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

Startup Lessons Learned

For example, by making this button green, did more people click on it? That green button was part of a customer flow, a series of actions you want customers to complete for some business reason. And we were fortunate to have Steve Blank , the originator of customer development, on our board to keep us honest.

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Lessons Learned: What does a startup CTO actually do?

Startup Lessons Learned

Own the development methodology - in a traditional product development setup, the VP Engineering or some other full-time manager would be responsible for making sure the engineers wrote adequate specs, interfaced well with QA, and also run the scheduling "trains" for releases. Labels: product development 15comments: mukund said.

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The Steve Jobs method

Startup Lessons Learned

Having so few products means Apple can dedicate enormous resources to each project once it gets the green light. Also SJ's obsession with better taste (positively) contributes to the overall product development process. There are some good anecdotes about Chief Engineers in the Toyota Product Development Book.

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Lessons Learned: Continuous integration step-by-step

Startup Lessons Learned

Generally, if all tests pass, its happy (a green build) and if any tests fail, it will notify you by email. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? It runs all the automated tests youve written, and keeps track of the results.

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Lessons Learned: Please teach kids programming, Mr. President

Startup Lessons Learned

May 16, 2009 1:52 PM Todd Green said. You can find out more at: manning.com/sande Many thanks in advance, Todd -- Todd Green Manning Publications Co. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? Not all programmers are entrepreneurs, granted there are exceptions. Good Post.

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Marching through quicksand

Startup Lessons Learned

When I reviewed a recent product development book, it immediately shot up to Amazon sales rank 300. The biggest lost opportunity of all, though, is this one: we no longer need to rely on scarcity or status-oriented measures to filter which projects should get the green light. My blog has over 14000 subscribers, for example.

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The LeanLaunch Pad at Stanford – Class 2: Business Model Hypotheses

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Customer Segment : Owners/administrators of large green spaces (golf courses, universities, etc.) Joe Bingold (MBA, Jun 2011) Head of Product Development for Naval Nuclear Propulsion Plant Control Systems, US Navy, MSME (Naval PGS), BSEE (MIT), P.E. would buy an autonomous mower. in Control Systems. Stay tuned.