Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Examples of this are well-known, and (in my definition) include any product that causes new customers to sign up as a necessary side-effect of existing customers normal usage: Facebook, Myspace, AIM/ICQ, Hotmail, Paypal. Beware the new hire who has "extensive experience" in startups or big companies - using a different growth driver.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 2, 2010

And yet the key to startup speed is to maintain a disciplined approach to testing and evaluating new products, features, and ideas. And yet the key to startup speed is to maintain a disciplined approach to testing and evaluating new products, features, and ideas. Learning is better than optimization (the local ma.

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Technical Review San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment 132

Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 25, 2010

In many cases, they did the impossible, building a new product faster, cheaper, and better than anyone could have predicted. In many cases, they did the impossible, building a new product faster, cheaper, and better than anyone could have predicted. Everyone was in the flow; the team was hyper-productive. for Harvard Business Revie.

Software Review 141

Software Review San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment 141

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 2, 2008

Kent Beck keynote, "To Agility, and Beyond" Six streaming locations Interviews ► March (7) New conference website, speakers, agenda Two new scholarship programs for lean startups Speed up or slow down? The new startup arms race (for Huffington Post) For Startups, How Much Process Is Too Much?

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San Francisco Continuous Deployment Agile Lean 94

Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 2, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Saturday, August 2, 2008 Paul Graham on fundraising I have found no better primer on the current realities of starting a new technology company in a startup hub like Silicon Valley than Paul Grahams essays. The new startup arms race (for Huffington Post) For Startups, How Much Process Is Too Much?

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San Francisco Software Review Technical Review Continuous Deployment 125

Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 12, 2010

Rather, I see it as a reflection of a worldwide openness to new ideas about entrepreneurship. The #leanstartup hashtag on twitter has become a firehose of information, but seems to feature great new links almost every day. Some of the most active: SF , New York , DC , Chicago - but there are many more listed here.

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Lean San Francisco Wiki Startup 146

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

In recent years, weve also got great new options all up and down the stack, in particular things like Amazon EC2 and RightScale (none of which would be possible without the free software movement). The new startup arms race (for Huffington Post) For Startups, How Much Process Is Too Much? for Harvard Business Revie.

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Lean San Francisco Startup Continuous Deployment 168

Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 9, 2009

The Lean Startup: a Disciplined Approach to Imagining, Designing, and Building New Products.: The Lean Startup is a practical approach for creating and managing a new breed of company that excels in low-cost experimentation, rapid iteration, and true customer insight. Learning is better than optimization (the local ma.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 7, 2010

Although much of it will sound familiar to readers of this blog, whats new is my first step towards the " new entrepreneurship " that is my goal for 2010. Although much of it will sound familiar to readers of this blog, whats new is my first step towards the " new entrepreneurship " that is my goal for 2010.

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San Francisco Management Continuous Deployment Lean 119

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 28, 2010

A friend calls me up from “you name it&# city: Boston, New York, Chicago, San Francisco and says, “I’m thinking about moving to Los Angeles (or SF, NY, etc) and I’d love to start interviewing. If you’re committed to living in New York then move there. Choose your location.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 10, 2008

Kent Beck keynote, "To Agility, and Beyond" Six streaming locations Interviews ► March (7) New conference website, speakers, agenda Two new scholarship programs for lean startups Speed up or slow down? The new startup arms race (for Huffington Post) For Startups, How Much Process Is Too Much?

Software Review 68

Software Review San Francisco Technical Review Continuous Deployment 68

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 7, 2008

Ive been talking to the folks at [a very good VC firm] about helping them with a new venture. Kent Beck keynote, "To Agility, and Beyond" Six streaming locations Interviews ► March (7) New conference website, speakers, agenda Two new scholarship programs for lean startups Speed up or slow down?

Customer Development 131

Customer Development Engineer San Francisco Developer 131

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 12, 2008

Kent Beck keynote, "To Agility, and Beyond" Six streaming locations Interviews ► March (7) New conference website, speakers, agenda Two new scholarship programs for lean startups Speed up or slow down? The new startup arms race (for Huffington Post) For Startups, How Much Process Is Too Much?

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Audience San Francisco Continuous Deployment Lean 119

Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 31, 2010

If thats true, its primarily due to your hard work, building companies and testing new ideas. If thats true, its primarily due to your hard work, building companies and testing new ideas. Although many of the non-technical folks in the room didnt understand what was happening in the moment, plenty of hackers were on high alert.

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San Francisco Lean Technical Review Software Review 133

Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 6, 2008

Kent Beck keynote, "To Agility, and Beyond" Six streaming locations Interviews ► March (7) New conference website, speakers, agenda Two new scholarship programs for lean startups Speed up or slow down? The new startup arms race (for Huffington Post) For Startups, How Much Process Is Too Much?

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Agile San Francisco Software Review Continuous Deployment 76

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 2, 2008

Kent Beck keynote, "To Agility, and Beyond" Six streaming locations Interviews ► March (7) New conference website, speakers, agenda Two new scholarship programs for lean startups Speed up or slow down? The new startup arms race (for Huffington Post) For Startups, How Much Process Is Too Much?

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San Francisco Continuous Deployment Lean DC 142

Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 9, 2010

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Friday, July 9, 2010 Founder personalities and the “first-class man&# theory of management At any given time, something like four percent of the US population is engaged in some form of new-company-creation. The academic research tells a very different story. What do entrepreneurs look like?

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San Francisco Management Founder Lean 161

Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 30, 2009

Traveling to new startup hubs is one of my favorite things about being able to do this full-time. Kent Beck keynote, "To Agility, and Beyond" Six streaming locations Interviews ► March (7) New conference website, speakers, agenda Two new scholarship programs for lean startups Speed up or slow down?

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Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 20, 2009

If so, you can immediately evolve the design to take the new facts into account. Its easy to find collisions if you make a drastic change, but harder when we do things like add new default parameters. Take the example of the team that needs a week to certify a new release. The first time through, this is going to be painful.

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San Francisco Software Review Continuous Deployment Development Team Review 161

Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 5, 2008

But I have a special sympathy for the "product manager" in a startup that is bringing a new product to a new market, and doing their work in large batches. So the product manager winds up actually having to use the software, by hand, updating the spec and helping create a new test plan. Whats wrong with this picture?

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San Francisco Management Software Review Product 158

Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 4, 2008

So if youre new, consider not paying any attention to the rest of this post, and just diving into the archives, if you havent already. In a MUD, you could literally conjure new objects that never existed before, just by programming them. The new startup arms race (for Huffington Post) For Startups, How Much Process Is Too Much?

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San Francisco Technical Cofounder Fractional CTO CTO 155

Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 6, 2009

From my side, i network with many startups all the time, and i am constantly trying to persuade them to adopt the new age mindset, but its often no easy task. The new startup arms race (for Huffington Post) For Startups, How Much Process Is Too Much? Learning is better than optimization (the local ma. for Harvard Business Revie.

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Lean Video San Francisco Continuous Deployment 115

Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 7, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Friday, November 7, 2008 Using AdWords to assess demand for your new online service, step-by-step If you want to build an online service, and you dont test it with a fake AdWords campaign ahead of time, youre crazy. Dont worry about selecting particularly good keywords, if youre new to SEM. I used to use $.05,

Demand 167

Demand San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment 167

Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 30, 2008

Kent Beck keynote, "To Agility, and Beyond" Six streaming locations Interviews ► March (7) New conference website, speakers, agenda Two new scholarship programs for lean startups Speed up or slow down? The new startup arms race (for Huffington Post) For Startups, How Much Process Is Too Much?

Software Review 74

Software Review San Francisco Design Continuous Deployment 74

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 The new startup arms race (for Huffington Post) For Startups, How Much Process Is Too Much? As always, if you decide to attend, please come say hello. Learning is better than optimization (the local ma.

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Agile Lean San Francisco Continuous Deployment 60

Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 5, 2010

This new volume also tackles examples from the Internet and wireless startups of today, both B2B and B2C. This new volume also tackles examples from the Internet and wireless startups of today, both B2B and B2C. The new startup arms race (for Huffington Post) For Startups, How Much Process Is Too Much?

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Customer Development Developer San Francisco Customer 166

Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 15, 2010

Two Ways to Hold Entrepreneurs Accountable - The Conversation - Harvard Business Review Way back when the money was doled out, the team made a compelling pitch about the large market that was going to adopt their new innovative product or service. Lets return to our team thats failing to hit their targets.

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Hockey Stick San Francisco Entrepreneur Lean 105

Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 4, 2008

In this presentation, we tried to summarize those trends, show how they give startups an advantage in good economic times as well as bad, and explain why they enable a new and better investment strategy. The new startup arms race (for Huffington Post) For Startups, How Much Process Is Too Much? for Harvard Business Revie.

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Lean San Francisco Agile Continuous Deployment 102

Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 26, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Wednesday, August 26, 2009 Building a new startup hub Last week, I had a unique opportunity to spend some time in Boulder at the behest of TechStars. It was a great experience to see a relatively new startup hub in action - and thriving. Its easy to take Silicon Valley for granted.

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San Francisco Silicon Valley Startup Lean 113

Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 28, 2010

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Wednesday, July 28, 2010 Case Study: kaChing, Anatomy of a Pivot (The following guest post is a new experiment for this blog. Yet there’s a lot of mystery around pivots, and entrepreneurs ask all the time how you know it’s time to commit to a new direction. says Rachleff.

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San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment SEC 158

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 2, 2008

Kent Beck keynote, "To Agility, and Beyond" Six streaming locations Interviews ► March (7) New conference website, speakers, agenda Two new scholarship programs for lean startups Speed up or slow down? The new startup arms race (for Huffington Post) For Startups, How Much Process Is Too Much?

San Francisco 60

San Francisco Continuous Deployment Lean DC 60

Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 2, 2009

Kent Beck keynote, "To Agility, and Beyond" Six streaming locations Interviews ► March (7) New conference website, speakers, agenda Two new scholarship programs for lean startups Speed up or slow down? The new startup arms race (for Huffington Post) For Startups, How Much Process Is Too Much?

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San Francisco Tampa Continuous Deployment Lean 60

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 14, 2008

Kent Beck keynote, "To Agility, and Beyond" Six streaming locations Interviews ► March (7) New conference website, speakers, agenda Two new scholarship programs for lean startups Speed up or slow down? The new startup arms race (for Huffington Post) For Startups, How Much Process Is Too Much?

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San Francisco Customer Lean Continuous Deployment 131

Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 17, 2010

Take a look at our new sneak-preview site , sponsored by KISSmetrics. Weve updated our list of simulcast locations (see below). An up-to-date list of simulcast locations is always available at [link]. Take a look at our new sneak-preview site , sponsored by KISSmetrics.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 17, 2008

Playing with new technologies. Usually, that will be about finding new segments of customers that the company can profitably serve. Continuous improvement here frees up time and energy for the parts of the company that find new ways to make money. Using AdWords to assess demand for your new online. Seeing whats possible.

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San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment DC 88

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 1, 2008

As the team gets better and making more changes without introducing new problems, the team can speed up. Kent Beck keynote, "To Agility, and Beyond" Six streaming locations Interviews ► March (7) New conference website, speakers, agenda Two new scholarship programs for lean startups Speed up or slow down?

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San Francisco Developer Continuous Deployment DC 68

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 8, 2008

I was building a new startup in 1999, and wanted to do it right. So one of the first things we did was to hire an Oracle expert and get to work. Were in a new wave of platform evolution. You dont need to invent a new architecture, and you dont need to even build your architecture up-front. yeah, its awesome.

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San Francisco Technology Continuous Deployment Lean 68