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. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0.

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steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

Useful blogs and links for startups Click Here ————– 2.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 2, 2008

Its the same with acquisitions. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. Tell your Startup Visa story Speaking 2010: Webstock, GDC, Web 2.0, The key to closing deals is never to stop pursuing alternatives.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 30, 2009

We can capitalize on new customers. As with many Silicon Valley failures, a flawless PR launch turned into a flawed customer acquisition strategy. I myself didnt understand it until I had the opportunity to view that failure through the lens of the customer development theory. Expo SF (May. . Expo SF (May.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 5, 2013

I remember trying to search for the best college for my son and the top ski resort for a family vacation, only to find scam sites promoting a “top 10″ list or “featured” options, meaning they were getting paid to promote them. Lean Start-up Connection: Customer Development. Customer Development'

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Steve Blank

MARCH 18, 2011

Tech IPOs were a receding memory, and mergers and acquisitions became the only path to liquidity for startups. VC’s went back to basics, to focus on building companies while their founders worked on building customers. Startups could now get a first version of a product out to customers in weeks/months rather than months/years.

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Duct Tape Marketing

AUGUST 29, 2014

Another useful report is Channels (Acquisition > Channels) with the “Mobile Traffic” segment applied. In the table below the chart, you will see a list showing whether Social, Email or another channel is the primary source for your traffic. Web Analytics and Google Google Analytics, is a great, free tool to help you.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 7, 2010

We’ll build the class around the business model / customer development / agile development solution stack. Their objective is to get users, orders, customers, etc. and if a web-based product, a minimum feature set,) all delivered in 10 weeks. Class 1 Jan 4 th Intro/Business Model/Customer Development.

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 14, 2009

(For more on how this plays into the process of scaling up, see the Customer Creation stage of the customer development model.) But in the meantime, by iterating on their product with customers, they have a chance to get there on their own. Labels: agile , customer development 15comments: Scott Shapiro said.

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

An additional list of business resources for startups is available here. From premium paid subscription databases to free tools showcasing new startups and startup maps, The Ultimate Startup Intelligence Tools List is guaranteed to help you get your research done. Amazon Web Services. Steve Blank on Lean Customer Development.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 24, 2009

It then proceeds to list a whole host of cool new features the Warhammer team has added since I last logged in. Somewhere buried in my brain is a list, called something like "Things to do when you want to zone out and still have a feeling of accomplishment and power." At the top of that list is WoW. Impressive.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 2, 2008

In a subscription business, maybe your attrition starts matching your acquisition, balancing like magic. In an eyeballs business, you just cant seem to acquire or activate that next step-up of customers. Or your cost of customer acquisition just magically floats up to match your customer lifetime value.

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Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 14, 2009

They run the clubs, forums, groups and mailing lists that make the game more fun overall. Each of these four currencies represents a way for a customer to “pay&# for services from a company. They run the clubs, forums, groups and mailing lists that make the game more fun overall. And this is true outside of games.

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 6, 2020

Your personalized campaigns, web pages, ad copy, are all fantastic ways to speak directly to your target market. You don’t need custom development to get the job done. Going back and forth with a developer is usually far from fast. Run Personalized Landing Page Campaigns. You can select specific segments. .

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 20, 2012

In Web/mobile apps, where multi-sided markets (separate users and payers) are often found, earlyvangelists can be users or payers. In both physical and Web/mobile channels, earlyvangelists display these common characteristics: They have a problem or need. MVPs for Web/Mobile Are Different.

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ReadWriteStart

MARCH 27, 2011

The idea is to build a hit that would make the founder(s) an appealing and quick talent acquisition (sometimes referred to as an acq-hire). This is lean development without any customer development. There is a growing amount of microfunding platforms, such as Kickstarter, Appbackr or A-List Games. Discuss.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

MARCH 11, 2014

So anyway, it sounds like it’s almost completely small organizations, under 1,000 people, and you listed a lot of folks who traditionally have low budgets. They have many, many man-years of development and customer development in them. But listing these things? Maybe they’re on Angel List, maybe not.

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viniciusvacanti.com

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

It’s actually pretty hard to find a good start-up job if you have no real engineering or user acquisition / product management skills. Did you try an option I didn’t list above? Big Picture Overview of All the Components of a Web Service [To Come] More to Come… Cliff Dailey This is a great post.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 7, 2008

The App Store is a channel for customer acquisition. I think its helpful to think about two kinds of competition for distribution: acquisition competition and retention competition. Acqusition competition is how new apps get new customers. On the web, we have many of these channels: SEM, SEO, world of mouth, PR and viral.

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maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

However, since you asked – next would be making a list of all the speakers at the events for my industry and personally reaching out to them for advice. The only problem is I haven’t found a problem or an industry – web, enterprise software, green tech, etc – where I feel passionate. That a list of a few ideas.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 21, 2010

To see proof of this, simply observe the results of the large majorities of corporate acquisitions of startups. To see proof of this, simply observe the results of the large majorities of corporate acquisitions of startups. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ▼ June (3) What is a startup?

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www.quora.com

JANUARY 16, 2011

" Web Development Startups Solo Founders I am a creative guy with a startup idea. Where is the best place to find a rockstar developer to bring it to life? " => I have not bothered to put up a landing page, survey to test customer demand, or done any customer development whatsoever.

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andrewchenblog.com

MARCH 10, 2010

Coupled with A/B testing, customer development, and thinking through business problems in a scientific, hypothesis-driven way, you end up with a powerful cocktail of techniques to build a modern startup in the most iterative way possible. @AndrewChen New here? You can also find more essays here.

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news.ycombinator.com

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

It sounds like youre assuming that your execution will be flawless, even something to be copied by competitors, but how can you know without testing it on the customer? Ideas are worthless when theyre another spin on a web 2.0 It was yet another Web 2.0 social network/web analysis/etc. Shocking, I know.

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Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 16, 2008

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. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

I put together a one-page website, a list of 100 people to reach out to, and a cold email script that would make seasoned sales professionals cringe. People like Web Smith from 2PM , and others in the D2C space, were advocating and sharing examples of brands who used content to build organic audiences.

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techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

I’m just really sick of how Techcrunch propagates this fairy tale scenario of web startups but spinning this best-case scenario success story as being the guide for others’ success when they really comes down to a number of jackpot background factors. It really needs some rounded corners for that web 2.0

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ConversionXL

JULY 3, 2014

With only 6% of senior executives believing that their companies understand their customers’ needs extremely well, it’s no wonder why customer acquisition and retention has become a substantial problem. The Case For Building Customer Personas Out Of Data-Driven Research. 3) Web & Exit Surveys.

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ConversionXL

MAY 22, 2014

These will be living documents that will include some of the best resources from here on ConversionXL and around the web. For Acquisition, we’re primarily asking how do first time visitors & potential customers find you? Recommended Reading: It’s Not a Conversion Problem, It’s a Customer Development Problem.

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www.rocketwatcher.com

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

Costs Cost per target – targets can be free (organic traffic, internal lists) or paid (from advertising, purchased lists). One other basic metric I’d add is “Cost per channel&# (web, print, tradeshow, etc…) and tie in how many each channel is generating, so you get a ROI by channel as well.

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