Business Plan Continuous Deployment Design Metrics 
Startup Lessons Learned
SEPTEMBER 27, 2010
This is precisely the dilemma that the doctrine of minimum viable product is designed to solve. When people start using quality, reliability, or design as an excuse to delay, it used to make me nervous, even when these suggestions were well intentioned. No vanity metrics should be looked at. And it’s really hard.
Startup Lessons Learned
JANUARY 12, 2010
For the many entrepreneurs that send me cold emails asking for me to review a business plan or answer a strategic dilemma: Im much more likely to answer if youve already tried getting an answer on the mailing list. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. Youll probably get a better result, anyway.
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Startup Lessons Learned
DECEMBER 14, 2009
I had a lot of use for this concept back when I worked on game design and virtual worlds. In order to maintain game play balance, game designers have to take into account the needs of customers who have an excess of four different assets: time , money , skill , and passion. Having a balanced ecosystem is what game designers strive for.
Startup Lessons Learned
JUNE 5, 2009
Certainly venture-backed startups don’t have this luxury – every business plan has a model in it. In a startup context, numbers like gross revenue are actually vanity metrics, not actionable metrics. If you haven't already, you should check out Discovery Driven Planning.
Startup Lessons Learned
JANUARY 2, 2009
The core of the article is my first attempt to articulate the key metrics (in graph form) that I believe demonstrate customer value. My startup business (web development) is being shunned by virtually every other potential investor I approached thus far. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n.
Startup Lessons Learned
NOVEMBER 8, 2008
This is a self-published book, originally designed as a companion to Steves class at Berkeleys Haas school of business. Most likely, your business plan is loaded with opinions and guesses, sprinkled with a dash of vision and hope. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. Heres the catch.
Startup Lessons Learned
OCTOBER 6, 2008
They need to incorporate customer feedback into the product development and business planning process. The site hung on to its design philosophy of being an island cut off from the rest of the Web, and paid the price. Its pretty easy to optimize our business to serve one of employees, customers or shareholders.
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