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Lessons Learned: The lean startup

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, September 8, 2008 The lean startup Ive been thinking for some time about a term that could encapsulate trends that are changing the startup landscape. After some trial and error, Ive settled on the Lean Startup. I like the term because of two connotations: Lean in the sense of low-burn.

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The Expert Guide to Creating a Marketing Growth Strategy

ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

This philosophy comes from The Lean Startup methodology , which relies on testing hypotheses to better understand your customers’ pain points and goals. To truly differentiate your brand, center your growth strategy around creating unique and personalized customer experiences. Product development. New channels.

Marketing

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The Customer Development Manifesto: The Startup Death Spiral (part.

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 7, 2009

This post describes how following the traditional product development can lead to a “startup death spiral.&# In the next posts that follow, I’ll describe how this model’s failures led to the Customer Development Model – offering a new way to approach startup sales and marketing activities.

Customer Development

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Structured customer dev – not to be missed.

The Equity Kicker

MARCH 26, 2018

Let me use the Jobs To Be Done (JTBD) framework for product development to explain why. I will give you a high-level summary here, but if you are building products then I recommend spending some time with Google to find out a bit more. So lots of entrepreneurs skimp on this vital piece of work. That’s a bad decision.

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Lessons Learned: The three drivers of growth for your business.

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

But because paid traffic is fundamentally a bidding war, its important that you have a differentiated ability to monetize customers better than other people who are bidding for the same traffic. For Neopets, its simply a side-effect of their game-like product design. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0.

San Francisco

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Vertical Markets 2: Customer/Market Risk versus Invention Risk.

Steve Blank

MAY 28, 2009

Market Risk vs. Invention Risk - Click to Enlarge For companies building web-based products, product development may be difficult, but with enough time and iteration engineering will eventually converge on a solution and ship a functional product - i t’s engineering, not invention.

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Four myths about the Lean Startup

Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 18, 2010

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Sunday, April 18, 2010 Four myths about the Lean Startup Myth: Lean means cheap. Lean startups try to spend as little money as possible. Truth: The Lean Startup method is not about cost, it is about speed. Myth: The Lean Startup methodology is only for Web 2.0/internet/consumer

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Tesla and Adobe: Why Continuous Deployment May Mean Continuous Customer Disappointment

Steve Blank

JANUARY 6, 2014

In the last few years Agile and “Continuous Deployment” has replaced Waterfall and transformed how companies big and small build products. Agile is a tremendous advance in reducing time, money and wasted product development effort – and in having products better match customer needs.

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How Codecademy Saw 5X Growth with Strategic Testing

ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

This test leaned on a psychological principle called the Rule of 100 , which suggests that users perceive dollar amounts over 100 as being greater in value than percentages, despite both equating to the same amount. For one, users experienced the whole product at once, so they weren’t able to differentiate between paid and free features.

Revenue

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Lean Startup webcast post-game

Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 1, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Friday, May 1, 2009 Lean Startup webcast post-game Wow, what an incredible turnout for webcast this morning, right on the heels of a phenomenal crowd at startup2startup last night. Its been a great twelve hours for the lean startup! wogsland : Still not understanding the "lean" aspect. What a thrill.

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Lean San Francisco Startup Continuous Deployment

Startup Marketing: The 4 Building Blocks of Brand Identity You Can’t Ignore

crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 13, 2016

When offering a new product or service it is important for a business to quickly demonstrate value to prospective customers and differentiate itself from the competition. Though most startups know the importance of brand identity, it can often take the back seat to more pressing matters such as product development or finances.

Marketing

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Customer Development Manifesto: Market Type (part 4) « Steve Blank

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

In future posts I’ll describe how Eric Ries and the Lean Startup concept provided the equivalent model for product development activities inside the building and neatly integrates customer and agile development. Market Type also affects the market size as well as how you launch the product into the market.

Customer Development

Customer Development Developer Customer Silicon Valley

Good enough never is (or is it?)

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

One of the sayings I hear from talented managers in product development is, “good enough never is.&# And, most importantly, it helps team members develop the courage to stand up for these values in stressful situations. This is precisely the dilemma that the doctrine of minimum viable product is designed to solve.

San Francisco

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How to Model Your Marketing Against the Product Lifecycle

ConversionXL

OCTOBER 7, 2021

These are the four stages of a product we’ll be focusing on. . However, on a more granular graph, the introduction phase would be preceded by a product development stage. This stage is used to determine the viability of your product and confirm when it should go to market. It also gives you a product to market.

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Lessons Learned: Three freemium strategies

Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 27, 2009

What differentiates this model from "free serves paid" is that the free users dont need to consciously do anything special to be valuable. We're keeping ourselves free for the community that has helped us build our product; premium vs basic seems wrong to us. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. Expo SF (May.

San Francisco

San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment DC

The Ultimate Guide to Starting a Software Company

Up and Running

MAY 23, 2016

Step 1: Start with a lean plan. It’s the fastest way to get your idea onto paper, and it’s the very first step in the lean planning process, which is much easier and more iterative than traditional business planning methods. Introducing Lean Planning: How to Plan Less and Grow Faster. How to Write a Traditional Business Plan.

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The Steve Jobs method

Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 1, 2009

One of the most common questions I get about the lean startup methodology is, "but what about Steve Jobs ?" He doesnt put out crappy, buggy products and then ask for feedback. So how do you reconcile his success with the lean startup, which seems to suggest the opposite?" And he doesnt shy away from big-bang launch events.

San Francisco

San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment DC

Lessons Learned: You buy virtual goods

Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 11, 2009

Many products derive all of their value from this utility, online as well as off: generic drugs are pretty similar to a number of non-epic consumables in your average MMOG. Perceived value - This is the extra value a customer perceives as a result of good marketing, product design, product quality, or exception product/market fit.

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Pivot, don't jump to a new vision

Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 22, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, June 22, 2009 Pivot, dont jump to a new vision In a lean startup , instead of being organized around traditional functional departments, we use a cross-functional problem team and solution team. Each has its own iterative process: customer development and agile development respectively.

San Francisco

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Strategy Roundtable: Professional Investors Do Not Invest In $20 Million Markets

www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 18, 2010

Chak has been able to get a couple of distributors in Singapore to buy his greeting cards designed by a community of artists, but is struggling to find a steady, repeatable model. He should then bootstrap his product development by using the consulting fees. This is her core market.

Marketing

Marketing Bootstrapping Incubator Angel Investor

Strategy Roundtable: Professional Investors Do Not Invest In $20 Million Markets

www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 18, 2010

Chak has been able to get a couple of distributors in Singapore to buy his greeting cards designed by a community of artists, but is struggling to find a steady, repeatable model. He should then bootstrap his product development by using the consulting fees. This is her core market.

Marketing

Marketing Bootstrapping Incubator Angel Investor

Common Growth Hacking Myths (and How Growth Actually Works)

ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 9, 2016

Startups are designed for astronomical growth. The key differentiator being the product-level focus vs. the channel-level focus of traditional marketing effort. And you need to understand the potential impact of product-economic fit so that you can be better prepared for it.”. Step 1: Product Development.

Retention

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90 Things I've Learned From Founding 4 Technology Companies

betashop.com

OCTOBER 8, 2012

I firmly believe that in this age where the product development life-cycle is so short and user feedback comes so quickly, you will know within a year whether you are focusing on a worthwhile one thing. Likewise, not a single designer gets approved to sell on Fab without Bradford’s input, review, and approval. Less is more.

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Three decisions to make on virtual goods

Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 11, 2008

Some products, like Habbo Hotel or World of Warcraft, employ professional artists and designers to create compelling virtual goods that players want to buy. Others, like IMVU or Second Life, rely almost exclusively on third-party developers to create goods. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. Expo SF (May.

San Francisco

San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment DC

How and Why to Develop a Competitive Matrix for Your Plan or Pitch

Up and Running

JUNE 20, 2016

Second, it can develop and explain positioning. It is a mainstay in pitch presentations, business plans, product development, strategy, and in-marketing messaging too (think advertising). In this context, the goal is establishing differentiators, and validating a market need, in the eyes of potential investors.

Developer

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16 Common Mistakes Young Startups Make

mashable.com

JUNE 11, 2013

Dont underestimate the importance of Minimum Viable Design. Your first product will likely be just a little bit ugly, and thats okay — its part of getting to market quickly and testing your idea in front of live customers. High virality is almost always the product of early and deliberate product design decisions.

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What is the perfect startup team?

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JANUARY 16, 2011

Find Questions, Topics and People Add Question Add Question Team Configuration 500 Startups Guerilla Marketing Organizations Entrepreneurship Startup Founders & Entrepreneurs Startups Startup Incubators and Seed Programs Seedcamp Y Combinator TechStars Lean Startups What is the perfect startup team?

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How Codecademy Saw 5X Growth with Strategic Testing

Lean Startup webcast post-game

Startup Marketing: The 4 Building Blocks of Brand Identity You Can’t Ignore

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Good enough never is (or is it?)

How to Model Your Marketing Against the Product Lifecycle

Lessons Learned: Three freemium strategies

The Ultimate Guide to Starting a Software Company

The Steve Jobs method

Lessons Learned: You buy virtual goods

Pivot, don't jump to a new vision

Strategy Roundtable: Professional Investors Do Not Invest In $20 Million Markets

Strategy Roundtable: Professional Investors Do Not Invest In $20 Million Markets

Common Growth Hacking Myths (and How Growth Actually Works)

90 Things I've Learned From Founding 4 Technology Companies

Three decisions to make on virtual goods

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