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On deployment

Startup Lessons Learned

And the same is true in reverse - a lone brilliant coder can build a great widget, but it takes a system of people working well together to produce consistently great results. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? Mechanical mistakes are the result of human mistakes.

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Why Continuous Deployment?

Startup Lessons Learned

So developers stuck in this world tend to think the other developers on their team are either, deep in their souls, plodding pedants or sloppy coders. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? Neither is true – they just have their incentives all messed up.

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Common Growth Hacking Myths (and How Growth Actually Works)

ConversionXL

In the article, Andrew describes growth hackers as a cross between marketers and coders. Without metrics or data, a growth hacker can feel out of place and uncomfortably exposed. This strong bias towards data drives a growth hacker away from vanity metrics towards metrics that will make or break the business.”

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Lessons Learned: Throwing away working code

Startup Lessons Learned

I used to think that investments in metrics were a form of waste. Customers dont care if you have good metrics, only if you have a good product. The only reason we learned the art of metrics-based decision making at IMVU was out of necessity. that justify decisions already made. I think it was $350 the next, and so on.

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Introduction to Growth Hacking for Startups

VC Cafe

The term “Growth Hacking”, invented by Sean Ellis , and made popular by Andrew Chen , a Silicon valley marketer and entrepreneur, is a combination of two disciplines – marketing and coding: Growth hackers are a hybrid of marketer and coder, one who looks at the traditional question of “How do I get customers for my product?”

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Lessons Learned: The App Store after the gold rush

Startup Lessons Learned

The App Store is a channel for customer acquisition. There will always be far more apps that dont make the top lists, no matter what metric is used. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? October 14, 2008 1:05 PM Th.Khangs said. Hi Eric thanks for the quick response.

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Lean Startup webcast post-game

Startup Lessons Learned

LIKED: Y startups fail, cont deployment vs waterfall vs agile, small batches & learn fr biz metrics #leanstartup As concise a summary as Ive ever seen. How many people - coders - do you think a small startup with a 6mm pages/month site should have? farazq : Awesome session @ericries. but Im always short in hands.

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