Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 29, 2013

Last year, the co -founders of B ack to the Roots talked about their innovation accounting and how they were ignoring sales metrics in order to grow. So if you’ve got advice to share on implementing a continuous deployment framework, for example, we’re all eyes. Ok, nobody has asked this question yet.

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 14, 2009

Every board meeting, the metrics of success change. Time-to-complete-a-sale is not a bad metric for validated learning at this stage. Eric, I have Steves book and wish I had it for 1 couple of my earlier startups where the framework would have helped our team get on the same page. And yet, their investors are frustrated.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 8, 2008

I am continuously coaching people to get out and see what is really going on. But you still need a framework to be able to observe and process what you are seeing and hearing. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. Tom Peters called the Management By Walking Around - MBWA.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 8, 2009

This simple three-part framework underlies almost all discussions about technical design today, and it was clearly on display in the recent debates over technical debt. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. Commodity: A program should be suitable for the purposes for which it was intended.

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 26, 2009

Personally, the framework Ive found most helpful is MTVs "create, share, validate" feedback loop. Startup Visa update ► February (5) Kiwi lean startup + Australia next Why diversity matters (the meritocracy business) Beware of Vanity Metrics (for Harvard Business Rev. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2010

Because it has an RSS feed, one could also use "Unresolved Hoptoad Errors" as a metric influencing the continuous deployment system. There are several good unit testing frameworks for Rails, each with their own devotees. Theres a drop-in Rails plugin but this service could be used with any language.

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Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 11, 2009

Having had a number of years to try and answer this question at cocktail parties and social gatherings of all kinds, I thought Id try and expand on his framework a little, and then try and use these answers to help make suggestions for those who are trying to get people to buy virtual goods. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 1, 2009

LIKED: Y startups fail, cont deployment vs waterfall vs agile, small batches & learn fr biz metrics #leanstartup As concise a summary as Ive ever seen. Q: Does the Lean Startup framework work efficiently within a company of 2-3 people (think small)?" Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 22, 2009

Leading up to a pivot, each cycle, despite our best efforts, the metrics werent good enough. Instead of these dead-ends, use the problem and solution team framework and then: pivot, dont jump. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. Pivot, don't jump to a new vision Why Continuous Deployment?

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 16, 2013

But we couldn''t have identified this without having clear metrics (that high bug count) to assess our development process. As Shutterstock has grown, there are a few key elements to our continued development speed: Small, autonomous teams: The more a team can do on their own, the faster they can go.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 5, 2009

In this framework, we’ll tend to either invest in the proposed prevention or do nothing. If we’re practicing continuous deployment, we can be confident that we’ll be able to rush an emergency fix into production without risking introducing further problems. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 13, 2009

Know what the success metrics are for the launch. You create an entire framework of understanding and action based on your product/idea that sets it in motion in a self-sustaining way. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. When you have a strategy for the launch, which means knowing why youre doing it.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 6, 2008

For example, think of the phases of the synthesis framework: collecting feedback, processing and understanding it, choosing a new course of action. If you ever have the opportunity to remove a feature without impacting the customer experience or business metrics - do it. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 1, 2009

In the meantime, I hope some of you will find the lean startup a helpful framework. Startup Visa update ► February (5) Kiwi lean startup + Australia next Why diversity matters (the meritocracy business) Beware of Vanity Metrics (for Harvard Business Rev. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

It also has the nice side-effect of driving down the batch size of work, but thats for another post) This framework for making progress evident applies to more than just scheduling, of course. I used to think a giant flat-panel screen that broadcast our companys key metrics would be what was required to get everyone to pay attention to them.

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Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 7, 2008

Startup Visa update ► February (5) Kiwi lean startup + Australia next Why diversity matters (the meritocracy business) Beware of Vanity Metrics (for Harvard Business Rev. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. Tell your Startup Visa story Speaking 2010: Webstock, GDC, Web 2.0,

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Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 16, 2008

Our goal is to understand the metrics, mechanics, and levers of engagement. Lets look at a specific example, and start to think through what the metrics might look like if we attempted to measure it: Customer gets a synthetic message saying: "upload some photos!" Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 12, 2009

PHP can do what no other language or framework can (albeit django). The proliferation of high quality, best practices frameworks - such as CakePHP (rails for PHP), Zend Framework (my personal favorite), Simfony and Seagul just to name a few. and Rails as a web framework. Keep HTML HTML and Javascript Javascript.

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Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 12, 2009

a guide for hackers) (This post was inspired by a conversation with Nivi from Venture Hacks , but is otherwise not his fault) There has been a proliferation of frameworks and metaphors lately that are designed to help startups avoid the all-too-common fatal mistake of failing to find a market. Expo (and a call for he.

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Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 7, 2008

Each experiment is like a little mystery, and if you can get into a mindset of open-mindedness about the answer, the answers will continually surprise and amaze you. A few days ago I open-sourced a framework for split-testing, A/B testing or continous optimization. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n.

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