Startup Lessons Learned
JANUARY 19, 2009
Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, January 19, 2009 Lean hiring tips In preparing for the strategy series panel this week, I have been doing some thinking about costs. Fundamentally, lean startups do more with less, because they systematically find and eliminate waste that slows down value creation. Not in my experience.
Up and Running
APRIL 9, 2019
Just like the Lean Planning approach to business planning, less is more. It was also in a SWOT session that we realized we needed to make our product downloadable on the web (back in 1998, when we were among the first). Our SWOT sessions took only an hour or two. We used a whiteboard and worked on bullet points.
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.
Startup Lessons Learned
FEBRUARY 7, 2013
Last May, I shared the news that long-time Lean Startup advocates Brant Cooper and Patrick Vlaskovits were working on a new book called The Lean Entrepreneur featuring illustrations by FAKEGRIMLOCK. LitMotors approach to using Lean Startup to create a new vehicle category. That new book is about to hit bookstores everywhere.
Startup Lessons Learned
JUNE 8, 2009
Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, June 8, 2009 Datablindness Most of us are swimming in a sea of data about our products, companies, and teams. I had it all set up to a jury-rigged SurveyMonkey - PayPal minimum viable product. So the product development team was busy creating lots of split-tests for lots of hypotheses.
Both Sides of the Table
JULY 16, 2010
This is finally happening because the boom of 1998-01 means that many funds are reaching the maturity of their 10-year funds [strangely, 10-year funds usually last about 13 years!]. Staying “lean&# is not an option. [side note: our last fund at GRP Partners is currently ranked as the 5th best performing fund of the year 2000.
Austin Startup
JANUARY 31, 2018
First, frustration that video viewing on OTT, IPTV, TV and even VR were lean back alone experiences and not together with your friends who are separated by distance. That we look at video watching as a group/together experience rather than a lean back “on your own” activity. Same in startup world, keep working on the product.
Steve Blank
MARCH 18, 2011
Lean Startups/Back to Basics (2000-2010): No IPO’s, limited VC cash, lack of confidence and funding fuels “lean startup” era with limited M&A and even less IPO activity. Startups needed millions of dollars of funding just to get their first product out the door to customers. 2001 – 2010: Back to Basics: The Lean Startup.
Expert insights. Personalized for you.
140 
Let's personalize your content