Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 3, 2009

In a lot of cases, this requires a lot of energy invested in talking to customers or metrics and analytics. You refer to an anonymous Valley-based MMORPG that consumed years and tens of millions in development, but got little commercial traction. In fact, MVP is quite annoying, because it imposes extra overhead. Thank you. Thanks Eric.

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The Startup Magazine

MAY 12, 2022

While it is unclear how much Google uses speed as a metric, what is clear is how users treat a slow-loading website. Facebook then cross-references with its database to create a lookalike audience that shares similar characteristics to the profile you specified. Stagnancy will allow other more agile marketers to leapfrog you.

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eCommerce Analytics Framework Mobile 158

crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 30, 2019

The right metrics will let you know what’s working and what isn’t. This data (among other metrics) is what allows us to intelligently optimize our efforts. Lean marketing is about building and executing quickly so that you can learn from the results. Data is one of your most important lean marketing tools. And deliver.

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Occam's Razor

JUNE 28, 2011

Web Analysts are blessed with an immense amount of data, and an amazing amount of valuable, even sexy, metrics to understand business performance. Yet our heroic efforts to report the aforementioned sexy metrics lead to little business action. Since crappy sounds bad, let's just say you are reporting super lame metrics.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 31, 2010

Its in reverse-chronological order, so start with page 3 or just use Seans handy reference. Its in reverse-chronological order, so start with page 3 or just use Seans handy reference. (You can read the rest of his posts on his blog : Introduction , Part 1 , Part 2.) All video from the conference is available for free at Justin.tv

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 29, 2009

I hope to show why lean and agile techniques actually reduce the negative impacts of technical debt and increase our ability to take advantage of its positive effects. Yet other agile principles suggest the opposite, as in YAGNI and DoTheSimplestThingThatCouldPossiblyWork. Reconciling these principles requires a little humility.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 2, 2008

Alas, they arent published in a dead-tree medium yet, so I cant say something like "they are the essential reference on my bookcase." Startup Visa update ► February (5) Kiwi lean startup + Australia next Why diversity matters (the meritocracy business) Beware of Vanity Metrics (for Harvard Business Rev. Expo SF (May.

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OnlyOnce

JUNE 30, 2022

A brand marketer on my leadership team years ago referred to it somewhat derisively as a “tweener” function, one of those things that’s not quite marketing and not quite product. And she believes in Agile Marketing , which is always a plus in my book (and I find rare in marketers).

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Silicon Valley Agile Venture Capital Framework 62

crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

How Do You Reference Check a VC? Entrepreneurs: Beware of Vanity Metrics - [link]. Excellent post about agile software development & some pitfalls of agility - [link]. Micro marketing: 5 tips for small business and startups – [link]. Startup Priorities: Is Design More Important Than Engineering?

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 77

crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2018

There are three parts to a good competitive analysis: (1) defining the metrics and identifying the competitors you’re comparing, (2) gathering the data, and (3) the analysis. You’re going to need some brand health metrics to track. Start by defining what metrics are important. 3) Develop personas for your target customers.

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Marketing Charlotte Naming Design 162

Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 20, 2008

When I first encountered agile software techniques, in the form of extreme programming , I thought I had found the answer. I explained it to people this way: agile lets you make the trade-offs visible to whole company, so that they can make informed choices. Even worse, agile wasnt really helping me ship higher quality software.

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 14, 2009

Every board meeting, the metrics of success change. Go on an agile diet quickly. With a product development team that is not shipping, any agile methodology will surface major problems quickly. Time-to-complete-a-sale is not a bad metric for validated learning at this stage. And yet, their investors are frustrated.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 3, 2009

In order to give people the data they need to apply the strategy, we were very open with our company metrics, making all reports generally available and easy to run. When you think a certain feature will give a 50% boost to a given metric, and it only eeks out a 5% boost, you cant spin that as failure. March 9, 2009 8:35 AM Eric said.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 28, 2010

First, because the amateurs weren’t SEC-registered, the site had to refer to them with awkward terms like “geniuses.&# First, because the amateurs weren’t SEC-registered, the site had to refer to them with awkward terms like “geniuses.&# Within a month, kaChing observed several interesting things. Expo SF (May.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 5, 2008

So, for reference, I am Adam, of [link]. 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? sadly, this blog forces you to use a google account. Expo SF (May.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 8, 2009

That’s because many of our reports feed us vanity metrics: numbers that make us look good but don’t really help make decisions. Yet even among those who have access to good actionable metrics, I’ve noticed a phenomenon that prevents taking maximum advantage of data. Too much of this data is non- actionable.

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San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment DC 84

steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

Github - Free public repositories, collaborator management, issue tracking, wikis, downloads, code review, graphs Pivotal Tracker – Agile project management tool that enables real time collaboration. It’s more reference material. WebSequenceDiagrams - sketch sequence diagrams. Thus, these pages.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 30, 2008

If youre trying to design an architecture to maximize agility, how can that work if some people are working in TDD and others not? I am very impressed and will use this and a direct reference many times. But along the way, something strange happened. And what about if deployment takes forever? This is more than just an "I think so."

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 29, 2010

And do I still need to get out of the building if Ive got great metrics and surveys?" Of course, readers of this blog know that the lean in "lean startup" doesnt refer to cost, but - rather - to Lean Thinking. And do I still need to get out of the building if Ive got great metrics and surveys?" I think this is a fair question.

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San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment DC 120

Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 15, 2009

The agile software movement has made numerous contributions: continuous integration, which helps accelerate feedback about defects; story cards and kanban that reduce batch size; a daily stand-up that increases tempo. One is used by engineers to refer to the process of getting code fully integrated into production. Expo SF (May.

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Continuous Deployment Software Review San Francisco Lean 167

Steve Blank

APRIL 9, 2009

But what I wanted was an agile marketing team capable of operating independently without day-to-day direction. And the results weren’t the traditional PR metrics of number of articles or inches of ink. We were constantly creating metrics to see the effects of different PR messages, channels and audiences on end-user purchases.

Silicon Valley 268

Silicon Valley Technical Review RSS PR 268

www.ere.net

JULY 15, 2012

Common reason for failure: no metric or feedback mechanism to measure the percentage of applications that were routed to the wrong job. Common reason for failure: the absence of a metric or feedback mechanism to measure the percentage of applications that were misclassified or that advanced without meeting minimum standards.

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Occam's Razor

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

But each keyword gets "credit" for other metrics. please refer to the controlled experimentation section, page 205, in the book for more. Parleo_ Q : what is most superficially tempting metric that is almost never worth worrying about? And this has to be a continuous approach and not discreet.

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Analytics Web Non-Compete Metrics 94

www.women2.org

MARCH 8, 2012

References: My references checked out. The application requires several references, who they actually reach out to and assess your credibility as a candidate. The Alchemist Series: Customer Development and Metrics. I was highly impressed with the caliber of individuals. For more info and to register, click here.

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Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

To be clear, though, this diversity refers only to diversity of opinion, not necessarily to demographic diversity. To be clear, though, this diversity refers only to diversity of opinion, not necessarily to demographic diversity. So why is demographic diversity important? Demographic diversity is an indicator. Expo SF (May.

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 18, 2010

Lean, when used in the context of lean startup, refers to a process of building companies and products using lean manufacturing principles applied to innovation. Lean, when used in the context of lean startup, refers to a process of building companies and products using lean manufacturing principles applied to innovation. Expo SF (May.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 2, 2009

It would make article more approachable initially, and easier to scan when I go back to reference it. 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? Expo SF (May.

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San Francisco Lean Technical Review Software Review 164

ReadWriteStart

MARCH 27, 2011

Flip startups are agile startups that aim to exit quickly. 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). The development part is similar to a lean startup: you want to be agile. A good way to get attention is to get catchy metrics.

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Agile VC

NOVEMBER 9, 2015

It’s easiest to refer to that to get the details, but at a high level Square is roughly at a $1B annual gross revenue level today (excludes Starbucks deal – see next). Again if you refer to the Google spreadsheet I created , you can see the gross margins by product line and by year. Starbucks Deal. Gross Margins / Net Revenue.

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Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 30, 2008

They work steady hours, but not for lack of drive; their references say they have exceptional output. 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? Expo SF (May.

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San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment DC 83

Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 21, 2017

I could not be happier that O’Connor and her team are engaging the broader community and building the logic model that will become the basis for Austin’s Smart City transformation with transparency and with an authentic and holistic approach that includes a comprehensive examination of these (6) topic areas.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

What were you referring to? 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? Not being sarcastic here, I'm actually curious.) September 9, 2009 5:56 AM Dr. Bobsaid.

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andrewchenblog.com

MARCH 10, 2010

So instead, you just put a 10% or 25% version of the product out there (now commonly referred to as the Minimum Viable Product ) and do as little coding as possible to get there. I wrote an article a while back specifically on social community sites, called Social Design Explosion. Ideas for when and how to pay down product design debt?

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Technical Review Design Las Vegas Product 47

David Teten

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

Kappos: We added 5 new metrics with guide on how to use them on the site. We’ve revectored to an agile development methodology. Our models are we’ll be at 655 by end of this year, despite the fa. ct that filings are up 7.5% Our plan is to nose those numbers down over next few years. Now it’s way back up.

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Intellectual Property Detroit Technical Review Software Review 60

Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 4, 2009

And in MMOs, of course, it was a fiction-derived term for parallel servers which has managed to stick (many people refer to parallel VW servers as "shards" now). Startup Visa update ► February (5) Kiwi lean startup + Australia next Why diversity matters (the meritocracy business) Beware of Vanity Metrics (for Harvard Business Rev.

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Up and Running

JUNE 8, 2015

Whatever the case may be, here’s a quick refresher: Cash flow refers to the revenues a business generates (and collects) compared to expenses it pays out over a fixed period of time. Maybe your business has always been flush with cash, and you’ve never given the concept a second thought.

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 26, 2012

From there, they'd make the leap to "Series A," which used to refer to the first round of institutional capital invested. A company can validate its growth metrics, Bullpen believes, in as little as four to six months after its initial funding periods. You don't know if these deals are real; it's all an experiment.

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