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Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases non-events

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JANUARY 18, 2010

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, January 18, 2010 Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases non-events The following is a case study of one entrepreneurs transition from a traditional development cycle to continuous deployment. Continuous Deployment is Continuous Flow applied to software.

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Continuous deployment with downloads

Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 16, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, February 16, 2009 Continuous deployment with downloads One of my goals in writing posts about topics like continuous deployment is the hope that people will take those ideas and apply them to new situations - and then share what they learn with the rest of us.

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Lessons Learned: Work in small batches

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FEBRUARY 20, 2009

Its had tremendous impact in many areas: continuous deployment , just-in-time scalability , and even search engine marketing , to name a few. When operating with continuous deployment, its almost impossible to have integration conflicts. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n.

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Lessons Learned: Just-In-Time Scalability

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 2, 2008

Scalable systems are no exception - if your assumptions about how many customers youll have, or how they will behave are just a little bit wrong, you can wind up with a massive amount of wasted code. You can also download our presentation, " Just-In-Time Scalability: Agile Methods to Support Massive Growth."

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Lessons Learned: Principles of Lean Startups, presentation for.

Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 4, 2008

Combined with the technology trends above, it also enables rapid deployment strategies like just-in-time scalability. Customer development. The biggest source of cost/time advantage that all lean companies have is avoiding building features that customers dont want. Is there anywhere I can download the presentation?

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Lessons Learned: Continuous deployment and continuous learning

Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 10, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Tuesday, February 10, 2009 Continuous deployment and continuous learning At long last, some of the actual implementers of the advanced systems we built at IMVU for rapid deployment and rapid response are starting to write about it. At IMVU it’s a core part of our culture to ship.

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

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

In my experience, the majority of changes we made to products have no effect at all on customer behavior. The report is set up to show you what happened to customers who registered in that period (a so-called cohort analysis ). This report is set up to tell you about new customers specifically. First of all, why split-test?

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The lean startup @ Web 2.0 Expo (and a call for help)

Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 9, 2009

The Lean Startup is a practical approach for creating and managing a new breed of company that excels in low-cost experimentation, rapid iteration, and true customer insight. If youre interested in being part of my "customer advisory board" for this presentation, please get in touch. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n.

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Lean Startup fbFund slides and video

Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 6, 2009

Im currently working on doing video tutorials for technophobes, and while i understand the value of customer feedback, would charging from day one still apply? Wow the file is a gig and is going to take 7 hours to download! The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup?

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Lessons Learned: Lo, my 5 subscribers, who are you?

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 18, 2008

When you have an infinitesimal number of customers, it can be embarrassing. But as long as your ego can take it, there are huge advantages to having a small number of customers. Most importantly, you can get to know those few customers in a way that people with zillions of customers cant. You can even meet the friend.

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Marching through quicksand

Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 24, 2009

Customers will get to consume the content they want, and support the producers of that content directly, rather than having to rely exclusively on intermediaries. Now, helping potential customers discover new things they might like is the job of the discipline of marketing. There are just too many of them out there. Is that a lot?

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Lessons Learned: Please teach kids programming, Mr. President

Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 22, 2009

To do that they need to understand value, communicate with other business people (like bankers and VCs) about value, and communicate with prospective customers about value. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n.

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Lessons Learned: Greasemonkey compiler

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 6, 2008

I tried your compiler and it generted the XPI file but when I link to it and click the link it actually downloads the binary into my browser window instead of popping up the Firefox plugin window. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? 2comments: Matthew Quinlan said. BTW, its FF 3.07

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Lo, my 2295 subscribers, who are you?

Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 4, 2009

Ive previously written about the advantages of having a pathetically small number of customers , and how to get started with customer segmentation. it seemed time to return to the subject of investigating who my customers are. Thats a common pattern to gaining customer insight. Customer knows they have a problem.

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Lessons Learned: Venture Hacks interview: "What is the minimum.

Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 23, 2009

Customers say,&# Give me feature X,&# “Give me feature Y,&# and sometimes you do what they want, maybe sometimes you’re going to do what you want, and then they get mad at you. Or, perhaps charging doesn't make sense, and offering the PDF as a free download would provide richer learning/discovery.

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Lessons Learned: You buy virtual goods

Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 11, 2009

Paying a premium for a branded pair of virtual jeans is actually a pretty similar experience for most customers. I dissect the value that a product gives to a customer into four sources: Practical utility - This is the tangible benefit that a product enables, whether thats transportation, warmth, cleanliness, or entertainment.

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Lessons Learned: The lean startup at UC Berkeley Haas School of.

Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 24, 2009

The customer is known, the product is known, and all we have to do is act. The customer is unknown, the product is unknown, and startups must be built to learn. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n.

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Lessons Learned: The App Store after the gold rush

Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 7, 2008

The App Store is a channel for customer acquisition. Customers and prospects are overwhelmed by the number of media and companies clamoring for their attention. Acqusition competition is how new apps get new customers. Im pretty sure the Top 25 lists are based on downloads, from what Ive seen. I am a little curious here.

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Lessons Learned: Throwing away working code

Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 28, 2009

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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Good enough never is (or is it?)

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

And so Deming’s contribution was especially prescient, as he saw that “the customer is the most important part of the production line.&# This means that quality is defined in the eye of the customer, not necessarily by arbitrary standards loved by insiders to the production process. No vanity metrics should be looked at.

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How to get distribution advantage on the iPhone

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 18, 2008

But from a customer experience point of view, Im not yet sold. Today, the fact that the store is open and has almost no barriers to entry is great for the companies I meet, because they can get their first versions in front of customers quickly, and start iterating fast. How will new customers know that my apps are superior?

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The free software hiring advantage

Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 11, 2009

The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? Startup Visa update ► February (5) Kiwi lean startup + Australia next Why diversity matters (the meritocracy business) Beware of Vanity Metrics (for Harvard Business Rev. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n.

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Lessons Learned: SEM on five dollars a day

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 13, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Saturday, September 13, 2008 SEM on five dollars a day How do you build a new product with constant customer feedback while simultaneously staying under the radar? Slowly, over time, we optimized (or eliminated) each step in the process of becoming a customer by giving us money. SEM is a simple idea.

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Lessons Learned: Q&A with an actual reader

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 29, 2008

Sometimes, testing with existing customers is more complicated than with new customers. Existing customers already have an expectation about how your product works, and its important to take this into consideration when adding or changing features. On the other hand, existing customers can be a testing benefit.

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Web 2.0 Expo session followup

Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 1, 2009

I cant figure out how to download the picture so that I can print it and post it to my wall. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. Product development leverage Validated learning about customers Built to learn Web 2.0

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Lessons Learned: What is a market? (a guide for hackers)

Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 12, 2009

To wit: achieving product/market fit , getting customer validation , making something people want , things that matter , and of course the many excellent books on the topic, of which Ill mention just two of the best, Crossing the Chasm and The Innovators Dilemma. Is a market a set of paying customers? Tough sell.

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Lessons Learned: Why PHP won

Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 12, 2009

The IMVU downloadable client, just to name one example, is written primarily in python. PHP does it "OK" but theres really no excuse not to be using J2EE (either full on, or customized) if youre going that way. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? YMMV, of course :).

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Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases non-events

Continuous deployment with downloads

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Lessons Learned: Work in small batches

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Lessons Learned: Principles of Lean Startups, presentation for.

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

The lean startup @ Web 2.0 Expo (and a call for help)

Lean Startup fbFund slides and video

Lessons Learned: Lo, my 5 subscribers, who are you?

Marching through quicksand

Lessons Learned: Please teach kids programming, Mr. President

Lessons Learned: Greasemonkey compiler

Lo, my 2295 subscribers, who are you?

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Lessons Learned: You buy virtual goods

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Lessons Learned: Throwing away working code

Good enough never is (or is it?)

How to get distribution advantage on the iPhone

The free software hiring advantage

Lessons Learned: SEM on five dollars a day

Lessons Learned: Q&A with an actual reader

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Lessons Learned: What is a market? (a guide for hackers)

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