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Pivot Case Study:   Flowtown
February 19, 2009
May 11, 2009
July 3, 2009
3 months
1 customer
Hedwig




...which became...
Flowtown smoke test social discovery




         ...which became...
6 mocks that saved
                         Flowtown




...which became...
October 21, 2009




                 1 day
              1 customer
Have a Bullshit Bar
Prototype Fast and Furiously




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