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Amazing lean startup resources

Startup Lessons Learned

For the many entrepreneurs that send me cold emails asking for me to review a business plan or answer a strategic dilemma: Im much more likely to answer if youve already tried getting an answer on the mailing list. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. Youll probably get a better result, anyway.

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Lessons Learned: Don't launch

Startup Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Friday, March 13, 2009 Dont launch Heres a common question I get from startups, especially in the early stages: when should we launch? The problem is that customers dont read your business plan. Know what the success metrics are for the launch. March 13, 2009 1:50 PM dan simard said.

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It's a startup, not a spreadsheet

Startup Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Friday, June 5, 2009 It’s a startup, not a spreadsheet Some people, when they start to realize the power of using data to inform their decisions, become obsessed with optimization. Certainly venture-backed startups don’t have this luxury – every business plan has a model in it.

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Lessons Learned: What is customer development?

Startup Lessons Learned

Most likely, your business plan is loaded with opinions and guesses, sprinkled with a dash of vision and hope. March 14, 2009 8:34 AM Can Sar said. April 11, 2009 1:22 AM CeeTee said. Thanks I get a copy for myself for xmas December 10, 2009 7:28 PM Jamie Flinchbaugh said. Very well written article. Great post.

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Lessons Learned on Mashable today

Startup Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Friday, January 2, 2009 Lessons Learned on Mashable today I had the good fortune to be asked to write a guest post over at Mashable , which is running today, called HOW TO: Raise Money in a Down Economy. January 2, 2009 11:54 AM Daniel Davie said. January 2, 2009 4:48 PM Chris Desouza said.

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Good enough never is (or is it?)

Startup Lessons Learned

No vanity metrics should be looked at. When we’re talking about being disciplined, following our methodology with rigor, continuous improvement, there is no such thing as good enough. No vanity metrics should be looked at. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. No press should be allowed.

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Waves of technology platforms

Startup Lessons Learned

Some combination of the dot-com crash and a just terrible business plan prevented us from having to take our scalability problems to the next level. Startup Visa update ► February (5) Kiwi lean startup + Australia next Why diversity matters (the meritocracy business) Beware of Vanity Metrics (for Harvard Business Rev.