

Braintrust: a format for powerful peer-to-peer mentoring
For three years in a row, the most valued session during the Rockstart Accelerator programs has been the Braintrust. Esther introduced it as Lean Mentor
For three years in a row, the most valued session during the Rockstart Accelerator programs has been the Braintrust. Esther introduced it as Lean Mentor
Yesterday we had the first introductory session with a potential portfolio company and tried once again to explain why it is so important to focus
An important part of Lean Startup is running experiments. Experiments turn assumptions into learnings. Learn and Confirm experiments There are two types of experiments: Learn
In the first 5 blog posts about Analytics we covered Vanity Metrics, the Pirate Metrics framework, the criteria of a good metric, the key activity,
This is Part 4 of our Lean Startup series. One of the most important tools or experiments you can do throughout the search for your
When I first started using good metrics (I was no longer focussing on vanity metrics like total registered users) I had a hard time wrapping
In the last post, I talked about the importance of validated learning. Trying to validate your way to a working business model. You don’t validate
If there is one thing important for startups, it is focus. The same applies to analytics. Startup life is chaotic enough and you can not
In the previous post, I introduced the lean startup methodology by Eric Ries. He defines two phases in a startup. There is a Customer Discovery
In the previous two posts we gave you an introduction to analytics, discussed vanity metrics and the criteria for good metrics. In this post we’d
The Lean Startup, Running lean, The four steps to epiphany, we have all read the books. We use the Business Model Canvas and build MVP’s.
Last time we did a short introduction on analytics. We explained that numbers that can only go up and to the right are called vanity
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