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Join the Lean Startup discussion at Web 2.0 Expo for free

Startup Lessons Learned

Ill do my best to match deserving people up with appropriate sponsors, and Ill be glad to recognize those that give on the blog and at the conference itself. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. Similarly, if youd like to be able to come but cannot for financial reasons, please drop me a line.

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Not crossing the chasm

Startup Lessons Learned

In a subscription business, maybe your attrition starts matching your acquisition, balancing like magic. Or your cost of customer acquisition just magically floats up to match your customer lifetime value. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. Nothing seems to matter. we dont talk enough about how it feels.

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The Lean Startup Tokyo edition

Startup Lessons Learned

For one, it doesnt match my experience having worked with some true visionaries at all. My belief is that what makes product visionaries awesome is their ability to have radical empathy for their customers, and then to rigorously hold teams accountable for building solutions that match that standard.

Lean 60
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No departments

Startup Lessons Learned

This feedback is a nasty trap, and it’s just how this room full of otherwise rational adults wound up in a screaming match about rounded corners. This feedback is a nasty trap, and it’s just how this room full of otherwise rational adults wound up in a screaming match about rounded corners. It was painful to watch.

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Lessons Learned: Validated learning about customers

Startup Lessons Learned

In these examples I was selling enterprise software where the vocab matched perfectly. Now that Im in a web based company Im finding a difficult match the framework, culturally. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. Tell your Startup Visa story Speaking 2010: Webstock, GDC, Web 2.0,

Customer 167
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Minimum Viable Product: a guide

Startup Lessons Learned

Its power is matched only by the amount of confusion that it causes, because its actually quite hard to do. 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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Lessons Learned: Three freemium strategies

Startup Lessons Learned

However, its not very useful to mix and match features from different models. Take a cohort of new customers and expose them to a completely different approach, and measure their behavior over time. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. Tell your Startup Visa story Speaking 2010: Webstock, GDC, Web 2.0,