Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 5, 2010

While the customer development framework of Four Steps is universally relevant, The Entrepreneur’s Guide updates its practices for modern startups. While the customer development framework of Four Steps is universally relevant, The Entrepreneur’s Guide updates its practices for modern startups.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 12, 2009

PHP can do what no other language or framework can (albeit django). The proliferation of high quality, best practices frameworks - such as CakePHP (rails for PHP), Zend Framework (my personal favorite), Simfony and Seagul just to name a few. and Rails as a web framework. Keep HTML HTML and Javascript Javascript.

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 14, 2009

Their product definition fluctuates wildly – one month, it’s a dessert topping, the next it’s a floor wax. Their product development team is hard at work on a next-generation product platform, which is designed to offer a new suite of products – but this effort is months behind schedule.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 15, 2010

This whole framework breaks down when teams confront entrepreneurial situations in which theyre trying to build something new under conditions of extreme uncertainty. This whole framework breaks down when teams confront entrepreneurial situations in which theyre trying to build something new under conditions of extreme uncertainty.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 10, 2008

I am convinced one of Joel Spolskys lasting contributions to the field of managing software teams will turn out to be the Joel Test , a checklist of 12 essential practices that you could use to rate the effectiveness of a software product development team. Thoughts on scientific product development Lo, my 5 subscribers, who are you?

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 25, 2009

It will probably be the first time Ill be able to take extensive Q&A on some of the new frameworks Ill be debuting at Web 2.0 Ill be speaking about the lean startup in what I hope will be a more interactive setting than the usual lecture-with-slides. As always, if you decide to attend, please come say hello.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 8, 2008

Customer development is a parallel process to product development, which means that you dont have to give up on your dream. Our goal in product development is to find the minimum feature set required to get early customers. This is a common mistake. Tom Peters called the Management By Walking Around - MBWA.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 29, 2010

Tactics were discussed out of context, and there wasnt an overarching framework for figuring out what works for what kinds of companies, industries, and stages of growth. Tactics were discussed out of context, and there wasnt an overarching framework for figuring out what works for what kinds of companies, industries, and stages of growth.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 6, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, October 6, 2008 When NOT to listen to your users; when NOT to rely on split-tests There are three legs to the lean startup concept: agile product development , low-cost (fast to market) platforms , and rapid-iteration customer development. What can you do about it?

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 1, 2009

The only efforts a new product team should be expending are those that lead to validated learning about customers. In the meantime, I hope some of you will find the lean startup a helpful framework. Also SJ's obsession with better taste (positively) contributes to the overall product development process.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 22, 2009

Without the tools to pivot well, startups get stuck between two extremes: the living dead, still expending energy but not really making progress, always hoping the next new feature will cause traction to magically materialize, and the compulsive jumper, never picking a single direction long enough to find out if theres anything there.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 5, 2009

In this framework, we’ll tend to either invest in the proposed prevention or do nothing. In this framework, we’ll tend to either invest in the proposed prevention or do nothing. One way to evaluate this fear is to spend time on analysis: how many customers will be affected? How upset will those customers be?

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

It also has the nice side-effect of driving down the batch size of work, but thats for another post) This framework for making progress evident applies to more than just scheduling, of course. Thoughts on scientific product development Lo, my 5 subscribers, who are you? Take a look and let me know what you think.

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Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 7, 2008

Sometimes, a great hacker has the potential to grow into the CTO of a company, and in those cases all you need is an outside mentor who can work with them to develop those skills. At the end of the day, the product development team of a startup (large or small) is a service organization. Does this sound familiar?

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 13, 2009

When we finally did launch the company, even though our product had grown and changed significantly, Wired didnt cover it. New York Times, Wall Street Journal, CNN, the works. You create an entire framework of understanding and action based on your product/idea that sets it in motion in a self-sustaining way.

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Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 7, 2008

A few days ago I open-sourced a framework for split-testing, A/B testing or continous optimization. Expo New York New York, NY Nov 19 The Lean Startup at MIT Boston, MA Nov 20 Lunch workshop at Dogpatch Labs Boston, MA Dec 17 Lean Startup Cohort program begins San Francisco, CA KISSmetrics KISSmetrics is loading.

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viniciusvacanti.com

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

More important that you learn Django or whatever advanced web framework your team will be using. Are frameworks the way to go ? I pick my cofounder's brain almost daily about the inner workings of our product, so that I can be better informed about the tech side of things. Don't spend too much time in Python.

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Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 12, 2009

a guide for hackers) (This post was inspired by a conversation with Nivi from Venture Hacks , but is otherwise not his fault) There has been a proliferation of frameworks and metaphors lately that are designed to help startups avoid the all-too-common fatal mistake of failing to find a market. Take a look and let me know what you think.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 5, 2014

Make those tweaks before fully entering the market – and understand that, for most entrepreneurs, this is a process, not a single final product. Develop a Plan. As you develop a business plan and a roll-out plan, and think about each step along the way, and what you will need to take each step.

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Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 11, 2009

Having had a number of years to try and answer this question at cocktail parties and social gatherings of all kinds, I thought Id try and expand on his framework a little, and then try and use these answers to help make suggestions for those who are trying to get people to buy virtual goods. Take a look and let me know what you think.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 1, 2009

Q: Does the Lean Startup framework work efficiently within a company of 2-3 people (think small)?" A: yes, yes, yes Q: Does the Lean Startup framework work efficiently within a company of 2-3 people (think small)?" A: yes, absolutely. A: yes, yes, yes Q: "Seems like the biggest issue is changing peoples mentality.

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Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 16, 2008

Seeing the whole Engagement loops are a powerful concept all by themselves, and they can help you to make improvements to your product or service in order to optimize the drivers of growth for your business. For example, lets say you have a viral ratio of 1.4. Take a look and let me know what you think.

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Occam's Razor

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

My career spans customer service, engineering, finance, product development, marketing, sales, and corporate functions. Point solutions don’t scale, frameworks scale (and people are grateful you've taught them a different way to think). Solve for scale. That is glorious impact. Solve for scale. What’s your one thing?

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maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

what are the most crucial steps to be taken by a new tech startup when outsourcing major part of the tech to IT firms or outsourcing “product development” eg new social media website project? Near shoring development with your team (ex: your team is based in Canada / India) is cool, but not outsourcing.

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