Lo, my 5 subscribers, who are you? Two Ways to Hold Entrepreneurs Accountable (for Ha.

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AUGUST 24, 2009

So let’s turn our attention from what may happen in the future to what is definitely happening in the present. When I reviewed a recent product development book, it immediately shot up to Amazon sales rank 300. We have to look at fundamental business questions right from the start: what is the right audience?

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, September 22, 2008 Thoughts on scientific product development I enjoyed reading a post today from Laserlike (Mike Speiser), on Scientific product development. I agree with the less is more product development approach, but for a different reason. Now that is fun.

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APRIL 26, 2010

Lean mindsets and methods for innovation in any company a free webinar featuring: Eric Ries April 28, 2010 at 2:00 PM EDT The "Lean Startup" is the application of lean thinking to the process of innovation in startup companies — defined as a type of business where both the problem (customer need) and the solution (product) are unknown.

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APRIL 12, 2010

Unlike the conference on April 23, the Intensive does not assume any prior knowledge of lean startups, and is designed for a wide audience. This program is designed for people who have a stake in creating great products: engineers, designers, product managers, marketers and businesspeople—from companies of any size.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2009

In my presentation this morning, I emphasized three key areas: reducing the personal cost of failure for entrepreneurs, innovation-friendly legal reforms, and access to the digital means of production (slides from my White House presentation are available at the end of this post). The Geeks are doing their part.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2010

I started to feel like my blog became too much of a travel diary last year - and I still have many videos and presentations from last fall that I havent shared yet. Im especially excited about this, because last years Expo was the very first time Id given the lean startup presentation to a large audience. Expo in San Francisco.

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AUGUST 24, 2010

They use crowdsourcing to figure out which speakers to invite and what topics are of interest to their audience. They use crowdsourcing to figure out which speakers to invite and what topics are of interest to their audience. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. Take a look and let me know what you think.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2009

This time, I was lucky enough to have my friend Nivi from Venture Hacks in the audience, and he was recording. The Lean Startup View more presentations from Venture hacks. At first I was skeptical of spending an hour listening to the presentation but have to say it was time well spent. Nice talk, thanks for sharing.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

I promised to post the slides for my highly abbreviated version of the lean startup presentation, so here they are. Summit Edition View more presentations from Eric Ries. With a number of military men and women in the audience, I couldnt resist a plug. Great presentation. 2009 09 08 The Lean Startup Gov 2.0

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MAY 22, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Friday, May 22, 2009 The Lean Startup at SIPA follow-up I had wonderful time presenting at SIPA last night , and was completely exhausted by the incredible post-speech response. 2009 05 21 The Lean Startup At SIPA View more OpenOffice presentations from Eric Ries. I could not make it to the presentation.

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OCTOBER 4, 2010

face an overwhelming incentive to say whatever it is that will sound good to their audience, regardless of whether it is true. I have tried really hard to hold myself to a high standard in all of my public presentations: to give the unvarnished truth about what it was really like to succeed and fail. And, of course, it sounds good.

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