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Lessons Learned: What does a startup CTO actually do?

Startup Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Tuesday, September 30, 2008 What does a startup CTO actually do? But I dont think most startups really have a need for someone to do that on a full time basis. That means knowing whats written and whats not, what the architecture can and cant support, and how long it would take to build something new.

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Learning is better than optimization (the local maximum problem)

Startup Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Wednesday, April 7, 2010 Learning is better than optimization (the local maximum problem) Lean startups don’t optimize. There are often counter-intuitive changes in customer behavior that depend on little details. Split-testing seems fundamentally at odds with that approach.

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Marching through quicksand

Startup Lessons Learned

In other words, they are facing conditions of extreme uncertainty, just like startups. The other revels in the world as we all know it will be someday: limitless distribution enabled by new technologies, the importance of collaborative filters, and on-demand availability of all content for end-users.

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Lessons Learned: The metrics and levers of engagement.

Startup Lessons Learned

Most of the content for my presentation is drawn from my original article on engagement loops , with new diagrams courtsey of my friends at Kontagent and a few new examples. When I work with startups on improving engagement, I really try to emphasize the importance of their most powerful lever: positioning. Impressive.

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Tell your Startup Visa story

Startup Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Sunday, February 7, 2010 Tell your Startup Visa story Ive been promising big Startup Visa -related news on Twitter for a few weeks. There is news, its very exciting, and I still cant share it. Weve created a place where you can tell your Startup Visa story anonymously if youd like.

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The cardinal sin of community management

Startup Lessons Learned

So we had to start enforcing new content policies that restricted what kinds of virtual goods could be bought and sold on IMVU. For example, we spent some time researching the usage of virtual goods that would be disallowed under the new policy and were relieved to discover that they accounted for less than 0.1% of all usage.

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Lessons Learned: Net Promoter Score: an operational tool to.

Startup Lessons Learned

It is an essential lean startup tool that combines seemingly irreconcilable attributes: it provides operational, actionable, real-time feedback that is truly representative of your customers experience as a whole. It is described in detail by Fred Reichheld in his book The Ultimate Question: Driving Good Profits and True Growth.

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