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Why diversity matters (the meritocracy business)

Startup Lessons Learned

Two others – that each team member give their input independently and that the results be objectively aggregated – are also key parts of building a meritocracy. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? So why is demographic diversity important?

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It's a startup, not a spreadsheet

Startup Lessons Learned

It’s entirely possible for the startup to be a massive success without having large aggregate numbers, because the startup has succeeded in finding a passionate, but small, early adopter base that has tremendous per-customer behavior. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup?

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Business ecology and the four customer currencies

Startup Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, December 14, 2009 Business ecology and the four customer currencies Lately, I’ve been rethinking the concept of “business model&# for startups, in favor of something I call “business ecology.&# Some ecosystems are stable, others malign, and others grow and prosper.

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Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases non-events

Startup Lessons Learned

Recently, he was bitten by the lean startup bug and has started writing about his experiences attempting to apply lean startup and customer development principles. Managing weekly releases got a lot harder once I started doing customer development. Things started to slip. Things started to slip.

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Lessons Learned: Validated learning about customers

Startup Lessons Learned

(Steve calls this just Customer Validation , but I like to emphasize the learning aspect, so I accept a far more awkward phrase.) First of all, it means that most aggregate measures of success, like total revenue, are not very useful. Labels: agile , customer development 15comments: Scott Shapiro said.

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Assessing fit with the Wisdom of Crowds

Startup Lessons Learned

In order to get optimal results from a group-based effort, you need three things: diversity, Independence , and an objective method for aggregating results. Aggregate results carefully. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? Not all crowds are wise. cause disaster.

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Lessons Learned: Please teach kids programming, Mr. President

Startup Lessons Learned

But aggregated across many schools, there are thousands or tens of thousands of them. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? No departments The Five Whys for Startups (for Harvard Business R. ► May (3) Thank you Philosophy Helps Start-Ups Move Faster (WSJ on the. .