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The one position every startup needs- Secret Weapon #2

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Re: The one position every startup needs- Secret Weapon #2

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What kind of a/b testing tools are you using? Homegrown? Optimizely?

Homegrown at this point. Nick built it :) We were using kissmetrics, google site optimizer and google analytics. All great tools but as we are growing we didn't like the delay in the data and didn't trust all the data integrity. He is thinking of open sourcing our optimization engine at some point in the future. Any interest?

I'm interested.

Re: The one position every startup needs- Secret Weapon #2

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post #10

Love to hear any comments or feedback about what you guys think.

Interesting way of approaching a/b testing. The core offering is in place so having a college intern just test as many things as humanly possible seems like palatable to any founder/exec. Might have to try this...

I used to a/b test titles and all this micro stuff. Total waste of time but great mental porn. The global improvements from those tests are so miniscule it's not worth it.

Having my co-founder available for only limited time a week and tons of yelling from him have greatly improved my prioritizing ability.

Re: The one position every startup needs- Secret Weapon #2

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

What kind of a/b testing tools are you using? Homegrown? Optimizely?

Homegrown at this point. Nick built it :) We were using kissmetrics, google site optimizer and google analytics. All great tools but as we are growing we didn't like the delay in the data and didn't trust all the data integrity. He is thinking of open sourcing our optimization engine at some point in the future. Any interest?

i'm interested, noah.

Re: The one position every startup needs- Secret Weapon #2

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

What kind of a/b testing tools are you using? Homegrown? Optimizely?

Homegrown at this point. Nick built it :) We were using kissmetrics, google site optimizer and google analytics. All great tools but as we are growing we didn't like the delay in the data and didn't trust all the data integrity. He is thinking of open sourcing our optimization engine at some point in the future. Any interest?

i'm interested too.

Re: The one position every startup needs- Secret Weapon #2

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

What kind of a/b testing tools are you using? Homegrown? Optimizely?

Homegrown at this point. Nick built it :) We were using kissmetrics, google site optimizer and google analytics. All great tools but as we are growing we didn't like the delay in the data and didn't trust all the data integrity. He is thinking of open sourcing our optimization engine at some point in the future. Any interest?

Definitely interested, Noah!

Re: The one position every startup needs- Secret Weapon #2

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

What kind of a/b testing tools are you using? Homegrown? Optimizely?

Homegrown at this point. Nick built it :) We were using kissmetrics, google site optimizer and google analytics. All great tools but as we are growing we didn't like the delay in the data and didn't trust all the data integrity. He is thinking of open sourcing our optimization engine at some point in the future. Any interest?

Interested for sure.
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