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Tesla and Adobe: Why Continuous Deployment May Mean Continuous Customer Disappointment

Steve Blank

In the last few years Agile and “Continuous Deployment” has replaced Waterfall and transformed how companies big and small build products. Agile is a tremendous advance in reducing time, money and wasted product development effort – and in having products better match customer needs.

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Lessons Learned: Three freemium strategies

Startup Lessons Learned

Do it right, and your conversion rates might be as high as 20%. What differentiates this model from "free serves paid" is that the free users dont need to consciously do anything special to be valuable. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. Do it wrong, and your LTV gets very close to zero. Expo SF (May.

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Pivot, don't jump to a new vision

Startup Lessons Learned

Each has its own iterative process: customer development and agile development respectively. Some startups fail because the founders cant have this conversation - they either blow up when they try, or they fail to change because they are afraid of conflict. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. Expo SF (May.

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Lean Startup webcast post-game

Startup Lessons Learned

LIKED: Y startups fail, cont deployment vs waterfall vs agile, small batches & learn fr biz metrics #leanstartup As concise a summary as Ive ever seen. You mentioned as many as 50 deployments a day to production after successful local continuous integration. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n.

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Three decisions to make on virtual goods

Startup Lessons Learned

Youll need bundles, promotions, category and segment managers, and algorithms for upsell, cross-sell, and conversion optimization. The companies that own those brands work hard to differentiate their offering so that people who wear their clothes will be perceived in a certain way. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n.