Internet Metrics Operations SCRUM 
Startup Lessons Learned
SEPTEMBER 15, 2008
But by taking advantage of open source, agile software, and iterative development, lean startups can operate with much less waste. I would add -- think of your development and running your business like a PM/Developer uses Agile or Scrum in software development. Of course, many startups are capital efficient and generally frugal.
Startup Lessons Learned
OCTOBER 5, 2008
Eventually, I hope to get them on a full agile diet, with TDD, scrums, sprints, pair programming, and more. Indeed the first thing I thought when I read the first paragraphs that the product manager was operating in a white tower and that the developers felt disenfranchised. This post has been removed by the author. Nice write-up.
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Startup Lessons Learned
NOVEMBER 18, 2008
At IMVU , we called this person a Producer (revealing our games background); in Scrum , they are called the Product Owner. Startup Visa update ► February (5) Kiwi lean startup + Australia next Why diversity matters (the meritocracy business) Beware of Vanity Metrics (for Harvard Business Rev. Lo, my 1032 subscribers, who are you?
Startup Lessons Learned
JULY 29, 2009
Lean vs. debt In the world of physical goods, the leaner a supply chain is, the less debt is required to operate it. The results were that the Israeli system became operational 10 years ago, while the THAAD project is starting to finally be deployed this year after 10 years of delay. pay 'interest').
Startup Lessons Learned
APRIL 9, 2009
And instead of design, engineering, QA, and operations we have a solution team implementing a startup-centric version of agile development. dalelarson : "Metrics are people, too." leanstartup ericnsantos : #w2e #leanstartup Metrics should be Actionable, Accessible and Auditable. Metrics are a key questions startups face.
Startup Lessons Learned
DECEMBER 6, 2008
When youve mastered that, consider adding operations, customer service, marketing, product management, business development - the idea is that when the team needs to get approval or support from another department, they already have an "insider" who can make it happen. At IMVU, we found 60 days was just about right.
A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks
OCTOBER 24, 2011
Bob: I’ve come around to the opinion that the metric of how many people join X service is pretty worthless when it comes to monetization. And the big guys can’t do that, because they’d have to re-train people and anyway, they don’t operate that way, I can.’ Of course they’d be happy about that.
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