Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 4, 2010

face an overwhelming incentive to say whatever it is that will sound good to their audience, regardless of whether it is true. Paul Graham is getting his startups the best advice he can in the best way he knows: by giving them exclusive access to off-the-record conversations that nobody else is privy to. And, of course, it sounds good.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

With a number of military men and women in the audience, I couldnt resist a plug. A lot of conversation was about what "the federal government" should do. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. Boyds ideas have inspired a lot of the principles underlying my work. once it launches. Startup=Experiment.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 27, 2009

In it, he mentions the core dilemma that all freemium companies face: the key is to create the right mix of features to segment out the people who are willing to pay, but without alienating the users who make up your free audience. Do it right, and your conversion rates might be as high as 20%.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 22, 2009

marymin : The later you fail, the bigger the audience that sees you fail - and the more you have at risk. This is the thinking that allowed us to overcome our fear of continuous deployment at IMVU. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. Our natural impulse is to wait and prevent problems.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 13, 2008

And then we would use that simple analytics system I mentioned to monitor the conversion rates of customers from each campaign. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. Towards a new entrepreneurship ► 2009 (88) ► December (4) Continuous deployment for mission-critical applica.

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 7, 2010

At least, not in the traditional sense of trying to squeeze every tenth of a point out of a conversion metric or landing page. At least, not in the traditional sense of trying to squeeze every tenth of a point out of a conversion metric or landing page. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 11, 2008

Be prepared to deal with excruciating judgements about what kind of content is appropriate for your audience. You may also struggle to keep up with changes in your audience. Youll need bundles, promotions, category and segment managers, and algorithms for upsell, cross-sell, and conversion optimization.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 11, 2009

In the middle of a serious conversation on the joys of motherhood or the stress of a career you might realize that the person you’re talking to is only 15. But to your point, you can't even have a conversation with them, they have made their decisions and moved on. But it also has some drawbacks. IMVU is one great tornado.

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