Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 7, 2016

Kelly, your Twitter handle asks, "Can we please disrupt the conversation about local government?" How do we enable conversations that move us beyond where our organizations have been for the last 50 years? We are also having a lot of conversations about when it makes sense to use the methodology in our organization.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 2, 2010

The Five Whys for Start-Ups - The Conversation - Harvard Business Review Root cause analysis and preventive maintenance are concepts we expect to see in a factory setting. Two Ways to Hold Entrepreneurs Accountable Beware of Vanity Metrics For Startups, How Much Process Is Too Much? Read the rest of The Five Whys for Start-Ups.

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 25, 2011

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. Bring your tough questions – Brad and I will be having a conversation on stage and you’re invited to join us. No BS, no vanity metrics, no launches, no PR.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

When food and shelter are a freelancer’s two heaviest expenses, a conversation about “costs” sounds absurd, no? of UC San Francisco. You’ll find that entrepreneurs do outscore the general population on learning, enjoyment, sense of purpose and other uplifting metrics. by Donovan Janus, founder of 17hats. Uncertainty.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 7, 2008

Most of the time, the experiments you run will have a zero percent conversion rate - meaning no customers were harmed during the making of this experiment. I would aim to get no more than 1o0 clicks per day - over the course of a week or two, youll get pretty good conversion data. Measure conversion rates.

Demand 167

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Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 7, 2010

Id be honored to have you join the conversation. The Conversation - Harvard Business Review For most of us, the phrase management science conjures up a decidedly non-entrepreneurial image, and for good reason. Read the rest at The Conversation - Harvard Business Review. Id be honored to have you join the conversation.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 31, 2010

I had really debated about whether there was any value in spending the time and money to fly to San Francisco when there was a perfectly serviceable simulcast going on in Cleveland. All I can tell the folks who attended the simulcasts is that I’m not missing either the time or the money.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

Our fall webcast series concluded on a high note with three extraordinary conversations about the origins and implications of Lean Startup. The conversation also turned to a subject on everyone’s mind the last month or so--the healthcare.gov website. The conversation centered around a few key topics: customers, bureaucracy, and MVP.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 15, 2010

Two Ways to Hold Entrepreneurs Accountable - The Conversation - Harvard Business Review Way back when the money was doled out, the team made a compelling pitch about the large market that was going to adopt their new innovative product or service. They are on-schedule and on-budget, but their gross metrics are way off.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 5, 2010

It is written in a conversational tone, doesnt take itself too seriously, and avoids extraneous fluff. It is written in a conversational tone, doesnt take itself too seriously, and avoids extraneous fluff. April 23, 2010 in San Francisco. I think theyve succeeded. The Entrepreneur’s Guide is an easy read.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 29, 2010

The way forward requires getting everyone together in a room, and having a conversation about where were headed. My aspiration with the Lean Startup methodology has always been to provide such a framework, so that we have more intelligent conversations about what works and what doesnt for startups. Thats what this conference is for.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

Focus on the output metrics of that part of the product, and you make the problem a lot more clear. To promote this metrics discipline, we would present the full funnel to our board (and advisers) at the end of every development cycle. Max Levchin of Slide and Paypal has noted that 10% of Slides headcount is devoted to metrics only.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 16, 2009

Ive had at least three conversations this week about the relationship between agile methodologies and customer development. Startup Visa update ► February (5) Kiwi lean startup + Australia next Why diversity matters (the meritocracy business) Beware of Vanity Metrics (for Harvard Business Rev. April 23, 2010 in San Francisco.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 17, 2009

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. April 23, 2010 in San Francisco.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 5, 2009

In a startup context, numbers like gross revenue are actually vanity metrics, not actionable metrics. For example, say that your business model calls for a 4% conversion rate – as ours did initially at IMVU. After a few months of early beta at IMVU, we discovered that our actual conversion rate was about 0.4%.

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San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment Startup 102

Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 8, 2010

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, February 8, 2010 Beware of Vanity Metrics (for Harvard Business Review) The next article in my series on entrepreneurship for Harvard Business Review is live today. Once again, we revisit the topic of Actionable metrics and their nemesis: Vanity metrics. Remember "metrics are people, too."

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 28, 2008

If you find yourself getting asked non-key questions, try to use your answers to steer the conversation back to the key questions. Startup Visa update ► February (5) Kiwi lean startup + Australia next Why diversity matters (the meritocracy business) Beware of Vanity Metrics (for Harvard Business Rev. Bring your questions.

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San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment DC 128

Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 14, 2009

Every board meeting, the metrics of success change. Time-to-complete-a-sale is not a bad metric for validated learning at this stage. Whats the right set of materials, conversations, etc. Thank you for your simple, insightful explanation of why that is the wrong metric to use. And yet, their investors are frustrated.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 24, 2009

So I generally feel right at home in these conversations. Despite all the energy invested in talking to authors about the size of their platform, very few gatekeepers have a rigorous set of metrics for measuring it. In other words, they are facing conditions of extreme uncertainty, just like startups. Is that a lot?

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San Francisco Lean Technical Review Distribution 113

Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 19, 2009

This is another sub-optimization caused by incentivizing the wrong metric. Given that most recruiting channels are pay-for-performance, its usually cheaper, too, because it has a lower conversion rate. April 23, 2010 in San Francisco. This is a variant of the time-quality-money fallacy , and it is not necessarily true.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 5, 2011

I have conversations with entrepreneurs and other VCs on a daily basis about fund raising, the prices of deals, how much companies should raise, etc. Another firm we saw tried to raise $15 million at a $60 million pre-money with similar metrics. I thought I’d post on one of the topics before hand. Here’s the problem.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

he promised me he’d drop Corp Dev knowledge), who along with Aditi Maliwal (runs our FinTech practice) will be based in San Francisco. The Changing Venture Landscape was originally published in Both Sides of the Table on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

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Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

They adopt, measure, and manage key product performance metrics. A CTO is in the business of scale, for whatever an organization has as its core metrics. We facilitate Design Sprints in Austin, Houston, San Antonio, Dallas, New York, and San Francisco. Please email douglas@voltagecontrol.co What is a CTO?

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 8, 2009

There's lots of information about performance and metrics out there, as well as a peer expectation that being concerned about those things is an important part of being a competent engineer. April 23, 2010 in San Francisco. With product debt, your users pay the interest. But product debt doesn't have this focus.

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Software Review Design Software San Francisco 87

Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 3, 2009

Split-testing is great for linear optimization; making our landing pages, conversion rates, and retention metrics incrementally better day-in day-out. Startup Visa update ► February (5) Kiwi lean startup + Australia next Why diversity matters (the meritocracy business) Beware of Vanity Metrics (for Harvard Business Rev.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 14, 2009

Most importantly, if you know a high-quality entrepreneur who you think would add to the conversation, would you be willing to try and convince them to attend? Startup Visa update ► February (5) Kiwi lean startup + Australia next Why diversity matters (the meritocracy business) Beware of Vanity Metrics (for Harvard Business Rev.

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Lean San Francisco Continuous Deployment Software Review 60

Version One Ventures

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

I always learn a ton from him and this conversation was no exception. For example, it doesn’t make sense to combine an order in San Francisco and an order in Austin into one trip or send a shopper in Austin to deliver in SF. So, by definition, San Francisco and Austin are different zones. slow death).

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San Francisco Metrics Demand Austin 133

crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 5, 2013

Measuring What Matters: How To Pick A Good Metric – [link]. Measuring What Matters: How To Pick A Good Metric – [link]. Customers Don’t Want Ads, They Want A Conversation | Fast Company – [link]. Measuring What Matters: How To Pick A Good Metric – [link]. Chicago-based BrightTag ranked #4!

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 29, 2009

Darn good - I have struggled in relevant conversations with our in house move to scrum/agile. Startup Visa update ► February (5) Kiwi lean startup + Australia next Why diversity matters (the meritocracy business) Beware of Vanity Metrics (for Harvard Business Rev. April 23, 2010 in San Francisco.

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www.clickz.com

JANUARY 7, 2013

Actionable Analysis Analyzing Customer Data Conversion & ROI ROI Marketing Verifying Business Value. Ad Industry Metrics. Adding to this pressure, social media conversion rates are low relative to other marketing strategies. The reality is that social media has low conversion rates relative to email, according to Monetate.

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 2, 2010

By all accounts, the conversation was a success. By all accounts, the conversation was a success. Startup Visa update ► February (5) Kiwi lean startup + Australia next Why diversity matters (the meritocracy business) Beware of Vanity Metrics (for Harvard Business Rev. April 23, 2010 in San Francisco.

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San Francisco Continuous Deployment Lean DC 149

Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 11, 2010

Two Ways to Hold Entrepreneurs Accountable Beware of Vanity Metrics Im a little late on the cross-post, but hope youll enjoy it nonetheless. The Conversation - Harvard Business Review For Startups, How Much Process Is Too Much? You can view previous entries: Is Entrepreneurship a Management Science?

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San Francisco Continuous Deployment Lean DC 120

Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 1, 2013

It will feature a conversation that gets into the details of how non-profit and mission-driven organizations are making use of Lean Startup methods to get closer to their goals, faster. And "Lean Impact" offers a reference point for people to start that conversation—there is real power in naming.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

On December 11—for VIP and Gold pass holders only—we’re holding a day of hands-on workshops with top Lean Startup experts and private startup site visits around San Francisco. VIP pass holders get priority seating for keynotes and invitations to private lunches.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

Product managers have the exciting responsibility of establishing the goals, roadmap and tracking metrics of their product (among many other duties), and also the less-glamorous but equally-important task of taking care of all the blocking and tackling required?—?from These managers have a tendency to steamroll conversations.

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Software By Rob

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

Business of Software is a conference organized by Neil Davidson and Joel Spolsky , and was held this year in San Francisco. Overall, Dharmesh’s talk was filled with behind the scenes metrics from his company, HubSpot , and actionable points for SEO, Twitter, and social media. Build a better user of [X].&#

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 28, 2010

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. April 23, 2010 in San Francisco. Startup Lessons Learned - the Conference (April 23.

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