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

Startup Lessons Learned

I had the opportunity to pioneer this approach to funnel analysis at IMVU, where it became a core part of our customer development process. To promote this metrics discipline, we would present the full funnel to our board (and advisers) at the end of every development cycle. They just ask "which hypothesis should I show?"

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Lessons Learned: What does a startup CTO actually do?

Startup Lessons Learned

Was the fact that we were primarily using PHP essential, or could we add new tools written in other languages? Was it an important or irrelevant fact that most of our web code was procedural and not object-oriented? The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? Expo SF (May.

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Lessons Learned on Mashable today

Startup Lessons Learned

My startup business (web development) is being shunned by virtually every other potential investor I approached thus far. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. January 2, 2009 4:48 PM Chris Desouza said.

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Lessons Learned: Greasemonkey compiler

Startup Lessons Learned

I know some of those compilers are no longer available (some are hosted, others are not), so I took the liberty of putting up a copy of the PHP Greasemonkey Compiler. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. BTW, its FF 3.07

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Waves of technology platforms

Startup Lessons Learned

Meanwhile, we were building our app in PHP, using a generic DB driver and mysql, "for the time being." Now you can build an app at true web scale without incurring any software costs, or any fixed hardware costs. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? Expo SF (May. .

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Lessons Learned: Lean hiring tips

Startup Lessons Learned

The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. Tell your Startup Visa story Speaking 2010: Webstock, GDC, Web 2.0, No departments The Five Whys for Startups (for Harvard Business R. Expo SF (May. . Expo SF (May.

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Happy blogiversary (my present: a brand new URL)

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130 posts (and dozens more that mercifully never saw the light of day), tons of comments, and, of course - you, the awesomest subscribers on the internet. I know, its not a new layout full of Web 2.0 Thats the internet for you. I can't believe that in the web 2.0 The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0.