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I watched this in its entirety earlier. If you're familiar with Ries' work on Lean Startup the last year or so, you won't get much new out of it, but it is probably the best single "This is what we do, this is why we do it, this is how you can get started RIGHT THE HECK NOW on it" I've seen yet. It would be a great thing to show someone if you're trying to get, e.g., buy-in from management.

My favorite quote: "60 to 80% of features do not change customer behavior." So painfully, painfully true.

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Agreed. I wish Eric didnt repeat so much of what he's already said. Repetition in an age of infinite content availability is unnecessary.

But if scoble had heard his other interviews, i doubt he would have been as surprised or asked those questions. Scoble is great but sometimes like all journalists he can forget to 'know his audience'. And for each of his interviews, he shares the audience with the interviewee.

I appreciate the feedback. I find it hard to balance between introducing a new audience to the material and having something new for people who follow online.

I love this quote: "Repetition in an age of infinite content availability is unnecessary." I'm just wondering how to cope with it; infinite availability is not the same as infinite attention.

Always open to suggestions,

Eric

Well, I was taught to:

    1) Tell them what you're going to tell
    2) Tell them
    3) Tell them what you told

Didn't quite take ;-)

Whenever you have a thought that merits a good chunk of discussion, give that thought a name. In everything you say after that, don't rephrase your previous discussion, just reference the name—it's a verbal #include. In a textual medium, of course, every name-drop can just be hyperlinked to the previous discussion.

Don't repeat yourself to computers. DO repeat yourself to people. http://breckyunits.com/with_computers_dont_repeat_yourself_w...

He's not repeating himself, he's just being Lean!

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