Agile Customer Development PHP 
Startup Lessons Learned
NOVEMBER 13, 2008
Wed never heard of five whys, and we had plenty of "agile skeptics" on the team. Most of this code was from a variety of open source PHP projects that were glued together with the shortest path to goal possible. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? Expo SF (May.
Startup Lessons Learned
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? Was the fact that we were primarily using PHP essential, or could we add new tools written in other languages? The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup?
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Startup Lessons Learned
SEPTEMBER 15, 2008
I had the opportunity to pioneer this approach to funnel analysis at IMVU, where it became a core part of our customer development process. To promote this metrics discipline, we would present the full funnel to our board (and advisers) at the end of every development cycle. They just ask "which hypothesis should I show?"
Startup Lessons Learned
MAY 7, 2009
As the product matured, they were able to ratchet up the quality to prevent regression on features that had been truly embraced by their customers. Second, leveraging a dynamic scripting language (like PHP) for building web applications made it easy to quickly set up a simple, non-disruptive deployment process. Expo SF (May.
Startup Lessons Learned
JANUARY 19, 2009
The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? 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.
Startup Lessons Learned
JANUARY 2, 2009
The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? 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.
Startup Lessons Learned
JANUARY 4, 2009
The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? 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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