Startup Lessons Learned
SEPTEMBER 2, 2008
Scalable systems are no exception - if your assumptions about how many customers youll have, or how they will behave are just a little bit wrong, you can wind up with a massive amount of wasted code. You can also download our presentation, " Just-In-Time Scalability: Agile Methods to Support Massive Growth."
Steve Blank
JULY 30, 2009
If that’s you, by all means hire a VP of Sales with a great rolodex and call on established mainstream companies – and ignore the rest of this post. It’s one of the subtle distinctions that at times gets lost in the process. Market Type But most startups aren’t in existing markets.
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Startup Lessons Learned
SEPTEMBER 15, 2008
I usually use a "funnel report" that looks like this: Control Hypothesis A Hypothesis B Registered 1000 (100%) 1000 (100%) 500 (100%) Downloaded 650 (65%) 750 (75%) 200 (40%) Chatted 350 (35%) 350 (35%) 100 (20%) Purchased 100 (10%) 100 (10%) 25 (5%) In this case, you could run the report for any time period.
Startup Lessons Learned
SEPTEMBER 6, 2008
I tried your compiler and it generted the XPI file but when I link to it and click the link it actually downloads the binary into my browser window instead of popping up the Firefox plugin window. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? 2comments: Matthew Quinlan said.
Startup Lessons Learned
SEPTEMBER 18, 2008
For example, we used to be baffled at IMVU by the significant minority of people who would download the software but never chat with anyone. b) If your product has areas where people read and then different areas where people interact, are there ways to do metrics to determine where people spend their time? So why you?
Startup Lessons Learned
SEPTEMBER 18, 2008
I downloaded and tried all four of them (because I had time to kill) - and Im still not sure which one was the best. Nevertheless, we are getting healthy downloads, and anecdotal evidence suggests that its often from people just browsing through apps. Do most people know what kind of app they want?
Up and Running
MAY 23, 2016
If you don’t yet have a team yet, list the roles you need to hire for. Also, make a bullet list of the marketing activities that will drive customers to your door. If you don’t yet have a team yet, list the roles you need to hire for. Free Subscription Sales Forecast Template [DOWNLOAD]. Want Customer Loyalty?
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