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Lessons Learned: Using AdWords to assess demand for your new.

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If youre feeling charitable, you can add a third page that lets people know that the product isnt available right now, and that youll get back to them when it is. Enable Google Analytics tracking. You just have to sign up for Google Analytics, get your account number, and plug it into your site. Start an AdWords campaign.

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Case Study: kaChing, Anatomy of a Pivot

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If you havent seen it, Pascals recent presentation on continuous deployment is a must-see; slides are here. If you havent seen it, Pascals recent presentation on continuous deployment is a must-see; slides are here. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup?

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Datablindness

Startup Lessons Learned

Of course, I can still get access to the data about who’s signing up and when – and a lot more analytics, to boot – but I have to ask. So the product development team was busy creating lots of split-tests for lots of hypotheses. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n.

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How to Usability Test your Site for Free

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At Facebook we never did testing or looked at analytics. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. Thoughts on scientific product development Lo, my 5 subscribers, who are you?

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Four myths about the Lean Startup

Startup Lessons Learned

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. That process involves rapid hypothesis testing, validated learning about customers , and a disciplined approach to product development.

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Marching through quicksand

Startup Lessons Learned

Most importantly, it’s now possible to have detailed analytics on exactly what’s happening to messages and ideas as they flow through word-of-mouth channels. When I reviewed a recent product development book, it immediately shot up to Amazon sales rank 300. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n.

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Case Study: SlideShare goes freemium

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It requires separating the product launch from the marketing launch (see Dont Launch ) as well as other staple Lean Startup tactics: minimum viable product, split-testing, customer development and the pivot. If your company is using minimum viable product , you’ve probably said the same thing yourself.