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Startups:
Other Stuff:
Chris Brown @ChrisInCambo
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Lean Startup – My Tips for Agile Entrepreneurs
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I love my boss
(I'm self employed)
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The Same Old Ideas
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Reduce the Cost of Failure
The Secret to Success:
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Understand Business Models for the Web
Advertising
Direct Sales
Subscriptions
None of these models work here!
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Think Global
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Don't Target ConsumersDon't Target Large Organisations
Target SME's
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$100,000
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Do The Maths!Do Subsriptions!
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($50 x 12 months) x 166 customers = $100,000
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Only 166 Customers!
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Solve Your Own Problem!
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This place is not so different
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But how?
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Customer Development 1st Product Development 2nd
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Test AssumptionsWith The Minimum
Viable Product
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UpstartHQ.com
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Get a Blog
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Pimp Your Blog
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The Sales Pitch
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Beta Sign Up
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No Price Tag!
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Google Analytics
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Drive Traffic
Google Adsence (quick & expensive) Blogging Twitter / Facebook (social marketing) Head hunt users (cheap effective) SEO (probably too slow for our purpose)
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Split Testing
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Split Test Everything!!
Change your message Add features Remove features Add text Remove text Change your sign up process TRY EVERYTHING & ANYTHING!!
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Metrics
Conversion rate Customer acquisition cost Click through rate
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Lean Startup
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Read The Bible
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30100 Users
Enough to make your data meaningful Not enough to flame you if when things go wrong Easy to achieve with minimum marketing spend Makes it feel like a small club Enough to keep communication personal
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What if no one signs up?
Pivot or Quit
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“You suck, your product sucks and you will fail
hard!”Dave McClure – Master of 500 Hats
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Lots of people have signed up...
Congratulations!
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Get a Server
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But...
Get Coding!
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Don't Waste Bootstrap Time!
Personal Kanban The Pomodoro Technique No Excuses!
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Release Early, Release Often
Early adopters are very valuable Change direction based on user feedback Don't worry about mistakes Don't worry about bad press
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9 Releases in 2 Days
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Validated Learning Over White Board
Strategising
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Find Product Market Fit
How would you feel if you could no longer use our app?
1) Very disappointed
2) Somewhat disappointed
3) Not disappointed (it really isn’t that useful)
4) N/A I no longer use your product
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Keep Iterating
Listen to your users Allow users to talk with each other (forum, list) Respond quickly and personally to requests Removing features is as important as adding them Do regular user surveys (survey.io)
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What if no one is very disappointed?
Pivot or Quit
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40%+ Very Disappointed
Congratulations, you've achieved product market fit!
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Now name your price...
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You make your first sale...
Congratulations, your business model has
been validated!
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Go Big Quick!
Max out Google Adsence spend ($300+ per day) Hire someone who knows SEO Spend money on your website Consider producing promotional videos Make a lot of noise on every blog, social network or
forum that you can find
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Don't have enough money?
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Easy sell to investors...
Already have a product Already have users Already have product market fit Already have business model Already have first sale
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Key Points
Customer development before product development Learn from a minimum viable product Fail fast, fail often Iterate quickly Find product market fit with less than 100 users Go big quick Take investment capital when needed