3 Rules to Actionable Metrics in a Lean Startup

First, what is an actionable metric?

An actionable metric is one that ties specific and repeatable actions to observed results.

How to Document Your Business Model On 1 Page

The validated learning loop is the fundamental feedback loop that drives a lean startup:

Even though, this diagram shows “CODE” as the artifact of BUILD, I subscribe to a much looser interpretation of BUILD that applies to…

Experiments in Pricing

What you charge for your product is simultaneously one of the most complicated and most important things to get right. Not only does your pricing model keep you in business, it also signals your branding and positioning. Unlike with other elements, it is harder to iterate on pricing. Once…

Deploying Desktop-based Software Continuously

Of all the Lean Startup techniques, Continuous Deployment is by far the most controversial. Continuous Deployment is a process by which software is released several times throughout the day — in minutes versus days, weeks, or months. Continuous Flow…

Pivot Before Product/Market Fit, Optimize After

“Startups that succeed are those that manage to iterate enough times before running out of resources”
-Eric Ries

Even though an iteration (in Lean Startup) is defined as a Build/Measure/Learn experiment, the iteration…

3 Rules for Building Features in a Lean Startup

Validated learning about customers is the measure of progress in a Lean Startup — not lines of working code or achieving product development milestones.

New Product: USERcycle — a better way to track and engage your customers

In the course of applying lean startup techniques to my other products, I’ve stumbled across a recurring problem of finding better ways to track and improve engagement with my users.