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

Startup Lessons Learned

For example, by making this button green, did more people click on it? That green button was part of a customer flow, a series of actions you want customers to complete for some business reason. You just constantly test little micro-changes and follow a hill-climbing algorithm to build your product. One last note on reporting.

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Lessons Learned: What does a startup CTO actually do?

Startup Lessons Learned

Own the development methodology - in a traditional product development setup, the VP Engineering or some other full-time manager would be responsible for making sure the engineers wrote adequate specs, interfaced well with QA, and also run the scheduling "trains" for releases. Labels: product development 15comments: mukund said.

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Lessons Learned: Please teach kids programming, Mr. President

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May 16, 2009 1:52 PM Todd Green said. You can find out more at: manning.com/sande Many thanks in advance, Todd -- Todd Green Manning Publications Co. Twylite makes a good point, what good is a programmer if they dont have the necessary skills to be able to promote and sell their ideas/programs to the world? Hello Eric, Great post.

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Marching through quicksand

Startup Lessons Learned

When I reviewed a recent product development book, it immediately shot up to Amazon sales rank 300. The biggest lost opportunity of all, though, is this one: we no longer need to rely on scarcity or status-oriented measures to filter which projects should get the green light. My blog has over 14000 subscribers, for example.

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Support the Startup Founders Visa with a tweet

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Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Saturday, September 19, 2009 Support the Startup Founders Visa with a tweet Its been an exhilarating first day here in Washington DC for the Geeks on a Plane tour. After a full day of talking, debating, thinking, and strategizing, we feel about read to take some good old-fashioned action.

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More video "what to do if customers don't like your (initial.

Startup Lessons Learned

Lawrence Green Thanks for reading, listening, and watching. Think of one concrete thing you can do in the next 24 hours to move you closer to this." Long pause. Thanks for listening." Kyle Maxwell Inspiring presentation, makes the daunting process of putting together a startup seem just a bit less daunting.

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The Steve Jobs method

Startup Lessons Learned

Having so few products means Apple can dedicate enormous resources to each project once it gets the green light. Also SJ's obsession with better taste (positively) contributes to the overall product development process. There are some good anecdotes about Chief Engineers in the Toyota Product Development Book.