Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 22, 2010

In the past two decades, they have accounted for nearly all the net job growth in our country. The cost of creating new companies is falling rapidly, and access to markets, distribution, and information is within the reach of anyone with an Internet connection. Startups are the lifeblood of our economy. Expo SF (May.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 17, 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? Stevey's Blog Rants: Good Agile, Bad Agile Learning from Obama: maneuver warfare on the campa. Expo SF (May.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 2, 2009

The net effect of all this was to make new engineers incredibly productive right away – in most cases, we’d have them deliver code to production on their very first day. So far, it's been a net win to keep supporting it. We never set out to build a world-class engineering-training process. Expo SF (May.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 14, 2008

If youre just getting negativity from someone, they are more likely a internet troll - not an earlyvangelist. Some techniques that Ive found especially helpful: Build your own tracking survey, using a methodology like Net Promoter Score (NPS) to identify and get a regular check-up from promoters (and to screen out detractors).

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 27, 2009

Even if it helps optimize one stage, if it slows you down somewhere else, it might not be a net win. 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? Expo SF (May.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 15, 2021

1- I turned to the internet. Disparaged I turned to the internet, and found two gems: leandomainsearch dot com (my favorite) and domainr dot com. Being it was in 1992, before the internet was born and you had to have letterhead and envelopes designed, we wanted to start a bartending service here in Phoenix Arizona.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 18, 2010

My transition to Continuous Deployment Prior to adopting continuous deployment, I used to release software on a weekly schedule (come rain or shine) which I viewed as pretty agile, disciplined, and aggressive. With staged releases, time provides a (somewhat illusory) safety net. On the other hand, it is scary as hell. Expo SF (May.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 17, 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? Stevey's Blog Rants: Good Agile, Bad Agile Learning from Obama: maneuver warfare on the campa. Expo SF (May.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 22, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Saturday, November 22, 2008 Net Promoter Score: an operational tool to measure customer satisfaction Ive mentioned Net Promoter Score (NPS) in a few previous posts, but havent had a chance to describe it in detail yet. Net Promoter Score NPS is a methodology that comes out of the service industry.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 5, 2008

Obama understood the two concepts that are essential for building a high-performance, highly adaptable, agile organization: 1) rapid iteration and 2) clear values-based objectives. Mission synchronization If an organization is changing on a daily basis how is it that it doesnt look "erratic" yet feels "agile." Expo SF (May.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 5, 2013

Visiting each official site took too long, and the information wasn’t always easy to compare (ex: “Net Cost of Attendance” vs. “Resident Tuition per Semester”). We assumed our customers would be any smart Internet users looking to make a decision—granted, an extremely broad customer segment. Staying Agile.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 8, 2009

A wide net from the start, and gradual elimination of weaker solutions, makes finding the best or better solutions more likely. By contrast, what we call “set-based concurrent engineering&# (SBCE) begins by broadly considering sets of possible solutions and gradually narrowing the set of possibilities to converge on a final solution.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 18, 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? Stevey's Blog Rants: Good Agile, Bad Agile Learning from Obama: maneuver warfare on the campa. Expo SF (May.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 1, 2017

I was present at the creation of the first microprocessors, participated in the PC revolution, built video games, and shipped software on the first Internet browsers. Your brains have been rewired to process all this Net-based information. Our better angels soared as printed books became the Internet of the Renaissance.

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 26, 2009

The net result was powerful: within six months of starting the company, we were able to get a basic version of our product into open beta. We combined three tactics: extensive use of free software, an open platform for user-generated content, and leveraged distribution channels. Expo SF (May. Take a look and let me know what you think.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 29, 2008

Revenue is always my preferred measure, but you can use anything that is important to your business: retention, activation, viral invites, or even customer satisfaction in the form of something like net promoter score. If an optimization has an effect at the micro level that doesnt translate into the macro level - who cares? Expo SF (May.

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

The Internet can massively help by giving you access to hundreds of video tutorials on everything from writing a marketing plan to hiring your first employee. There are a whole lot of skills out there on the net if you look for them. Sites like Quora are great sounding boards and sources of information too. Up Your Profile.

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Agile VC

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

A payments company’s true revenue potential is the % of the payment volume they can charge to process those transactions (typically 2-4% on a gross basis, <1% on a net basis), not the total payment volume.

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Agile VC

AUGUST 9, 2012

The “value” case goes like this: A) Valuation Net of Cash – Zynga’s market cap sits at around $2.2-2.3B B) Zynga’s Solidly Profitable – Yes, on a net income basis Zynga has been unprofitable the last 3 quarters though they did post net profit before they went public. as of this post.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

The company once had the market’s highest churn rate and lowest Net Promoter Score (NPS). This will ensure everyone has access to the data they need, when they need it, making teams more agile and able to tweak strategies quickly. Does the vendor offer training and support? Every analytics tool will have some kind of learning curve.

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 26, 2016

Today these potential adversaries are able to harness the power of social networks, encryption, GPS, low-cost drones, 3D printers, simpler design and manufacturing processes, agile and lean methodologies, ubiquitous Internet and smartphones. Terrorists today live on the ‘net and they are all early adopters.

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Occam's Razor

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

Is this digital thing here to stay or is the thing that has worked so well for 150 years – catalogs – the thing that still works ("the internet is a fad!")? We'll measure Revenue, Profit (the money we make less cost of goods sold), Expense (cost of campaign), Net (bottom-line impact). The people.

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Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 16, 2008

But if your new positioning message improves your engagement loop by more than the cost to your viral loop , you have a net win on your hands. Since your viral ratio is still above one, its still getting your message out, albeit a little slower. Expo SF (May. Conference streaming, sponsors, discounted tickets.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 5, 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? Stevey's Blog Rants: Good Agile, Bad Agile Learning from Obama: maneuver warfare on the campa. Expo SF (May.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 11, 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? Stevey's Blog Rants: Good Agile, Bad Agile Learning from Obama: maneuver warfare on the campa. Expo SF (May.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 31, 2014

Just look at the disruptive challenges that businesses face today– globalization, China as a manufacturer, China as a consumer, the Internet, and a steady stream of new startups. Metrics like Return on Net Assets, Return on Capital and Internal Rate of Return are the guiding stars of the board and CEO. Act Like a Startup.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 19, 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? Stevey's Blog Rants: Good Agile, Bad Agile Learning from Obama: maneuver warfare on the campa. Expo SF (May.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 9, 2009

Id been on the internet since I was playing MUDs as a kid, but by 1999 I felt Id already missed the boat. Of course, those were the days when 12 year old, 80% market share, $200mm, 30% net profit companies were the ones going public. I pretty much missed all the trends. In other words, companies that had delivered real value over time.

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Ben's Blog

MAY 15, 2020

It’s immediate of what is happening and what the net result is. Brian : I think the most important point is globally, the number of people coming onto the internet isn’t growing at such a fast rate. Lauren : Yeah, it’s being able to lean into that agility—to shift strategies quickly and adapt. Andrew : Right.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 29, 2008

The six key attributes spell ABCDEF: Agility. When talking about their past experience, candidates with agility will know why they did what they did in a given situation. To probe for agility, you have to ask the candidate questions involving something that they know little about. Expo SF (May.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 26, 2009

In previous posts, I’ve mentioned quite a few of these, including these most important ones: having engineers post on the forums in their own name when they make a change routinely split-testing new changes routinely conducting in-person usability tests and interviews Net Promoter Score Each of these techniques is fundamentally bottoms-up.

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Agile VC

JUNE 5, 2011

It also puts another chink in the armor of the meme that monster internet companies can only be built in Silicon Valley (LivingSocial, Kayak, Gilt Groupe, CSN Stores, et al doing damage here too). How They Make Money: Groupon keeps a share of the coupon value (typically 40-50%) as its net revenue (1). in net revenue and passes $0.58

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Steve Blank

MARCH 4, 2014

Facing continuous disruption from globalization, China, the Internet, the diminished power of brands, changing workforce, etc., Paradoxically, these very KPIs and processes, which make companies efficient, are the root cause of corporations’ inability to be agile, responsive innovators. . This is a big idea. Lessons Learned.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 4, 2009

Thanks to those of you who were willing to fill out the survey, I learned my net promoter score (about 25) as well as some clear other segmentation insights: about 80% of you are founders of or work at a startup, you read many of the same other blogs, and many of you would like to engage with Lessons Learned in formats and venues beyond this blog.

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crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2018

Marketing intelligence experts at Datorama recommend tracking your branded impressions, internet search volume, and the performance of branded keywords. This is also known as the Net Promoter Score (NPS) question. Curved lines are visibly flexible and can communicate agility and reactivity.

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Occam's Razor

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

I might let you slide if you show segmented depth of visit expressed in pages consumed, but only if you can show a clear line of sight between that and your company's net income. Bowser: Does web analytics help the internet field overall or hurt the user and privacy rights? Where's the line? With regards to user privacy.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 22, 2020

She has been an advocate for a more responsive, a more resilient, more agile government. I don't unfortunately, feel like I can say that it will net out as a good thing because of so much devastation that seems to be inevitable. I think that's happening all over the internet right now. They are by no means, automatic.

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