Deploy or Die -- The Need to Iterate

I gave this talk at Volta in Late 2014 and covered the need to iterate and test your assumptions.

Transcript

1. Iterate.
2. @ianlivingstone Engineering Lead, Service Cloud SOS
5. We’ve learned a lot!
6. iteration and shipping THE IMPORTANCE OF
7. Let’s talk about you
8. A bunch of assumptions
9. assumptions flow down PROBLEM PRODUCT IMPLEMENTATION
10. Test these assumptions
11. What if you don’t test the assumptions?
12. TEST Model for everything you do: HYPOTHESIS REFLECT
13. “Make something people want” PAUL GRAHAM, Y COMBINATOR
14. You need to iterate quickly.
15. Time is money opportunity opportunity to learn opportunity to reflect opportunity to adapt
16. capitalization / burn rate TIME =
17. Shorter iteration time = more opportunity to adapt
18. Iterating quickly has huge short term upsides long term upsides
19. Momentum ITERATING CREATES
20. CONTINUED MOMENTUM LEADS TO Inertia
21. Big wins are few and far between
22. Focus on small wins
23. This creates a cadence
24. Heartbeat of your company CADENCE =
25. Iteration allows you to test your assumptions
26. Iterating quickly gives you more opportunity to find product market fit
27. Iterating provides small wins and allows you to build momentum
28. Questions?