Customer Development Metrics Product Development Retention 
Startup Lessons Learned
SEPTEMBER 22, 2008
Master of 500 Hats: Startup Metrics for Pirates (SeedCamp 2008, London) This presentation should be required reading for anyone creating a startup with an online service component. He also has a discussion of how your choice of business model determines which of these metric areas you want to focus on. Choose one.
Startup Lessons Learned
MARCH 24, 2009
Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Tuesday, March 24, 2009 The metrics and levers of engagement, presentation on Engagement Loops for Facebook Developer Garage SF Ill be presenting a talk at the Facebook Developer Garage SF Wednesday evening. You can learn more about the event here. Its hosted by Kontagent and sponsored by Intel.
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ConversionXL
FEBRUARY 9, 2016
They need products that are really working in the market. This means users love it, that there’s lots of retention and engagement, even at small numbers. Without metrics or data, a growth hacker can feel out of place and uncomfortably exposed. Andrew Chen , Uber : “Startups don’t need growth hackers – at first.
Startup Lessons Learned
JUNE 22, 2009
Each has its own iterative process: customer development and agile development respectively. Leading up to a pivot, each cycle, despite our best efforts, the metrics werent good enough. In a customer problem pivot, we try to solve a different problem for the same customer segment. It was painful.
Startup Lessons Learned
APRIL 14, 2009
Every board meeting, the metrics of success change. Their product definition fluctuates wildly – one month, it’s a dessert topping, the next it’s a floor wax. As a result, potential customers are being turned away; they can only afford to engage with the customers that are best qualified.
Steve Blank
MARCH 4, 2014
These groups are adapting or adopting the practices of startups and accelerators – disruption and innovation rather than direct competition, customer development versus more product features, agility and speed versus lowest cost. They measure their success on metrics that reflect success in execution, and they reward execution.
Startup Lessons Learned
SEPTEMBER 29, 2008
Turns out, what customers really meant was "let me use IMVU with somebody I dont know" so they could get a feel for the social features of the product without incurring the social risk of recommending it to their friend. Luckily, the metrics helped us figure out the difference. Lets run a thought experiment.
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