Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 14, 2009

Products can find sources of validation with impressive stats along a number of dimensions, such as high engagement, viral coefficient, or long-term retention. Perhaps they’ll be able to hire someone especially skilled in the marketing skills needed to find this positioning. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n.

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Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 14, 2009

What these products all have in common is the question their minimum viable product is attempting to answer: does this product have high natural retention built-in? What these products all have in common is the question their minimum viable product is attempting to answer: does this product have high natural retention built-in?

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Customer San Francisco Viral Lean 156

Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 2, 2009

Retention cohort analysis. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. Towards a new entrepreneurship ▼ 2009 (88) ► December (4) Continuous deployment for mission-critical applica. When startups ask me what to measure, I always come back to these three as a starting point: Revenue per customer.

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San Francisco Tampa Continuous Deployment Lean 60

Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 24, 2009

And anytime you strike a deal for digital distribution of any content, insist that your creators be given real-time access to the big-picture metrics: not just downloads, but engagement, retention and replay. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. Tell your Startup Visa story Speaking 2010: Webstock, GDC, Web 2.0,

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San Francisco Lean Technical Review Distribution 113

Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 3, 2009

davemcclure : amazing concepts on Continuous Development => "Cluster Immune System" @EricRies #LeanStartup @fbFund [link] dalelarson : Because most features take longer to argue and prioritize than to build. ericries #leanstartup Another new idea in the section on continuous deployment and the cluster immune system.

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Lean San Francisco Continuous Deployment Cofounder 60

Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 24, 2009

At IMVU , we would routinely find retention effects that would stem from registration changes and have impact days or weeks later. 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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Metrics San Francisco Lean Viral 88

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. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. Two Ways to Hold Entrepreneurs Accountable (for Ha.

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San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment DC 68