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Speed up or slow down? (for Harvard Business Review)

Startup Lessons Learned

Hence, cutting corners often paid huge dividends. Two Ways to Hold Entrepreneurs Accountable Beware of Vanity Metrics For Startups, How Much Process Is Too Much? Hence, cutting corners often paid huge dividends. Two Ways to Hold Entrepreneurs Accountable Beware of Vanity Metrics For Startups, How Much Process Is Too Much?

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Lessons Learned: Work in small batches

Startup Lessons Learned

Its had tremendous impact in many areas: continuous deployment , just-in-time scalability , and even search engine marketing , to name a few. When operating with continuous deployment, its almost impossible to have integration conflicts. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n.

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Lessons Learned: The one line split-test, or how to A/B all the time

Startup Lessons Learned

Thats when this approach can pay huge dividends. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. Two Ways to Hold Entrepreneurs Accountable (for Ha. Reports Lets start with the reporting side of the equation.

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How to conduct a Five Whys root cause analysis

Startup Lessons Learned

Luckily, in most prevention situations, even the first few steps in prevention can pay time-savings dividends quickly. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. Two Ways to Hold Entrepreneurs Accountable (for Ha.

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Lessons Learned: Refactoring yourself out of business

Startup Lessons Learned

If thats not a team-wide phenomenon, then its still a form of waste, because everyone has to learn every lesson before it starts paying dividends. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. Share what you learn.

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Lessons Learned: Inc Magazine on Minimum Viable Product (and a.

Startup Lessons Learned

Thats why some entrepreneurs are trying another approach to product launches: marketing a product online before spending much on research and development or inventory. This is the ultimate startup discipline, the hardest to master, and the one that pays biggest dividends. See “ It’s a startup, not a spreadsheet &# for more.)