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Next, agree upon metrics of success. Eric Ries is great at this, so read his books The Lean Startup and The Startup Way to learn his in-depth methods for what he calls “Innovation Accounting.” But in short, the small team needs a set of metrics to define what a successful experimental outcome looks like. Note, these aren’t long-term business metrics; these are short-term experimental outcomes. Eric calls it validating your blind-faith assumptions.
Ask Your Developer
Jeff Lawson
In Dave‘s words, an evangelist is a messenger, a catalyst, and a gardener – carrying forth the message of a better way, accelerating awareness and adoption, and planting the seeds of a movement and nurturing them toward growth.
Guy told us that the Greek origins of evangelism connote “bringing the good news.” The good news isn’t your product or service, it’s that there’s a problem we have and a new, better way to solve it. At Apple, that relates to creativity, productivity, and graphical interface. At Canva, it’s the democratization of design and the ability for anyone to create great graphics.
An evangelist doesn’t pitch products, she or he focuses on the problem to be solved and on improving people’s lives.
Product Evangelism
Ethan Beute
This is an incredibly important lesson for all designers. ***Your game - through the theme, back-of-box copy, artwork, everything - is making a promise to the players.*** Make sure that the actual game matches that promise. Don’t undercut your own vision.
"Is It Cake?" Mistakes
Geoff Engelstein
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