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Pivots
                         KISSmetrics Case Study

                         Hiten Shah
                         Startup Lessons Learned Conference • Apr 23, 2010




Friday, April 23, 2010
Pivot
                    “The idea that successful startups change directions
                     but stay grounded in what they've learned.”
                         Eric Ries, The Lean Startup




                              Customer    STOP
                                                         Customer     STOP
                                                                             Customer   STOP
                                                                                                 Scale   STOP

                              Discovery                  Validation          Creation          Company




                                                 Pivot




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YouTube - Customer Need Pivot




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PayPal - Feature Pivot




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Facebook - Platform Pivot
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Our Vision for KISSmetrics

                          Provide Actionable Analytics
                              Software as a Service
                           No-Touch / Low-Touch Sales




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Social Application Developer
                               Zach Allia, Creator of Free Gifts
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Social application developers...

                              Need specialized analytics
                              Will pay for these analytics
                               Are a growing segment




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First Product Iteration
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Lessons Learned - First Iteration

                         App Developers need to make money
                           Analytics is a universal problem
                          People want to customize reports




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Everyone
      Bloggers, Web App Developers, Social App Developers, Marketers, Product Managers, etc...
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Everyone...

                                 Needs analytics
                         Knows what they should measure
                         Wants customizable dashboards




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Pivot 1
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Lessons Learned - Pivot 1

                          People don’t know what to measure
                         Customizability requires hand-holding
                            Not all customers are profitable




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Marketer
                         Matt Brezina, Co-Founder of Xobni
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Marketers...

                          Only care about actionable analytics
                         Want to improve their conversion rates
                             Are willing to pay for analytics




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Pivot 2
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Lean Startup Lessons Learned




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Every prospect is important




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Hunt for the Patterns




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Less is More


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First-time user gratification is important
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Thank You!




                              Go to CustDev.com
                                         Promo Code: LEAN


                               @hnshah
                         hshah@kissmetrics.com
Friday, April 23, 2010

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