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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>
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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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Data Can’t Tell You Everything.
A/B Testing Low-Frequency Events ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
 
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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]
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Sci-Fi ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
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The Whole Point
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How PBworks Used Lean Startup Techniques

  • 1. 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>
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