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Marching through quicksand

Startup Lessons Learned

So I generally feel right at home in these conversations. One is explaining the world as it used to work: the importance of gatekeepers, the scarcity implied by limited distribution, and the resulting quality bar that the industry is so proud of. In other words, they are facing conditions of extreme uncertainty, just like startups.

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Lessons Learned: SEM on five dollars a day

Startup Lessons Learned

And then we would use that simple analytics system I mentioned to monitor the conversion rates of customers from each campaign. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. Towards a new entrepreneurship ► 2009 (88) ► December (4) Continuous deployment for mission-critical applica.

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Join the Lean Startup discussion at Web 2.0 Expo for free

Startup Lessons Learned

Im excited that well get more than the usual few minutes of Q&A, so come with a healthy appetite for conversation. If you or your company is interested in sponsoring someone with a scholarship to travel to the expo and contribute to the conversation, please leave a comment or let me know. You heard me right.

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Lessons Learned: The one line split-test, or how to A/B all the time

Startup Lessons Learned

You need to make sure you dont get away from trying bold new things, using some combination of your vision and in-depth customer conversations to come up with the next idea to try. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. But where do those ideas come from in the first place?

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Learning is better than optimization (the local maximum problem)

Startup Lessons Learned

At least, not in the traditional sense of trying to squeeze every tenth of a point out of a conversion metric or landing page. What about companies, like Siebel, that started with partner distribution first? At least, not in the traditional sense of trying to squeeze every tenth of a point out of a conversion metric or landing page.

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Lessons Learned: Validated learning about customers

Startup Lessons Learned

Because they have no presence in the market, they have to find distribution channels to bring in customers. Whats the right set of materials, conversations, etc. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. First of all, they are not selling their product by hand. The selling order.

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Two new scholarship programs for lean startups

Startup Lessons Learned

This conference will be the first of its kind: an opportunity to have a conversation about the future of the lean startup movement. We want everyone who can contribute to that conversation to be there, regardless of their ability to pay. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n.

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