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Is the Lean Startup Dead?

Steve Blank

This same risk averse, conserve the cash, VC mindset would return after the 2008 meltdown of the housing market.). This allowed startups to build Minimal Viable Products (MVPs) – incremental and iterative prototypes – and put them in front of a large number of customers to get immediate feedback.

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Lessons Learned: The lean startup

Startup Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, September 8, 2008 The lean startup Ive been thinking for some time about a term that could encapsulate trends that are changing the startup landscape. The application of agile development methodologies which dramatically reduce waste and unlock creativity in product development. Less is more.

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What would you want to tell Washington DC about startups?

Startup Lessons Learned

Im writing this post from an airplane headed to Washington DC, where Ill be presenting at the Government 2.0 Im especially curious to gauge the reaction of the civilian and military representatives of our government. Ive been in a few government-themed meetings recently, so I know some of the standard answers.

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Five Rules for Making Products That Sell Themselves

YoungUpstarts

Just a glance at recent headlines shows you the challenges we face: the (latest) debt ceiling crisis, the recent federal government shutdown, the Obamacare hurdles we must jump, plummeting consumer confidence. Professionalisms B2B blueprinting customer development Dan Adams product development product planning'

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A real Customer Advisory Board

Startup Lessons Learned

It was a labor of love, and it meant we always had a real voice of the customer right there in the meeting with us. What we call “community management&# is actually governance. It is our obligation to govern well, but – as history has repeatedly shown – this is incredibly hard. It was absolutely worth it.

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The Lean Entrepreneur is here

Startup Lessons Learned

As we head into 2013, it's a good time to reflect on how far the Lean Startup movement has come: When I first started blogging in August of 2008, I had no idea what to expect. We stand on the shoulders of giants: customer development, the theory of disruptive innovation, the technology life-cycle adoption theory, and agile development.

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Three decisions to make on virtual goods

Startup Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Saturday, October 11, 2008 Three decisions to make on virtual goods I was invited to the Virtual Goods Summit yesterday, and got to see quite a few interesting speakers and panels. The government doesnt assign each clothing brand its own level of benefit. October 12, 2008 7:21 PM spanky said.