Remove services experimentation-program-advisory-workshop
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Innovation inside the box

Startup Lessons Learned

Ironically, meetings like this had given data and experimentation a bad name inside this company. I asked the team to consider creating what I call a sandbox for experimentation. Putting a system like this in place is relatively easy; especially for any kind of online service. What a waste. And who can blame them? What a waste.

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Embrace technical debt

Startup Lessons Learned

Many legacy projects become completely swamped servicing the debt caused by past mistakes. In addition, third-party services and API’s enabled us to do more with less, but at a cost: taking on the technical debt of products and teams outside our direct control. It was still a good trade. Not all debts are created equal.