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Lessons Learned: What does a startup CTO actually do?

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 30, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Tuesday, September 30, 2008 What does a startup CTO actually do? Often times, it seems like people are thinking its synonymous with "that guy who gets paid to sit in the corner and think technical deep thoughts" or "that guy who gets to swoop in a rearrange my project at the last minute on a whim."

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Lessons Learned: The three drivers of growth for your business.

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Master of 500 Hats: Startup Metrics for Pirates (SeedCamp 2008, London) This presentation should be required reading for anyone creating a startup with an online service component. I break the answer to that question down into three engines: Viral - this is the business model identified in the presentation as "Get Users." Choose one.

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Lessons Learned: Customer Development Engineering

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 7, 2008

In addition to presenting the IMVU case, we tried for the first time to do an overview of a software engineering methodology that integrates practices from agile software development with Steves method of Customer Development. Steve Blank was very impressed by this presentation and mentioned it when he spoke at TiE on Wed-Sep-19.

Customer Development

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Lessons Learned: Just-In-Time Scalability

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 2, 2008

Chris and I had the opportunity to present on our approach this past spring at the MySQL Conference. You can also download our presentation, " Just-In-Time Scalability: Agile Methods to Support Massive Growth." Update: PDF version for "lazy linux users" and others who love freedom. Expo SF (May.

San Francisco Continuous Deployment Agile Lean

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Lessons Learned: The lean startup

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

Eric -- I was very impressed by your two part video series, which rarely occurs these days. I have shared with multiple groups Part 2 [link] Very good work -- MM April 2, 2010 6:46 AM Gobala Krishnan said. Otherwise it's a great idea. Mark Montgomery Founder Kyield Initium VC September 12, 2009 4:21 AM Mark Montgomery said.

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Smarticus — 10 things you could be doing to your code right now

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 10, 2008

► April (11) Video update on the Startup Visa Act Lean Enterprise Institute webinar, April 28 Four myths about the Lean Startup Sneak preview, KISSmetrics (and more) Sneak preview, Grockit The Lean Startup Intensive at Web 2.0 No departments The Five Whys for Startups (for Harvard Business R. Expo SF (May.

Software Review

Software Review San Francisco Technical Review Continuous Deployment

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Andrew Chen: Growing renewable audiences

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 12, 2008

► April (11) Video update on the Startup Visa Act Lean Enterprise Institute webinar, April 28 Four myths about the Lean Startup Sneak preview, KISSmetrics (and more) Sneak preview, Grockit The Lean Startup Intensive at Web 2.0 No departments The Five Whys for Startups (for Harvard Business R. Expo SF (May.

Audience San Francisco Continuous Deployment Lean

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Lessons Learned: Ideas. Code. Data. Implement. Measure. Learn

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 2, 2008

► April (11) Video update on the Startup Visa Act Lean Enterprise Institute webinar, April 28 Four myths about the Lean Startup Sneak preview, KISSmetrics (and more) Sneak preview, Grockit The Lean Startup Intensive at Web 2.0 No departments The Five Whys for Startups (for Harvard Business R. Expo SF (May.

San Francisco Continuous Deployment Lean DC

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How to listen to customers, and not just the loud people

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 14, 2008

(For more on earlyvangelists and why they are so important, see Steve Blanks The Four Steps to the Epiphany ) Heres the suggestion from Seth Godin I want to emphasize: And heres one thing Id do on a regular basis: Get a video camera or perhaps a copy machine and collect comments and feedback from the people who matter most to your business.

San Francisco Customer Lean Continuous Deployment

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On deployment

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 2, 2008

► April (11) Video update on the Startup Visa Act Lean Enterprise Institute webinar, April 28 Four myths about the Lean Startup Sneak preview, KISSmetrics (and more) Sneak preview, Grockit The Lean Startup Intensive at Web 2.0 No departments The Five Whys for Startups (for Harvard Business R. Expo SF (May.

San Francisco Continuous Deployment Lean DC

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Lessons Learned: Test-Driven Development as andon cord

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 1, 2008

► April (11) Video update on the Startup Visa Act Lean Enterprise Institute webinar, April 28 Four myths about the Lean Startup Sneak preview, KISSmetrics (and more) Sneak preview, Grockit The Lean Startup Intensive at Web 2.0 No departments The Five Whys for Startups (for Harvard Business R. Expo SF (May.

San Francisco Developer Continuous Deployment DC

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Lessons Learned: Lo, my 5 subscribers, who are you?

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 18, 2008

Like gmlk, I usually subscribe the first time I find something useful. I originally thought I might get some development process tips (I manage developers), but I find that Im really enjoying your business tips (SEM, listening to customers, etc.). 2) Watched O'Reilly video which lead me here. More of the same. Expo SF (May.

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Lessons Learned: The one line split-test, or how to A/B all the time

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. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0.

San Francisco Lean Technical Review Continuous Deployment

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Waves of technology platforms

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 8, 2008

So one of the first things we did was to hire an Oracle expert and get to work. ► April (11) Video update on the Startup Visa Act Lean Enterprise Institute webinar, April 28 Four myths about the Lean Startup Sneak preview, KISSmetrics (and more) Sneak preview, Grockit The Lean Startup Intensive at Web 2.0 Expo SF (May.

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Marc Prensky's Weblog: Cell Phones in Class

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 10, 2008

► April (11) Video update on the Startup Visa Act Lean Enterprise Institute webinar, April 28 Four myths about the Lean Startup Sneak preview, KISSmetrics (and more) Sneak preview, Grockit The Lean Startup Intensive at Web 2.0 No departments The Five Whys for Startups (for Harvard Business R. Expo SF (May.

San Francisco Continuous Deployment DC Lean

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Seth Godin: How often should you publish?

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 10, 2008

The leadership art is to balance the needs of the present with the needs of the future. ► April (11) Video update on the Startup Visa Act Lean Enterprise Institute webinar, April 28 Four myths about the Lean Startup Sneak preview, KISSmetrics (and more) Sneak preview, Grockit The Lean Startup Intensive at Web 2.0 Expo SF (May.

San Francisco Continuous Deployment Lean DC

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How to Usability Test your Site for Free

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 16, 2008

► April (11) Video update on the Startup Visa Act Lean Enterprise Institute webinar, April 28 Four myths about the Lean Startup Sneak preview, KISSmetrics (and more) Sneak preview, Grockit The Lean Startup Intensive at Web 2.0 No departments The Five Whys for Startups (for Harvard Business R. Expo SF (May.

San Francisco Continuous Deployment Lean DC

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Lessons Learned: Greasemonkey compiler

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 6, 2008

► April (11) Video update on the Startup Visa Act Lean Enterprise Institute webinar, April 28 Four myths about the Lean Startup Sneak preview, KISSmetrics (and more) Sneak preview, Grockit The Lean Startup Intensive at Web 2.0 No departments The Five Whys for Startups (for Harvard Business R. Expo SF (May.

San Francisco Continuous Deployment Lean DC

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Not crossing the chasm

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 2, 2008

► April (11) Video update on the Startup Visa Act Lean Enterprise Institute webinar, April 28 Four myths about the Lean Startup Sneak preview, KISSmetrics (and more) Sneak preview, Grockit The Lean Startup Intensive at Web 2.0 No departments The Five Whys for Startups (for Harvard Business R. Expo SF (May.

San Francisco Continuous Deployment Lean DC

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Lessons Learned: A new version of the Joel Test (draft)

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 10, 2008

Joel is focused on the fact that in many environments, programmers are considered "just the hired help" akin to manual labor, and not treated properly. But increasingly we can move to a world where teams are chartered to accomplish results instead of tasked with creating work on spec. Do programmers have quiet working conditions?

Software Review

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Lessons Learned: SEM on five dollars a day

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 13, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Saturday, September 13, 2008 SEM on five dollars a day How do you build a new product with constant customer feedback while simultaneously staying under the radar? SEM is a simple idea. Trying to answer that question at IMVU led me to discover Google AdWords and the world of search engine marketing.

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How to get distribution advantage on the iPhone

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 18, 2008

They cant present much information, unless you take the box off the shelf and look at it. If you sell an online service that solves a defined problem, you can compete in SEO or SEM. The app store is not set up to allow anyone to achieve a durable advantage. Browsing the app store is an awful lot like shopping in a retail grocery store.

Distribution San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment

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Lessons Learned: Great open source scalability tools from Danga

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 5, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Friday, September 5, 2008 Great open source scalability tools from Danga If you are trying to build a scalable LAMP service, its always best to start with the original and still quite relevant presentation, from Brad Fitzpatrick when he was at LiveJournal. You can find the 2005 version here. Expo SF (May.

Open Source San Francisco Continuous Deployment Lean

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Lessons Learned: Q&A with an actual reader

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 29, 2008

So you do a split-test, and you discover that Feature X causes people to spend 20% more time on a given part of your product, say a particular web page. It might be that the extra time they are spending their is awesome, because they are highly engaged, watching a video or reading comments. Is that a success?

San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment DC

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You don't need as many tools as you think

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

A much better solution, I think, would be to have each project leader be in charge of physically printing out a one-page report every week with the relevant stats for their project, and present it to the whole company. 1 comments: Josh Moore said. No departments The Five Whys for Startups (for Harvard Business R. Expo SF (May.

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Lessons Learned: The lean startup comes to Stanford

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 28, 2008

► April (11) Video update on the Startup Visa Act Lean Enterprise Institute webinar, April 28 Four myths about the Lean Startup Sneak preview, KISSmetrics (and more) Sneak preview, Grockit The Lean Startup Intensive at Web 2.0 No departments The Five Whys for Startups (for Harvard Business R. Expo SF (May.

Lean

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Thoughts on scientific product development

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

► April (11) Video update on the Startup Visa Act Lean Enterprise Institute webinar, April 28 Four myths about the Lean Startup Sneak preview, KISSmetrics (and more) Sneak preview, Grockit The Lean Startup Intensive at Web 2.0 No departments The Five Whys for Startups (for Harvard Business R. Expo SF (May.

Product Development

Product Development Developer San Francisco Product