Acquisition Agile Continuous Deployment Product Development 
Startup Lessons Learned
SEPTEMBER 22, 2008
is an elegant way to model any service-oriented business: Acquisition Activation Retention Referral Revenue We used a very similar scheme at IMVU, although we werent lucky enough to have started with this framework, and so had to derive a lot of it ourselves via trial and error. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n.
Startup Lessons Learned
AUGUST 2, 2008
Its the same with acquisitions. Kent Beck keynote, "To Agility, and Beyond" Six streaming locations Interviews ► March (7) New conference website, speakers, agenda Two new scholarship programs for lean startups Speed up or slow down? Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. Expo SF (May.
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Startup Lessons Learned
APRIL 14, 2009
Their product definition fluctuates wildly – one month, it’s a dessert topping, the next it’s a floor wax. Their product development team is hard at work on a next-generation product platform, which is designed to offer a new suite of products – but this effort is months behind schedule.
Startup Lessons Learned
SEPTEMBER 2, 2008
In a subscription business, maybe your attrition starts matching your acquisition, balancing like magic. Or your cost of customer acquisition just magically floats up to match your customer lifetime value. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. Nothing seems to matter. Expo SF (May.
Startup Lessons Learned
JUNE 21, 2010
Even for companies that essentially have only one product, the value the company creates is located not in the product itself but with the people and their organization who built it. To see proof of this, simply observe the results of the large majorities of corporate acquisitions of startups. Expo SF (May.
Startup Lessons Learned
OCTOBER 7, 2008
The App Store is a channel for customer acquisition. This is completely analogous to the situation elsewhere on the internet, where launching a new website, product, or service with PR is getting harder and harder. Having that data will let you pick an acquisition strategy that is appropriate for your app. So what can you do?
Startup Lessons Learned
MARCH 24, 2009
Why, we just unified acquisition and engagement! But from a pragmatic perspective I think its a dangerous thing to rely on when making concrete product decisions. I do think the concept allows us to unify acquisition and engagement, and is important for that reason. helping you balance engagement vs acquisition.
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