Sat.Aug 01, 2015 - Fri.Aug 07, 2015

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A Lean Alternative to a Business Plan: Documenting Your Product/Market Fit Hypotheses

Sachin Rekhi

For years now in the valley we've been shunning the traditional approach to launching a startup: writing a formal business plan, pitching investors, assembling a team, launching a product, and selling it like hell because we've learned the hard way that more than 75% of all startups fail and we needed a more iterative approach that allowed us to learn from our failures and refine along the way.

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Funding Customer Success: 5 Questions to Help You Get Started

TSIA

Each day, I talk to members of TSIA’s Customer Success and Support discipline , and while the topics of those conversations are unique to each member, I have noticed some common struggles. This year alone, I have seen more members set up customer success organizations than ever before, which confirms what we already know: customer success is not just a growing trend, but is here to stay.

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4 Lean Startup Mistakes That Can Sabotage Your Product

UserTesting

In our recent webinar, Dan Olsen, author of The Lean Product Playbook , walked us through his Lean Product process and how to build great products efficiently. He also shared some of the mistakes companies make along the way when … The post 4 Lean Startup Mistakes That Can Sabotage Your Product appeared first on UserTesting Blog.

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4 Lean Startup Mistakes That Can Sabotage Your Product

UserTesting

In our recent webinar, Dan Olsen, author of The Lean Product Playbook , walked us through his Lean Product process and how to build great products efficiently. He also shared some of the mistakes companies make along the way when … The post 4 Lean Startup Mistakes That Can Sabotage Your Product appeared first on UserTesting Blog.

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10 Rules for Managing Apache Cassandra

It’s no surprise that Apache Cassandra has emerged as a popular choice for organizations of all sizes seeking a powerful solution to manage their data at a scale—but with great power comes great responsibility. Due to the inherent complexity of distributed databases, this white paper will uncover the 10 rules you’ll want to know when managing Apache Cassandra.

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How I Determined My Health KPIs by Analyzing the Leading Causes of Death

Sachin Rekhi

During my sabbatical I knew I wanted to make health and fitness my #1 priority. This was important to me as it's something that I've always said I wanted to do, but have never truly prioritized. My career has always been my #1 priority. And I get incredibly obsessed with just that, leaving little room for other such important priorities. This time was going to be different as I had very proactively put my career on hold temporarily in an effort to create some real space for me to focus on health