7. ⊠and the LOOOOOONG TAIL! Activism Motherâs day cards Academic Lessons Movie reviews Talk slides Humor Cartoons Paintings Standalone presentations Love Songs Advocacy Sermons
8. SlideShare - Worldâs Top 10 Elearning Platforms Centre for Learning & Performance Technologies (www.c4lpt.co.uk)
13. Building products is the Art of Visioning the Invisible⊠No one (initially) knows the answer, so donât chase the answerâŠ
14. ⊠chase an organisation DNA that has learnt to figure out the answer.
15. Organizational DNA will make/break your startup Organizational ethos Who you hire Who you promote/let go Merit driven culture How you map individuals to team goals
16. 2) Darwinâs Theory of Evolution applied to Product Development âIt is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change (flexible)â
17. Lean Startup Philosophy & Agile Development Model Keep initial product design + scope flexible Product launch is an early probe Product Development happens via incremental pivots Iterate and change quickly
18. SlideShare Lean Case Study: Eric Ries http://www.startuplessonslearned.com/2010/08/case-study-slideshare-goes-freemium.html
24. Focus on Width (virality), Depth (engagement) later First grow user base with width strategy Viral Distribution for width Single minded focus on new user acquisition Viral loops, Viral coefficient, Viral tuning
27. Metrics driven organization Metrics are hard, but not sexy Need social context to be effective A/B Testing Funnel Tracking Kissmetrics, Unbounce, Google Analytics, Clicktale Data ergonomics matters A LOT
28. Data Ergonomics Think RSS of data (daily email reports) Differentiate between data for internal product decision making data for external marketing/business needs Differentiate between absolute data numbers (usually does not matter) data trends (usually matters most)
38. Team Building â Bottoms Up India ecosystem offers no choice but bottoms up Services mentality is SERIOUS bottleneck Few role models to inspire Pros & Cons of this approach
39. 8) Focus on your core, outsource non core complexity
48. Whereas the ruling trends are all about risk managementâŠ. Lean MVP Lean Agile
49. Take risk management HEAD-ON Risk management intrinsic part of startup lifecycle Be ready to face SERIOUS internal challenges Team buy-in for core philosophy Heightened team awareness & sensitization Be strong, donât give up