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Every product development, marketing, or other initiative that a startup undertakes should be targeted at improving one of the drivers of its growth model.
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…this is the sign of a successful pivot: the new experiments you run are overall more productive than the experiments you were running before.
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125 |
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…the three A’s of metrics: actionable, accessible, and auditable.
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…a pivot: a structured course correction designed to test a new fundamental hypothesis about the product, strategy, and engine of growth.
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The more money, time, and creative energy that has been sunk into an idea, the harder it is to pivot.
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Mainstream customers have different requirements and are much more demanding [than early adopters].
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170 |
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Today’s companies must learn to master a management portfolio of sustainable and disruptive innovation.
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Small batches pose a challenge to managers steeped in traditional notions of productivity and progress, because they believe that functional specialization is more efficient for expert workers.
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…one of the most expensive forms of potential waste for a startup is spending time arguing about how to prioritize new development once it has a product on the market.
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…the standard ‘waterfall’ development methodology… is completely maladapted for today’s rapidly changing business environment.
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