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Lean Startup fbFund wrap-up

Startup Lessons Learned

davemcclure : amazing concepts on Continuous Development => "Cluster Immune System" @EricRies #LeanStartup @fbFund [link] dalelarson : Because most features take longer to argue and prioritize than to build. ericries #leanstartup Another new idea in the section on continuous deployment and the cluster immune system.

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Lessons Learned: Validated learning about customers

Startup Lessons Learned

Products can find sources of validation with impressive stats along a number of dimensions, such as high engagement, viral coefficient, or long-term retention. Whats the right set of materials, conversations, etc. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. The selling order.

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Marching through quicksand

Startup Lessons Learned

So I generally feel right at home in these conversations. And anytime you strike a deal for digital distribution of any content, insist that your creators be given real-time access to the big-picture metrics: not just downloads, but engagement, retention and replay. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n.

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Pivot, don't jump to a new vision

Startup Lessons Learned

Some startups fail because the founders cant have this conversation - they either blow up when they try, or they fail to change because they are afraid of conflict. Our challenge is in the customer retention, and we're in the process of doing segment pivot to validate our hypothesis that the other market segment has longer retention.

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Lessons Learned: The metrics and levers of engagement.

Startup Lessons Learned

At IMVU , we would routinely find retention effects that would stem from registration changes and have impact days or weeks later. Each of those levers -- conversion rate, action/user, msgs/action, etc. -- are important when thinking about how and why users engage with your product. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n.

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Engagement loops: beyond viral

Startup Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Tuesday, December 16, 2008 Engagement loops: beyond viral Theres a great and growing corpus of writing about viral loops, the step-by-step optimizations you can use to encourage maximum growth of online products by having customers invite each other to join. Have you struggled with engagement and retention?

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