Startup Lessons Learned
OCTOBER 20, 2008
Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, October 20, 2008 The engineering managers lament I was inspired to write The product managers lament while meeting with a startup struggling to figure out what had gone wrong with their product development process. When a process is not working, theres usually somebody who feels the pain most acutely, and in that company it was the product manager.
Seeing Both Sides
OCTOBER 19, 2008
Earlier this year, I wrote a blog about how to prepare for the financing process , focusing in particular on follow-on financings. Some readers have pointed out to me that I left out a very key element of the due diligence process: what the process itself reveals about the nature of the entrepreneur to the VC. Many entrepreneurs I know underestimate the importance of their small and large actions during due diligence and the signals their behavior send to the VCs.
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BeyondVC
OCTOBER 22, 2008
Despite these tough times, there are still some bullheaded companies who think they can grow their way out of this mess or find the right M&A partner to bail them out. I can guarantee you that this is a recipe for disaster. I was on the phone today with the CEO of one our portfolio companies, and we were joking that we were in unprecedented times since we have been approached by a number of bankers about buying companies that are much larger than us. So if these bigger p
Pascal's View
OCTOBER 21, 2008
I just found an interesting blog, Customer Experience Matters , written by Bruce Temkin of Forrester Research. Temkin focuses in his business practice on customer experience, and his blog covers topics including management best practices. He recently identified Six New Management Imperatives , and he just posted a great piece on the importance of creating a strong and positive corporate culture. Having witnessed the destructive impact that dysfunctional corporate cultures ca
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Every startup and innovation project exists within an ecosystem that either helps or hurts that project. As innovation managers, we need to keep a pulse of that ecosystem and make sure we're helping those innovation projects we're managing every step of the way. In this webinar, Nick Noreña will walk through an Innovation Ecosystem Model that he and his team at Kromatic have developed to help investors, heads of product, teachers, and executives understand how they can best support innovation in
Startup Lessons Learned
OCTOBER 21, 2008
Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Tuesday, October 21, 2008 Lean startups vs lean companies Venture Hacks has a great article today on lean startups. They quote extensively from two of our most important thinkers: Taiichi Ohno , creator of the Toyota Production System, and Kent Beck , creator of extreme programming. If youre not familiar with their work, and how it relates to startups, this is a great place to start.
Jason Ball
OCTOBER 21, 2008
Yes, it's another bike post on my blog. I'm turning into a regular gear-head. The WSJ has a feature on cycling in London- approximately 500,000 trips are made via bicycle every day in London.
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Pascal's View
OCTOBER 18, 2008
How many venture-backed CEO's have reported that they have received multiple copies of the Sequoia PowerPoint , first from all of their VC directors, then their VC friends, and finally from random people who know they are working in a venture-backed company? Well, the 'don't-tell-anyone-it's-confidential-but here you-go' guerilla dissemination tactics have worked very well for the PR people at Sequoia. But is the 'be afraid' message that most people are highlig
Startup Lessons Learned
OCTOBER 22, 2008
Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Wednesday, October 22, 2008 Chucks Code & Learning: Learning to write tests that matter Chucks Code & Learning: Learning to write tests that matter Dont write tests for scenarios just because you can. Write tests that support a specific business need. Amen. 0comments: Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) Subscribe via email Blog Archive ► 2010 (48) ► October (3) Case Study: Rapid iteration with hardware The Lean
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Occam's Razor
OCTOBER 22, 2008
The Google Analytics team announced the release of seven features today. The next stage in the metamorphosis of the popular web analytics tool. Without a doubt the feature that I am most excited about is Advanced Segmentation. This has been a long time coming (can you sense my pushiness!), and in this post I wanted to share with you all how to use this awesome feature.
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