Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 25, 2011

It may be hard to remember that there was a time when people in the agile software development community thought Lean Startup was incompatible with agile practices. I know this sounds foreign to many of you, and that we’ll have a few skeptics in the audience. For readers of this blog, Steve needs no introduction.

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MARCH 25, 2010

for Harvard Business Review) Over at Harvard Business Review, Ive been building up a series designed to introduce the Lean Startup methodology to a business-focused audience. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Thursday, March 25, 2010 Speed up or slow down? Expo SF (May.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2009

Expo to explain the lean startup concept to a larger audience. It uses principles of agile software development, open source and web 2.0, Im looking for a few people to run ideas by, give feedback, and generally help craft ideas so that they can have the biggest impact on this audience. Expo or have attended one in the past.

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MAY 31, 2010

Sean Murphy has an excellent and comprehensive roundup of resources about the conference: all of the slides, videos, summaries, notes and write-ups are listed on his blog here. You can read the rest of his posts on his blog : Introduction , Part 1 , Part 2.) You are the ones that consistently blew the audience away.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Wednesday, September 10, 2008 Smarticus — 10 things you could be doing to your code right now Smarticus — 10 things you could be doing to your code right now A great checklist of techniques and tools for making your development more agile, written from a Rail perspective. Expo SF (May.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

What those sites have in common (despite their very different audiences) is that something is causing their customers to become addicted to their product, and so no matter how they acquire a new customer, they tend to keep them. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. This has led to exponential growth. Expo SF (May.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2008

I know plenty of people who prefer more advanced source control system, but my belief is that many agile practices diminish the importance of advanced features like branching. But if you want to practice rapid deployment, you need to be able to deploy that build in one step as well. Can you make a build in one step? Youd better.

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AUGUST 26, 2009

And, as usual, I wanted to share some of the audience reaction with my commentary. Inspiring ideas: real-time biz metrics; safe continuous deployment; A/B split testing. Thank you @ericries for drastically altering my perception of agile startup Thank you all so much for your kind words. Articulate, inspirational.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2008

Labels: agile , listening to customers 3comments: hauteroute said. 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? Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2008

If youre trying to design an architecture to maximize agility, how can that work if some people are working in TDD and others not? And what about if deployment takes forever? I would love to see some blog posts on any experiences you have had with set-based design. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2008

After an hour with a team talking dirty about deployment, youll know. 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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SEPTEMBER 1, 2008

In almost all Agile Development systems, thousands of automated tests are run against every change to the software. 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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SEPTEMBER 14, 2008

As Seth writes this week in Seths Blog: Listening to the loud people , the most aggressive customers arent necessarily the ones you want to hear from. Thanks Eric, your blog has many golden nuggets!!! Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. September 25, 2009 5:23 PM jchunter said. Expo SF (May.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2008

Is it too self-referential to post a blog entry about someone elses blog entry about how often to write a blog entry ? His post is ostensibly about how often to release new work (whether youre a blog writer, movie star, software team.) Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. Expo SF (May.

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OCTOBER 28, 2008

But these students completely failed to address the one and only question on their audiences mind: can you three guys really build the robots of the future? Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. Towards a new entrepreneurship ► 2009 (88) ► December (4) Continuous deployment for mission-critical applica.

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MAY 27, 2009

It uses principles of agile software development, open source and web 2.0, I asked him to reserve a seat or two for blog readers; if youre interested in coming to the event, you need to email him directly and explain why you want to be there. I look forward to following the Startup Lessons Learned blog for more gold.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

In this post I hope to talk about how to do it well, in terms appropriate for both audiences. 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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APRIL 14, 2009

In other words, they have learned to grow renewable audiences. Go on an agile diet quickly. With a product development team that is not shipping, any agile methodology will surface major problems quickly. Labels: agile , customer development 15comments: Scott Shapiro said. Thanks to Twitter, I just discovered your blog.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2008

And since I have a blog, I have a way to ask questions directly to you. Heres what I want to know: First of all, the NPS question : On a scale of 1-10 (where 10 is most likely), how likely is it that you you would recommend this blog to a friend or colleague? Eric, great blog. Im keeping your blog. How annoying!)

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AUGUST 24, 2009

My blog has over 14000 subscribers, for example. And how could they possibly review a blog? There is no reason why all written content that is produced today for those purposes couldn’t be split-tested – at least to a segment of its audience. Is that a lot? What is the right revenue model?

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2008

0comments: Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) Subscribe via email Blog Archive ► 2010 (48) ► October (3) Case Study: Rapid iteration with hardware The Lean Startup Bundle Stop lying on stage ► September (4) Good enough never is (or is it?) . Expo SF (May.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2008

thanks for the mention:) September 17, 2008 11:56 AM Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) Subscribe via email Blog Archive ► 2010 (48) ► October (3) Case Study: Rapid iteration with hardware The Lean Startup Bundle Stop lying on stage ► September (4) Good enough never is (or is it?) .

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SEPTEMBER 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? Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. Expo SF (May. Seth Godin: How often should you publish?

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2008

as is your beginning to blog. :) September 9, 2008 1:32 AM Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) Subscribe via email Blog Archive ► 2010 (48) ► October (3) Case Study: Rapid iteration with hardware The Lean Startup Bundle Stop lying on stage ► September (4) Good enough never is (or is it?) .

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JUNE 9, 2009

leanstartup #goap It was great to be in an audience of entrepreneurs who recognized the value of iteration and speed. Really interesting and knowledgable blog, awesome. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. Pivot, don't jump to a new vision Why Continuous Deployment? goap Thanks!

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2008

December 23, 2009 6:17 PM Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) Subscribe via email Blog Archive ► 2010 (48) ► October (3) Case Study: Rapid iteration with hardware The Lean Startup Bundle Stop lying on stage ► September (4) Good enough never is (or is it?) . Expo SF (May.

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APRIL 26, 2009

But part was a recognition that we could gain substantial competitive advantage by leveraging a community of like-minded visionary customers to serve a wider (and more mainstream) audience than we could alone. Doing the market test required this blog, a SurveyMonkey account and a PayPal account - and nothing else. Very useful post.

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APRIL 12, 2010

Unlike the conference on April 23, the Intensive does not assume any prior knowledge of lean startups, and is designed for a wide audience. Unlike the conference on April 23, the Intensive does not assume any prior knowledge of lean startups, and is designed for a wide audience. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n.

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APRIL 26, 2010

This is intended for anybody who is working on new innovations, whether that means continuous improvement at the front lines, or new product development in a mature manufacturing company. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. I hope youll join us. More information is available here. Expo SF (May.

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AUGUST 24, 2010

They use crowdsourcing to figure out which speakers to invite and what topics are of interest to their audience. They use crowdsourcing to figure out which speakers to invite and what topics are of interest to their audience. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. Expo SF (May.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2010

I started to feel like my blog became too much of a travel diary last year - and I still have many videos and presentations from last fall that I havent shared yet. Im especially excited about this, because last years Expo was the very first time Id given the lean startup presentation to a large audience. Watch this blog for details.

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AUGUST 8, 2009

In particular, we would cover customer development, continuous deployment, minimum viable product, and actionable metrics. "Lean Startups" just jumped the shark and became consultingware, like "agile" did. At each half-day meeting, wed work as a group on a specific lean startup technique. Expo SF (May.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2009

When Dave presented this to the White House and State Department audience, he got a favorable reaction. When Dave presented this to the White House and State Department audience, he got a favorable reaction. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. Thats when the second piece clicked, a few hours later.

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OCTOBER 4, 2010

Many journalists and conference organizers attempt to fill this demand by giving successful entrepreneurs the opportunity to tell their stories: in magazines, on blogs, and on stage. face an overwhelming incentive to say whatever it is that will sound good to their audience, regardless of whether it is true.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2009

This time, I was lucky enough to have my friend Nivi from Venture Hacks in the audience, and he was recording. 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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MAY 22, 2009

Loved it and great speaker, but disagree with portrayal of agile only dealing with known problems #leanstartup Im really interested in perspectives on this point. For example, the agile practice of an in-house customer or product owner that can make authoritative prioritization decisions seems like it doesnt translate very well to startups.

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AUGUST 20, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Thursday, August 20, 2009 The Promise of the Lean Startup Im honored to have a guest post on GigaOm to introduce the concept of the lean startup to their audience. I know the audience on this blog, and Ive become comfortable writing in the long-form style I normally use here. Now for my request.

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