Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 28, 2008

Most important slide: live demo Prototype product Key questions: what will it take to ship a working product? Startup Visa update ► February (5) Kiwi lean startup + Australia next Why diversity matters (the meritocracy business) Beware of Vanity Metrics (for Harvard Business Rev. whats the launch plan? whos on the marketing team?

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

Focus on the output metrics of that part of the product, and you make the problem a lot more clear. To promote this metrics discipline, we would present the full funnel to our board (and advisers) at the end of every development cycle. Max Levchin of Slide and Paypal has noted that 10% of Slides headcount is devoted to metrics only.

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Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 28, 2010

Their supposed lack of ambition was belied by the many cool demos and startups I got to meet. If youre in Europe, for example, keep an eye out for the innovative YikeBike , a new kind of personal transport device. Their supposed lack of ambition was belied by the many cool demos and startups I got to meet.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

The team was demoing their AJAX-powered map solution, the first of its kind, to senior management at Google. No vanity metrics should be looked at. The team was demoing their AJAX-powered map solution, the first of its kind, to senior management at Google. No vanity metrics should be looked at. No press should be allowed.

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