ReadWriteStart

JUNE 29, 2020

There has never been a viral outbreak of such magnitude before. Thus, you must manage your available finances wisely. Implement the “lean startup” philosophy. It’s vital to be aware of the fact that agile iterations are not random and haphazard. Product development also occurs in small iterations or changes.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 27, 2009

Google has shown their awareness of this issue by carefully managing the annoyance-factor of ads that are shown during search. At a high level, anything that drives virality should be free. To take your specific example about virality - why do we want to have more users sign up? The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 11, 2009

If you ask an expert in Facebook apps to come help build yours, youll usually hear the same advice: build your app for virality. Thats sensible advice; most people who have made a business on Facebook rely on the viral driver of growth. If you have a virally-growing app, you dont need the extra installs. Expo SF (May.

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Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 14, 2009

In a previous post , I covered the three main drivers of growth: Paid, Sticky, and Viral. Let’s look at a viral growth company, like Facebook. If you are building a large, viral, ad-support consumer internet property, you just want to go big! They’re off to cross the chasm. As soon as possible!&#

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 7, 2008

On the web, we have many of these channels: SEM, SEO, world of mouth, PR and viral. If your app has strong word-of-mouth or viral components, your retention drives new acquisition, and its not so important to have good placement in the store. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. Expo SF (May.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 24, 2009

This is a common problem that results from viral-loop optimization. By copying the exact same registration flow as every other successful viral app, many viral apps completely lose their positioning. Heres why I dont think engagement loops are that helpful: unlike viral loops, its not bad if its not self-sustaining.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 13, 2009

If the viral coefficient is 0.9, We didnt manage todo that yet. I think it comes down to managing risk. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. Pay attention to your fundamental driver of growth. keep iterating until its 1.1 before you launch. Spend your time with renewable sources of customers and iterate.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 18, 2008

On Facebook, viral distribution has proved decisive. Those companies who have learned to build apps that optimize the viral loop dominate in every category where they compete. So far, I dont see any apps that have much in the way of viral distribution. We're leading the charge in enabling viral distribution for iPhone apps.

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Up and Running

MAY 23, 2016

Step 1: Start with a lean plan. It’s the fastest way to get your idea onto paper, and it’s the very first step in the lean planning process, which is much easier and more iterative than traditional business planning methods. Introducing Lean Planning: How to Plan Less and Grow Faster. How to Write a Traditional Business Plan.

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Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 16, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Tuesday, December 16, 2008 Engagement loops: beyond viral Theres a great and growing corpus of writing about viral loops, the step-by-step optimizations you can use to encourage maximum growth of online products by having customers invite each other to join. This is essentially a version of the viral loop.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

Managing your cash position when forecasted sales aren’t being achieved is tough, and if you are spending more than you are generating and cash piles are dwindling, now is the time to address your financial position. One of the great benefits of a startup is their ability to be agile and adapt quickly to a changing environment.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 11, 2009

It was as if each advocate sensed that they were about to be ambushed; if another team had managed to bring clarity to the situation, that might have benefited them – so the rational response was to obfuscate as much as possible. What a waste. Putting it all together, let me illustrate with an example from another company. What a waste.

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Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 7, 2008

In a few cases, they are clearly smart people in a bad situation, and Ive written about their pain in The product managers lament and The engineering managers lament. The last thing you need is a manager telling you how to do your job. If youve ever been abused by a bad manager in your career, its easy to become traumatized.

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Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 8, 2008

My manager, part of the QA group, gave me a tour of a site and we entered a huge depressing warehouse stacked full with cubes. For those of you with some background in lean manufacturing, you may notice that integration risk sounds a lot like work-in-progress inventory. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0.

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Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 6, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Saturday, December 6, 2008 The four kinds of work, and how to get them done: part three Those startups that manage to build a product people want have to deal with the consequences of that success. You could easily manage that as two 30-day scrums, or four two-week sprints.

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Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 30, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Tuesday, December 30, 2008 Assessing fit with the Wisdom of Crowds When I wrote earlier about how to conduct a good technical interview , I had only a few things to say about how to assess if the candidate fits in with the team, including this: This responsibility falls squarely to the hiring manager.

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 7, 2010

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Wednesday, April 7, 2010 Learning is better than optimization (the local maximum problem) Lean startups don’t optimize. The Lean Startup methodology does not advocate using optimization techniques to make startup decisions. Or should you focus on user engagement or virality? That’s right.

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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. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. We built and are refining a communications and productivity Web 2.0

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

Is the company growing because of an amazing viral loop paired with a strong engagement loop? Is the company growing because of an amazing viral loop paired with a strong engagement loop? The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. Even worse, we have no indication of how these numbers are moving over time. Expo SF (May.

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Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 7, 2008

Split-testing, like almost everything in a lean startup , requires judgment. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. Startup Visa update ► February (5) Kiwi lean startup + Australia next Why diversity matters (the meritocracy business) Beware of Vanity Metrics (for Harvard Business Rev. Expo SF (May.

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mashable.com

JUNE 11, 2013

You are small and agile, which means you have a high rate of innovation and growth, and with that comes work! If you dont manage this expectation upon hiring, you will be managing employee issues six months down the line. Not Embracing Agility. "If Assuming Virality. "A Services dont spontaneously go viral.

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blog.expensify.com

APRIL 24, 2012

And.NET’s languages (C#, IronPython, managed C++, etc.) The VAST majority of what you’re dealing with (HTTP, MIME, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, relational databases, page template, authentication, session management, caching, etc.) Do you manage to hire any programmers in the first place. are also reasonable and flexible.

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