Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 30, 2011

I’m a very big proponent of the “lean startup movement&# as espoused by Steve Blank & Eric Ries. In the initial phases of any new market you’re developing a product (hopefully with a minimal set of features), getting feedback from customers, refining your product based on user feedback and then re-launching your product.

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Development Team Review Technical Review Bulgaria Lean 374

Steve Blank

JUNE 12, 2020

32 students were scattered across the globe and given a seemingly impossible assignment- they had 10 weeks to understand and then solve a real Dept of Defense problem – by interviewing 100 beneficiaries, stakeholders, requirements writers, et al while simultaneously building a series of minimal viable products – all while never leaving their room.

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Oakland Asia Lean Video 301

Feld Thoughts

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

Now that Dick and Jane have added a CTO to SayAhh’s founding team, they’ve turned their full attention to working on their product. They also haven’t launched a product, so there is no corresponding “cost of goods sold” – the direct cost of delivering their product.

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Balance Sheet Fractional CTO Burn Rate Salary 125

Lightspeed Venture Partners

DECEMBER 8, 2010

Some observations from Bipul Sinha about the internet and media industry in 2011. Yardsellr , Branchout , and Mertado are examples of such companies and we will witness a few scale companies emerging out of this space in 2011. Year of Social Utilities. Display Advertising Enters a Golden Era. TV Goes Social via Mobile Devices.

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Internet Media Social Media Advertising 108

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

NYU has adopted the Lean LaunchPad ® class as a standard entrepreneurship course across twelve different schools/colleges within the University. Over 1,000 students a year are learning lean startup concepts. —– In August 2011 I received an email from someone at NYU I never heard of. Spread it Widely. Student Impact.

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Lean New York City New York Customer Development 269

Steve Blank

JUNE 18, 2013

The Lean LaunchPad entrepreneurship curriculum has caught fire. Eric’s insight was that traditional product management and Waterfall development should be replaced by Agile Development. It’s called the Lean Startup. So my book and Berkeley class turned into the Lean LaunchPad class in the Stanford Engineering school.

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Lean Agile Customer Development Business Model 286

Steve Blank

DECEMBER 13, 2010

But to give you a sense of how fast they are moving, it’s only been a week since I posted the syllabus for our new Stanford entrepreneurship class Engr245 ( The Lean Launchpad.) Here’s the course announcement from Professor Vergara (in English): Customer Development Course in Chile – Lean Launchpad.

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Chile Silicon Valley Lean Agile 235

Steve Blank

JULY 13, 2021

Founders of startups (and new ventures inside existing companies) are searching for product/market fit and a repeatable and scalable business model. Consequently the methodologies for launching products in startups were different than for existing companies. Let’s Teach Lean Via Experiential Learning. experiential. The Syllabus.

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Lean Agile Business Model Business Plan 433

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

.” * I first wrote about the changes to the Venture Capital ecosystem 10 years ago and this still serves as a good primer of how we arrived at 2011, a decade on from the Web 1.0 The market today would barely be recognizable by a time traveler from 2011. dot-com bonanza. Ten years on much has changed.

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Pre-Money Valuation Valuation Venture Capital Early Stage 471

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 18, 2016

We just finished our Lean LaunchPad class at UC Berkeley’s engineering school where many of the teams embedded machine learning technology into their products. Later entrants who miss that wave have to build real products that people want to buy. Often no usable products exist and commercial viability is unproven.

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Artificial Inteligence Lean Exit Strategy Startup 120

Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 25, 2011

The Lean Startup movement has made tremendous progress in the past year. If you recall, around this time last year we were still fighting various myths , such as “ lean means cheap ” or that we don’t support having a big, world-changing vision. This year, the word pivot has become over-hyped ( even on TechCrunch ).

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San Francisco Silicon Valley Lean Agile 146

Steve Blank

JUNE 18, 2013

The Lean LaunchPad entrepreneurship curriculum has caught fire. Eric’s insight was that traditional product management and Waterfall development should be replaced by Agile Development. It’s called the Lean Startup. So my book and Berkeley class turned into the Lean LaunchPad class in the Stanford Engineering school.

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Lean Agile Customer Development Business Model 178

crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 19, 2011

Lean Marketing 101: Setting Goals – [link]. Traveling lean: tips for small businesses and entrepreneurs – [link]. Lean Marketing 101: Setting Goals – [link]. Traveling lean: tips for small businesses and entrepreneurs – [link]. 42 Fresh PS Tutorials In Early 2011 – [link].

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 97

Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 11, 2011

The Lean Startup Machine looks a lot like reality television for startups. I have written previously about how powerful the these events are as a teaching tool for Lean Startup principles. Below you will find the final presentations of each of the Lean Startup Machine NYC teams, including SnappSchool, who was judged to be the winner.

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New York City New York Lean SMS 161

crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2010

5 Essential Web Apps for the Lean Small Business – [link]. Ten Crowdsourcing Trends for 2011 – [link]. Lean Marketing Strategies for Small Businesses and Startups – [link]. Ten Crowdsourcing Trends for 2011 – [link]. Product Success and Innovation – [link]. – [link].

Social Media 97

Social Media Small Business Design Media 97

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

Another topic we debated early in the program was “lean startup” vs. “ fat startup ” where we both took the obvious hedge and said “it depends.” But truthfully both Dana and I are more aligned with the lean startup principles and believe you only go FAT when you’ve really proved out your product / market fit. Go Boulder!

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Partner New York City Cofounder Syndicate 240

Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Tuesday, October 5, 2010 The Lean Startup Bundle People often ask me if they can buy "Lean Startup in a box" from me. People want to get started with Lean Startup but arent exactly how. Its called the " The Lean Startup Bundle " and it is available this week only. Dont panic.

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Lean San Francisco Startup Continuous Deployment 153

Hunter Walker

OCTOBER 3, 2014

The decision to restart therapy in 2011. I was pretty confused the second half of 2011. No longer running product at YouTube, a pregnant wife, physical pain from some repetitive strain injuries in my arms/hands. And how there’s a positive momentum you build when you lean in, when you take risks. So there you go.

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Technical Review Lean Product 107

crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 29, 2010

Ten Crowdsourcing Trends for 2011 – [link]. Lean Marketing Strategies for Small Businesses and Startups – [link]. My hope for 2011: Companies just decide to stop sucking – [link]. 4 Social Media Marketing Predictions for 2011 – [link]. Can minimal design work for product packaging?

Social Media 93

Social Media Small Business Design Media 93

Lightspeed Venture Partners

JANUARY 6, 2011

Improve the product. Many of the companies had resolutions focused on their product management and development. Scott Albro of Focus , a knowledge sharing community for business people, has fully embraced the idea of constant iteration for 2011, taking the best practices of social media to the business media world.

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Stealth Startup Lean Cofounder 60

Up and Running

MARCH 27, 2014

Have you ever heard of the book The Lean Startup by Eric Ries? It’s an incredible guide to rethinking how you develop your business, whether you’re just starting out or launching a new product or into a new market. Whether it be in marketing, whether it be on the product, it doesn’t matter.

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Lean Startup Silicon Valley Small Business 95

Brandanew

AUGUST 19, 2016

Effective usage differentiates you from those who fail to get productive results. About Author: Shahid Mansuri co-founded Peerbits , a leading mobile app development company, in 2011. He believes in sharing his strong knowledge base with leaned concentration on entrepreneurship and business.

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PHP Widget HTML Portfolio 100

The Equity Kicker

APRIL 13, 2017

Thus it was that Eric Ries both extended Blank’s work and made it more accessible with the publication of The Lean Startup in 2011. The founder is a disciplined practitioner of lean startup principles who had achieved good growth through lots of experimentation and optimisation, but they had got stuck.

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Lean Startup Silicon Valley Venture Capital 90

Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 16, 2011

The very first print galleys have arrived for The Lean Startup Book. In other words, it's a minimum viable product. Now, I can give you an answer: September 13, 2011. There are a lot of reasons you should come to SLLCONF 2011. Here's what it looks like: So many of you have been asking, "when can I read it?"

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Lean Startup Sales Product 137

The Next Web

JULY 5, 2015

For the uninitiated, the Lean Startup methodology is a practice for developing products and businesses based on ‘validated learning’, getting customer feedback quickly and often. The process was proposed by Eric Ries in 2011. The objective is to eliminate uncertainty in the product development process.

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Lean Startup Product Development Web 60

Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 6, 2011

The Lean Startup Book is done. If you've been waiting for a comprehensive account of the Lean Startup and how it can help you achieve dramatically better business results, this is it. What really constitutes product/market fit? I am no longer writing a book. Finally, really, truly, done. page proofs, and mailing (!)

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Lean Startup Metrics Private Equity 167

ConversionXL

MARCH 19, 2020

Greater discipline during boom times offered more flexibility during lean years. And getting it right during the lean years, Bain reports , has a massive impact on companies’ growth rate after things improve: ( Image source ). Use that intelligence to inform product portfolio and investment choices.”.

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Marketing Campaign Non-Compete Lean 121

The Next Web

OCTOBER 28, 2012

Growth hacking has resonated in the startup community due to today’s growth challenges: new channel creation, channel saturation, the “best product” fallacy and “product-growth” fit. Since this change in the OpenGraph, both products have seen their traffic decline. 05 percent CTR on Facebook in 2011. Product-growth fit.

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Technical Review Software Review Distribution San Francisco 150

crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 24, 2013

We are huge believers in a lean approach to marketing and business and one of the precepts is small batch testing: stick with what works and get rid of what doesn’t. Count everything your business possesses, not just the products in your stockroom and on the shelves, but all assets physical, virtual, and human. Do an inventory.

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Small Business Software Review Startup Lean 92

Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 22, 2015

A massive rain storm blew through San Francisco in the middle of last year’s Lean Startup Conference. Why You Should Join Us in 2015 Since 2011, The Lean Startup has helped countless ventures transform ideas into thriving businesses. No lights, no wifi, and no A/V.

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Lean San Francisco Startup Cofounder 60

The Equity Kicker

SEPTEMBER 24, 2016

Since Eric Ries wrote The Lean Startup in 2011 smart founders have understood that the best way to progress is to get onto the ‘build-measure-learn’ loop and iterate to success. That’s doing rather than planning. At good startups it’s easy (or easier.), all action is directed towards achieving their vision.

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Startup Incubator Technical Review Lean 60

Occam's Razor

APRIL 8, 2013

This thought was in my mind as I was reading Lean Analytics a new book by my friend Alistair Croll and his collaborator Benjamin Yoskovitz. In this post, we’ll look at each of the four steps in the Lean Analytics Cycle in more detail. In the Lean Startup world, this is called customer development. But it is not routine.

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Metrics Analytics Lean Churn Rate 156

crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 16, 2011

Lean Marketing: Customer service strategies for small businesses and startups – [link]. Top 5 myths about the lean startup – [link]. Lean Marketing: Customer service strategies for small businesses and startups – [link]. Your Product Needs to be 10x Better than the Competition to Win. – [link].

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 91

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2011

But this mania to not miss out on the next big thing is driving some investors to pay growth-equity prices for traditional market risk (as in, they’re paying up before it is clear there is product / market fit). If you are interested the Vimeo is here. And so on down then line. If a company that would traditionally raise $500k at a $3.5

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Saudi Arabia Valuation IPO Technical Review 309

Steve Blank

JUNE 7, 2019

All the teams used the Mission Model Canvas , Customer Development and Agile Engineering to build Minimal Viable Products, but all of their journeys were unique. Hacking for Defense has its origins in the Lean LaunchPad class I first taught at Stanford in 2011. All the presentations are worth a watch. Team: Panacea.

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Oakland Lean SBIR Afghanistan 266

Steve Blank

DECEMBER 30, 2014

Our Lean Launchpad® for Life Sciences is one of them. The Lean Launchpad® for Life Sciences (the I-Corps @ NIH ) uses the Lean Startup Model to discover and validate the business model. The Lean Launchpad® for Life Sciences (the I-Corps @ NIH ) uses the Lean Startup Model to discover and validate the business model.

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San Diego North Carolina Chicago Lean 261

Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 10, 2012

All you have to do is come up with a product to sell, open your online store on Shopify, pick one of the awesome mentors, then get to work. 2011 Winners: Coffee Joulies 1. How to keep the first product minimal: I think Coffee Joulies actually exists because we decided to keep the first product as minimal as we could.

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San Francisco Framework Lean Stock 167