August 2010
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“How will I know when people are ready to pay?
The easiest thing to do of...”
– The Minimum Viable Product Lifecycle - knowing when to jump from a minimum viable product to a business.
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Free by Chris Anderson
As expected from a book geared towards a mainstream audience, Free is not as practical as it could be. Most of the book are company stories and economy history. Although they were interesting, I was looking for more detailed data on free business models.
Nevertheless, there were some bits I loved to read like the “How can X be free?” sections (example: “How can everything in a...
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Hacking music: favorite post-rock bands
After reading some hackernews posts about hacking music, I decided to share some bands I recomend to everyone. They’re mainly around the post-rock genre a.k.a. instrumental rock. Non-distracting, but motivating. Give them a try or share your own.
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Startup metrics
One of the principles of lean startups is ferocious customer-centric rapid iteration. To validate assumptions, data must be collected from users interacting with the product, a fact frequently forgotten by opinionated developers.
Here are two good presentations about metrics, one about business metrics for startups, and other specifically about web applications design metrics.
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“SlideShare’s existing customers had needs that the company’s new product—along...”
– Slideshare case study @ Lessons Learned: finding the right revenue model.
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The Art of Start
Finished reading The Art of Start and it’s really good. I’m lending it to my partner in crime, since it’s full of valuable pragmatic instructions.
Although some advices apply to large venture capital funding, most are universal to any startup. I specially liked the pitching tips (the 10/20/30 rule, take notes…) and the The Art of Schmoozing:
Get out
Ask good questions,...