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HOW TO BUILD 
INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES 
Abby Fichtner 
@HackerChick | Harvard Innovation Lab
@HackerChick 
The 
first 
rule of innovation 
is:
@HackerChick 
The 
first 
rule of innovation 
is: 
NO RULES 
there are 
of 
innovation
@HackerChick 
I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work. 
- Thomas Edison
@HackerChick 
#1 Eliminate Waste 
Innovation Rules 
#5 FOCUS! and get shit done 
#2 Start Small 
#3 Deeply Understand Customers 
#4 Always Be Learning
@HackerChick 
Eliminate Waste 
#1
@HackerChick 
The 
#1 
most important thing for a startup 
is: 
value 
Vs. 
waste 
Eric Reis, The Lean Startup
@HackerChick 
muda 
any activity that is unproductive or that doesn’t add value today
@HackerChick 
YAGNI 
(You Ain’t Gonna Need It)
@HackerChick
@HackerChick 
out of 
9 
new products 
fail 
10
@HackerChick
@HackerChick 
Single Biggest Predictor of Failure? 
Don Sull, The Upside of Turbulence
@HackerChick 
Single Biggest Predictor of Failure? 
Don Sull, The Upside of Turbulence 
Sticking to Initial Business Plan
@HackerChick 
@HackerChick
@HackerChick 
Small 
Start 
#2
@HackerChick 
Go Big 
or go home
@HackerChick 
Go Big 
VISION
@HackerChick 
VISION 
REALITY
@HackerChick 
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@HackerChick 
GO SMALL 
(dominate small market) 
Go Big 
VISION
@HackerChick 
Deeply Understand Customers 
#3
@HackerChick 
VC: 
“There are a million cloud storage startups!” 
Drew: 
“Do you use any of them?” 
VC: 
“No” 
Drew: 
“…”
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Always Be 
Learning 
#4
@HackerChick 
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@HackerChick 
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@HackerChick 
“Talk is cheap. Show me the code.” 
- Linus Torvalds
@HackerChick 
“Talk is cheap. Show me the code.” 
- Linus Torvalds 
MVP
@HackerChick 
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10¢
@HackerChick 
FOCUS! 
and get shit done 
#5
@HackerChick 
Minimum Viable 
Everything
@HackerChick 
I assume that… 
If I build this product, people will want it
@HackerChick 
I assume that… 
If I build this product, people will want it
@HackerChick 
I assume that… 
If I sell this product, people will buy it
@HackerChick 
I assume that… 
If I sell this product, people will buy it
@HackerChick 
I assume that… 
If I build a product to provide my people that 1 thing they’re dying for, people will use it
@HackerChick 
I assume that… 
If I build a product to provide my people that 1 thing they’re dying for, people will use it 
To Do? 
Create User Account 
Add posts to buffer 
Link to LinkedIn 
Link to Twitter 
Link to Facebook 
Post items from buffer per schedule 
Allow user to set posting schedule 
Edit posts in buffer 
View history of posts 
Delete posts in buffer
@HackerChick 
To Do? 
Create User Account 
Add posts to buffer 
Link to LinkedIn 
Link to Twitter 
Link to Facebook 
Post items from buffer per schedule 
Allow user to set posting schedule 
Edit posts in buffer 
Delete posts in buffer 
I assume that… 
If I build a product to provide my people that 1 thing they’re dying for, people will use it 
View history of posts 
“Use it”? What am I really trying to test?
@HackerChick 
To Do? 
Create User Account 
Add posts to buffer 
Link to LinkedIn 
Link to Twitter 
Link to Facebook 
Post items from buffer per schedule 
Allow user to set posting schedule 
Edit posts in buffer 
Delete posts in buffer 
I assume that… 
If I build a product to provide my people that 1 thing they’re dying for, people will use it (post to the buffer) 
View history of posts 
“Use it”? What am I really trying to test?
@HackerChick 
To Do? 
Create User Account 
Add posts to buffer (are they adding anything?) 
Link to LinkedIn 
Link to Twitter 
Link to Facebook 
Post items from buffer per schedule 
Allow user to set posting schedule 
Edit posts in buffer 
View history of posts 
Delete posts in buffer 
I assume that… 
If I build a product to provide my people that 1 thing they’re dying for, people will use it (post to the buffer)
@HackerChick 
To Do? 
Create User Account 
Link to LinkedIn 
Link to Twitter 
Link to Facebook 
Post items from buffer per schedule (hard code) 
Allow user to set posting schedule 
Edit posts in buffer 
View history of posts 
Delete posts in buffer 
I assume that… 
If I build a product to provide my people that 1 thing they’re dying for, people will use it (post to the buffer) 
Add posts to buffer (are they adding anything?)
@HackerChick 
To Do? 
Create User Account 
Link to LinkedIn 
Link to Twitter (start with one) 
Link to Facebook 
Allow user to set posting schedule 
Edit posts in buffer 
Delete posts in buffer 
Post items from buffer per schedule (hard code) 
View history of posts 
I assume that… 
If I build a product to provide my people that 1 thing they’re dying for, people will use it (post to the buffer) 
Add posts to buffer (are they adding anything?)
@HackerChick 
To Do! 
Create User Account 
Add posts to buffer 
Link to LinkedIn 
Link to Facebook 
Allow user to set posting schedule 
Edit posts in buffer 
Delete posts in buffer 
Post items from buffer per schedule (hard code) 
View history of posts 
I assume that… 
If I build a product to provide my people that 1 thing they’re dying for, people will use it (post to the buffer) 
Link to Twitter (start with one)
@HackerChick 
Minimum Viable 
Process
@HackerChick 
OH at Lean Startup Circle Meetup
@HackerChick 
@HackerChick 
Bruno@2001
@HackerChick 
Kanban 
Get shit done 
To Do 
In Progress 
Done 
X 
Y 
Z 
A
@HackerChick 
Kanban 
Get shit done? 
To Do 
In Progress 
Done? 
X 
Y 
Z 
A 
B 
C 
D 
E 
F 
G 
H 
J 
K 
M 
N 
O 
P 
Q 
R
@HackerChick 
Kanban 
Get shit done 
To Do 
In Progress 
Done 
X 
Y 
Z 
A 
1 
B 
C 
D 
E 
F 
G 
H 
J 
K 
M 
N 
O 
P 
Q 
R
@HackerChick 
Kanban 
Get shit done 
To Do 
In Progress 
Done 
X 
Y 
Z 
A 
1 
(keep short) 
B 
C 
D 
E 
F 
G 
H 
J 
K 
M 
N 
O 
P 
Q 
R
@HackerChick 
Kanban 
Get shit done 
To Do 
In Progress 
Done 
X 
Y 
Z 
1 
A 
10
@HackerChick 
Minimum Viable 
Design
@HackerChick 
Emergent 
Design
@HackerChick 
Requirements 
Develop 
Release 
QA 
How can we maximize learning / success?
@HackerChick 
Requirements 
Develop 
Release 
QA 
Some learning 
(talk to people) 
Most learning 
(see what they do!) 
How can we maximize learning / success?
@HackerChick 
Requirements 
Develop 
Release 
QA 
Some learning 
(talk to people) 
Most learning 
(see what they do!) 
| ------------ Very little learning ------------ | 
How can we maximize learning / success?
@HackerChick 
Requirements 
Release 
Some learning 
(talk to people) 
Most learning 
(see what they do!) 
How can we maximize learning / success?
@HackerChick 
Requirements 
Some learning 
(talk to people) 
Continuous 
Deployment 
Release 
Most learning 
(see what they do!) 
How can we maximize learning / success?
@HackerChick 
Confidence 
Service 
as a 
“we’ve already done this 9,999 times”
@HackerChick 
@HackerChick
@HackerChick 
2 week release cycles 
Multiple releases/day 
Releases were all-day events 
Releases are non-events 
Release size: 100’s LOC 
Release size: < 25 LOC 
More emergency releases 
Less fire-fighting 
@AshMaurya 
Before 
After
@HackerChick 
Learn From Your Releases 
Only go as fast as you can learn 
To Do 
In Progress 
Done 
1 
C 
10 
X 
Y 
Z 
A 
B
@HackerChick 
Learn From Your Releases 
Only go as fast as you can learn 
To Do 
In Progress 
Done 
1 
C 
10 
X 
Y 
Z 
A 
B 
Learning 
10
@HackerChick 
Patterns of Innovation 
#1 Eliminate Waste 
#5 FOCUS! and get shit done 
#2 Start Small 
#3 Deeply Understand Customers 
#4 Always Be Learning
Abby Fichtner 
@HackerChick 
http://HackerChick.com 
Thanks!

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