How PBworks Used Lean Startup Techniques

PBwiki was a Lean Startup (but didn’t realize it) AKA: An engineer’s journey into the wild world of business and some lessons learned along the way Lean Startup Circle Talk, 9/16/2009 by “David E. Weekly” <david@pbworks.com>

Executive Summary ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Business Is Not Sexy. (This is not you.)

(Lean) Startups Are Poor. ,[object Object]

(Lean) Startups Are Ignorant. ,[object Object]

(Lean) Startups Are Misguided. ,[object Object],[object Object]

(Lean) Startups Are Prone to Failure. ,[object Object]

But Why Does It Work? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Don’t Go Tabula Rasa… ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Minimum Viable Product ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Hunches & Creativity ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

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Ideally… ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Data Can’t Tell You Everything.

A/B Testing Low-Frequency Events ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

It’s Time for a Fallacy! ,[object Object]

Optimize Successful Correlations ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Human Judgment Is Key ,[object Object],[object Object]

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Was PBwiki a Lean Startup? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

The Products ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

PBworks Evolution ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

The Model ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Pivot Questions ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Sci-Fi ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Business Goals ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

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