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Lessons Learned: Product development leverage

Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 26, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Sunday, April 26, 2009 Product development leverage Leverage has once again become a dirty word in the world of finance, and rightly so. But I want to talk about a different kind of leverage, the kind that you can get in product development. Its a key lean startup concept. Yeah, weve got that.

Product Development

Product Development Developer San Francisco Product

Beyond the garage

Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 25, 2011

It may be hard to remember that there was a time when people in the agile software development community thought Lean Startup was incompatible with agile practices. The number of Lean Startup meetup groups has crossed 100, spreading out from traditional startup hubs like San Francisco and New York to a wide variety of places.

San Francisco

San Francisco Silicon Valley Lean Agile

Building a new startup hub

Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 26, 2009

Ive written a little bit about the origins of Silicon Valley because I think its important for us to understand how we got here in order to make sure we preserve what is best about our community. It felt like I was watching a new startup hub in the process of being created. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n.

San Francisco

San Francisco Silicon Valley Startup Lean

A real Customer Advisory Board

Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 26, 2009

Anyone who has worked in a real-world product development team can tell you how utopian that sounds. And, as you can see in my previous post on “ The cardinal sin of community management &# the feedback could be all over the map. Passionate online communities are real societies. It was absolutely worth it.

Advisory Board

Advisory Board Customer San Francisco Lean

New conference website, speakers, agenda

Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 29, 2010

These are the big questions Ive heard over and over again as Ive traveled presenting the lean startup methodology: "Sure, sounds great for a five-person team, but how can such a fast-paced development process scale? Doesnt the communication overhead of a large team lead to chaos of overlapping experiments and continuously-deployed bugs?" "If

San Francisco

San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment DC

Datablindness

Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 8, 2009

So the product development team was busy creating lots of split-tests for lots of hypotheses. That’s causing the Product Owner and team to spend more time with each other reviewing the results of experiments, which is allowing them to learn and iterate much faster. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n.

San Francisco

San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment DC

Lessons Learned: Please teach kids programming, Mr. President

Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 22, 2009

MUDs made the essential truth about software into a powerful metaphor: that code is magic, giving those who wield it the ability to create new forms of value literally out of thin air. We also learned that law is code , and that leadership was needed to build thriving communities in a digital age. Expo (and a call for he.

Programming

Programming San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment

Lessons Learned: Lean hiring tips

Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 19, 2009

You are doing the startup community a great service by sharing your insights via your blog. Particularly the Continuous Deployment and Split testing posts. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. Labels: hiring , lean startup 4comments: Tamar said. This post has been removed by the author.

Lean

Lean Hiring San Francisco Continuous Deployment

The Lean Startup Workshop - now an O'Reilly Master Class

Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 14, 2009

Im open to being the coffee and snack technician :-) On another note, I live in Atlanta and believe that we have a strong enough start-up community that would greatly benefit from your lessons learned. I have contacts within the university and entrepreneurial communities and would be happy to help you set up something if interested.

Lean

Lean San Francisco Continuous Deployment Software Review

Marching through quicksand

Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 24, 2009

Or follow all of the New York Times columnists equally? This is good news for everyone except those who have huge legacy investments in large-batch distribution. When I reviewed a recent product development book, it immediately shot up to Amazon sales rank 300. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n.

San Francisco

San Francisco Lean Technical Review Distribution

Testing the new Disqus comment system

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Tuesday, September 15, 2009 Testing the new Disqus comment system The recent and overwhelming influx of comments on The cardinal sin of community management. Testing the new Disqus comment system The recent and overwhelming influx of comments on The cardinal sin of community management.

San Francisco

San Francisco DC Continuous Deployment Lean

International tour about to begin

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

We'll have IDCEE conf on October 28-29, [link] If you could come any other day we'll organize small event at #kievstartup community. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. Towards a new entrepreneurship ▼ 2009 (88) ► December (4) Continuous deployment for mission-critical applica.

San Francisco

San Francisco DC Finland Washington

Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders (and a request for help)

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 28, 2009

Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. Towards a new entrepreneurship ▼ 2009 (88) ► December (4) Continuous deployment for mission-critical applica. Support the Startup Founders Visa with a tweet Testing the new Disqus comment system Gov 2.0

San Francisco

San Francisco Lean DC Continuous Deployment

Don't be the Ice Cream Glove

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. Towards a new entrepreneurship ▼ 2009 (88) ► December (4) Continuous deployment for mission-critical applica. Support the Startup Founders Visa with a tweet Testing the new Disqus comment system Gov 2.0

San Francisco

San Francisco DC Continuous Deployment Lean

Introducing the Lean Startup Cohort subscription program

Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 8, 2009

In particular, we would cover customer development, continuous deployment, minimum viable product, and actionable metrics. Thanks for all that you have done to help the startup community! Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. August 9, 2009 10:28 AM Chris said. I love the business model.

Lean

Lean Programming San Francisco Continuous Deployment

Lessons Learned: Three freemium strategies

Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 27, 2009

We're keeping ourselves free for the community that has helped us build our product; premium vs basic seems wrong to us. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. Towards a new entrepreneurship ▼ 2009 (88) ► December (4) Continuous deployment for mission-critical applica.

San Francisco

San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment DC

Support the Startup Founders Visa with a tweet

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 19, 2009

Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. Towards a new entrepreneurship ▼ 2009 (88) ► December (4) Continuous deployment for mission-critical applica. Support the Startup Founders Visa with a tweet Testing the new Disqus comment system Gov 2.0

San Francisco

San Francisco Founder DC Washington

Gov 2.0 Summit wrap-up

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. Towards a new entrepreneurship ▼ 2009 (88) ► December (4) Continuous deployment for mission-critical applica. Support the Startup Founders Visa with a tweet Testing the new Disqus comment system Gov 2.0

San Francisco

San Francisco DC Washington Lean

Happy blogiversary (my present: a brand new URL)

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

Why Continuous Deployment? * Minimum Viable Product: a guide You can see and even install the Top Posts widget yourself if you like (simple install for blogger blogs): [link] Not bad, dude. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. As for top posts we have: * 10.0 Don't launch * 8.9

San Francisco

San Francisco Continuous Deployment Lean DC

Lo, my 1032 subscribers, who are you?

Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 19, 2008

I would recommend periodic surveys, along with some kind of forum or other community tool where the most passionate customers can congregate. Im Community Manager at VenCorps, co-host of commandN. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. Either way, Ive been a happy subscriber ever since.

San Francisco

San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment DC

The free software hiring advantage

Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 11, 2009

Heres the short version: hire people from the online communities that develop free software. Beyond the quality of the candidates themselves, Ive noticed three big effects of hiring out of free software communities: You can hire an expert in your own code base. Ive had the good fortune to see this first-hand. Submit patches.

Software Review

Software Review Software Hiring San Francisco

What would you want to tell Washington DC about startups?

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

So heres my simple question: What do folks in Washington need to know about the global community of entrepreneurs? I'll add two ideas: The modern structure of university patent licensing and technology transfer works really well in the life sciences and other fields with expensive product development processes.

DC

DC Washington San Francisco SBIR

Business ecology and the four customer currencies

Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 14, 2009

And passionate players are often the backbone of game communities – especially online. A great product enables customers, developers, partners, and even competitors to exchange their unique currencies in combinations that lead to financial success for the company that organizes them.

Customer

Customer San Francisco Viral Lean

Lessons Learned: Employees should be masters of their own time

Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 3, 2009

You can still see these early manifestos thanks to the wayback machine: [link] [link] We did that not just out of principle but because it served a very specific purpose: giving early adopters in our community a reason to invest in our success and give us strong feedback. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n.

Employee

Employee San Francisco Lean Software Review

Three decisions to make on virtual goods

Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 11, 2008

These decisions cause problems that will challenge you for years, if you are lucky enough to be successful with your product. As the size of your community and economy grows, youll be able to solve them as they arise, as long as you know what to look for. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n.

San Francisco

San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment DC

Lessons Learned: Net Promoter Score: an operational tool to.

Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 22, 2008

Theres a lot of controversy surrounding NPS in the customer research community, and I dont want to recapitulate it here. Even if you have a very large community, I dont think this number needs to be higher than 100. In other words, we committed the one cardinal sin of community management. Heres how Ive set it up in the past.

.Net

.Net Operations San Francisco Lean

Towards a new entrepreneurship

Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 2, 2010

This is just like a startup to me, complete with distribution and product development challenges, ecosystem design and many, many customers. Do you have a suggestion for a guest speaker or case study that illustrates a particular lean startup concept: minimum viable product, continuous deployment, validated learning, the pivot?

San Francisco

San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment DC

Lessons Learned: Why PHP won

Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 12, 2009

The number one reason I keep coming back to PHP is that it has overwhelming community support. Ive written elsewhere that success in creating a platform is "becoming a function not of the size and resources of the company that builds it, but of the size of the community that supports it." Lets start with some circular reasoning.

PHP

PHP Software Review Ruby San Francisco

The cardinal sin of community management

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 11, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Friday, September 11, 2009 The cardinal sin of community management Once you have a product launched, you will the face the joys – and the despair – of a community that grows up around it. This probably sounds illogical. Then the reality of our problem hit us.

Community

Community Management Lean Software Review

Learning from Obama: maneuver warfare on the campaign trail

Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 5, 2008

We were building a community, open to anyone who shared its values, and that mission inspired volunteers and staff to try and reach out to as many people as possible. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. It would have been pretty easy for the volunteers and supporters to slow down, confident in victory.

Campaign

Campaign San Francisco Lean Agile

StartUpRoar

Lessons Learned: Product development leverage

Beyond the garage

Trending Sources

Building a new startup hub

A real Customer Advisory Board

New conference website, speakers, agenda

Datablindness

Lessons Learned: Please teach kids programming, Mr. President

Lessons Learned: Lean hiring tips

The Lean Startup Workshop - now an O'Reilly Master Class

Marching through quicksand

Testing the new Disqus comment system

International tour about to begin

Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders (and a request for help)

Don't be the Ice Cream Glove

Introducing the Lean Startup Cohort subscription program

Lessons Learned: Three freemium strategies

Support the Startup Founders Visa with a tweet

Gov 2.0 Summit wrap-up

Happy blogiversary (my present: a brand new URL)

Lo, my 1032 subscribers, who are you?

The free software hiring advantage

What would you want to tell Washington DC about startups?

Business ecology and the four customer currencies

Lessons Learned: Employees should be masters of their own time

Three decisions to make on virtual goods

Lessons Learned: Net Promoter Score: an operational tool to.

Towards a new entrepreneurship

Lessons Learned: Why PHP won

The cardinal sin of community management

Learning from Obama: maneuver warfare on the campaign trail

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