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Eric Ries' Lean Startup Course from SXSW 2012

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Re: Eric Ries' Lean Startup Course from SXSW 2012

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Post by cozengokce »

caseysoftware wrote: post #9
chrisebennett wrote: post #2

I think the lean startup is over-hyped. Every person in the startup scene is just constantly talking about Lean, but when you actually get into the nitty gritty is nowhere near as straightforward as Eric makes it sound

I was invited to be a mentor for Lean Startup Machine Austin this past April and I have to say that it was fantastic. The A/B test crap is just that.. crap. Where Lean does make sense is applying the scientific method to the startup process. If you can identify your assumptions, figure out a way to test them, and then adjust accordingly, that is a fantastic thing. Every assumption is a risk, this is just a process fo…

Can you please help me understand the real meaning of "pivot". As you said nowadays everybody is using that term for very different things. What does pivoting mean, why people are misusing it, any case studies that i can read? Thanks!

Re: Eric Ries' Lean Startup Course from SXSW 2012

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Post by aabrams »

trevor99 wrote: post #3
chrisebennett wrote: post #2

I think the lean startup is over-hyped. Every person in the startup scene is just constantly talking about Lean, but when you actually get into the nitty gritty is nowhere near as straightforward as Eric makes it sound

what resources have you used or steps have you taken to get into the nitty gritty?

Just doing it. I think that's really the key here. Love watching a few courses like this but at the end of the day you just gotta do it. Test some sh*t, realize that you're in a local maxima and that testing more button variations won't do shit, try other stuff. But again always keeping the main idea of Lean alive - identify hypothesis and understand the why not just the what.

How about you? What are you reading/doing?

Re: Eric Ries' Lean Startup Course from SXSW 2012

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Post by nfm »

cozengokce wrote: post #11
caseysoftware wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I was invited to be a mentor for Lean Startup Machine Austin this past April and I have to say that it was fantastic. The A/B test crap is just that.. crap. Where Lean does make sense is applying the scientific method to the startup process. If you can identify your assumptions, figure out a way to test them, and then adjust accordingly, that is a fantastic thing. Every assumption is a risk, this is just a process fo…

Can you please help me understand the real meaning of "pivot". As you said nowadays everybody is using that term for very different things. What does pivoting mean, why people are misusing it, any case studies that i can read? Thanks!

Colloquial use: "We were working on an enterprise database solution, then pivoted to a social network for toddlers."

Intended use: "We were working on a time tracking application for freelance designers, and pivoted to making it for lawyers instead."

There are lots of kinds of pivots (customer segment, platform, channel, value capture, engine of growth etc) - in essence, it's about taking what you've learned so far, and using that knowledge to tweak your approach to solving the problem you're working on.

Eric Ries' 'The Lean Startup' is the canonical reference for this stuff.

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