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Why Build, Measure, Learn – isn’t just throwing things against the wall to see if they work

Steve Blank

Waterfall Development. While it sounds simple , the Build Measure Learn approach to product development is a radical improvement over the traditional Waterfall model used throughout the 20 th century to build and ship products. The “build” step refers to building a minimal viable product (an MVP.) Lessons Learned.

Lean 120
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Fueling Your Growth With Facebook Groups And Communities

Duct Tape Marketing

22:24] Retention and recruitment have become really hot right now for a lot of organizations – what role can community play? [24:13] So about, this was like around 2000 ish, I think, or something like that. And so retention and recruitment have become, you know, really hot right now for a lot of our organizations.

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Crazy! 189 Answers To The Top Startup Questions On Your Mind

maplebutter.com

Product/Metrics (70%/30% time) * Get your product activation (sign-up + meaningful action) to 60% * then, Get your product retention to 20% weekly. Near shoring development with your team (ex: your team is based in Canada / India) is cool, but not outsourcing. It all depends on where you’re at. That’s your call.