Startup Lessons Learned

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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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 4, 2010

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 4, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Saturday, October 4, 2008 About the author ( Update January, 2010: This post originally dates from October, 2008 back when I first started writing this blog. I got my start programming on an old IBM XT; it was thanks to MUDs that I first discovered the internet. Eric, love the blog. Thanks much.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 25, 2010

This is the first post that moves into making specific process recommendations for product development. Labels: product development Speed up or slow down? This is the first post that moves into making specific process recommendations for product development. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 13, 2009

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.

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blog.wepay.com

APRIL 28, 2010

» 6 Things a Non-Engineer Should Know Before Founding a Web Startup By Rich Aberman Despite the obvious look of shock and panic on the faces of my WePay teammates, I recently committed my first lines of production code. As the only non-developer at WePay, it’s pretty tempting to become technically helpless.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 7, 2008

In a startup, both the problem and solution are unknown, and the key to success is building an integrated team that includes product development in the feedback loop with customers. 2008 09 06 Eric Ries Haas Columbia Customer Development Engineering View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. Expo SF (May.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 16, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, March 16, 2009 Combining agile development with customer development Today I read an excellent blog post that I just had to share. In most agile development systems, there is a notion of the "product backlog" a prioritized list of what software is most valuable to be developed next.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Sometimes we have the attitude that the Product Development team is the one responsible for Activation and Retention (hey, a great product would do that naturally) or that the Marketing team is responsible for Revenue and Referral (hey, go get me some money or free customers already). Expo SF (May.

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The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

This blog will be the map of navigating through the rough patches of FinTech cybersecurity. Rising client demand for e-financing, a surge in FinTech implementation in banks and other institutions, and increased internet usage in everyday life are all factors driving the global rise of the FinTech industry. billion by 2030.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 31, 2010

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, May 31, 2010 Thank you The past month has been an incredible roller coaster: #sllconf was a trending topic (briefly topping Justin Bieber before the wifi in the hotel gave out), the Web 2.0 You can read the rest of his posts on his blog : Introduction , Part 1 , Part 2.)

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 5, 2008

But first I think we need to save the product manager from that special form of torture only a waterfall product development team can create. Labels: product development 8comments: Vincent van Wylick said. Ive written about it on our development blog at [link] October 6, 2008 3:34 PM Chris Hondl said.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 2, 2008

The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. ► April (11) Video update on the Startup Visa Act Lean Enterprise Institute webinar, April 28 Four myths about the Lean Startup Sneak preview, KISSmetrics (and more) Sneak preview, Grockit The Lean Startup Intensive at Web 2.0 Expo SF (May.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 2, 2010

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Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 7, 2010

Although much of it will sound familiar to readers of this blog, whats new is my first step towards the " new entrepreneurship " that is my goal for 2010. Unlike previous cross-posting Ive done for blogs, where a lot of the discussion happens here, Id like to ask you to take a minute and click through to read the full article.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 12, 2008

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 28, 2010

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Wednesday, July 28, 2010 Case Study: kaChing, Anatomy of a Pivot (The following guest post is a new experiment for this blog. And if you’re a regular reader of this blog, you may know that IMVU started out as an instant messaging add-on. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 30, 2008

Was it an important or irrelevant fact that most of our web code was procedural and not object-oriented? Labels: product development 15comments: mukund said. I would love to see some blog posts on any experiences you have had with set-based design. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. Great piece!

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 5, 2010

Instead of that naive approach, I wish Id had a book like this one, to help me figure out how to get started with customer development step-by-step. While the customer development framework of Four Steps is universally relevant, The Entrepreneur’s Guide updates its practices for modern startups. Well done, Brant and Patrick.

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Startup Lessons Learned

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. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. Expo SF (May.

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Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 20, 2009

Luckily, I now have the benefit of a forthcoming book, The Principles of Product Development Flow. Labels: five whys root cause analysis , product development 11comments: Peter Severin said. 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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Startup Lessons Learned

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. This is still an essential practice, especially on the web.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 7, 2008

This is one of the blog we posted about how some company is doing SEO to promote the website. To help find the right keywords, Ive written an article on my blog Web Startup Help that details How to Do Keyword Research for startups. This post has been removed by a blog administrator. A very interesting strategy.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 12, 2010

Beyond my own efforts on this blog ( and more ), there is now an amazing variety of resources for lean startup practitioners. When I first started blogging, the startup blogging mafia immediately came to meet me and find out who I was: Dave McClure , Andrew Chen , Sean Ellis and Venture Hacks. Have a favorite who I overlooked?

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Startup Lessons Learned

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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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 2, 2008

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 10, 2008

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Start Up Blog

JANUARY 17, 2012

It is also a system where web companies ‘open up’ their platform for external non affiliated software developers to create applications on. Existing web companies get their new product development for free. applications. applications. And that is outsourcing the R&D to total strangers.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 14, 2008

As Seth writes this week in Seths Blog: Listening to the loud people , the most aggressive customers arent necessarily the ones you want to hear from. If youre just getting negativity from someone, they are more likely a internet troll - not an earlyvangelist. Thanks Eric, your blog has many golden nuggets!!! Expo SF (May.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 4, 2008

Eric, Any thoughts on how forum feedback fits into customer development and agile product development? Youve probably addressed this in the past, but I continue to be blown away by how fast Blizzard reacts to noise in their forums and rapidly makes fixes to the product. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

Heres what the one-line split-test looks like in pseudocode: if( setup_experiment(.) == "control" ) { // do it the old way } else { // do it the new way } The call to setup_experiment has to do all of the work, which for a web application involves a sequence something like this: Check if this experiment exists. Buy a higher quantity 2.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 6, 2009

I worry sometimes about making this blog too much into a travelogue or journal of my public events. wow this blog is god awful. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. Tell your Startup Visa story Speaking 2010: Webstock, GDC, Web 2.0, I really value feedback like this; it keeps me going when I have doubts.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 30, 2008

This basic pattern is useful in all aspects of product development. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. Tell your Startup Visa story Speaking 2010: Webstock, GDC, Web 2.0, Startup Lessons Learned season one : Every post from the blogs first year in print form. Expo SF (May.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 8, 2008

Customer development is a parallel process to product development, which means that you dont have to give up on your dream. Our goal in product development is to find the minimum feature set required to get early customers. A book I am looking forward to read after reading you blog. This is a common mistake.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 30, 2009

Brad Feld also had some thoughts on this event on his blog. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. Tell your Startup Visa story Speaking 2010: Webstock, GDC, Web 2.0, I want to thank Techstars for putting this event together and giving me a chance to experience the scene, even if it lacks a name. Expo SF (May.

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Small Business Web Design: The Power of Crowdsourcing – [link]. Design with Internet: 101 patterns for influencing behaviour through design (PDF) – [link].

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 10, 2019

To do this, you can work with your product managers since they also include user experience when developing your products. The data you will gather will be useful for both the product development team and the web design team. Smartphone is commonly used for searching the Internet.

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