Steve Blank
MARCH 26, 2019
The class was unique in that it was 1) team-based, 2) experiential, 3) lean-driven (hypothesis testing/business model/customer development/agile engineering). When we started this class, the concept of Lean (business models, customer development, agile, pivots, mvp’s) was new to everyone. Class Velocity/Depth.
Startup Lessons Learned
MAY 25, 2020
And I think how you think about that, whether you're a restaurant owner that didn't invest in curbside pickup, what can you do to, I'll call it, hack it or in an agile mindset, how do you think about bringing a way to be able to do curbside and do that well, and not just rely on the delivery folks to be able to support you? Let's go."
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Agile VC
JUNE 13, 2019
Operating cashflow represent the cash that’s generated or consumed by the business, excluding things like capital expenditures or year to year balance sheet changes in the level of inventories or payables. They also include customer service costs in this Fulfillment bucket within SG&A, as well as some fixed (e.g.
Steve Blank
MARCH 31, 2014
Cheered on by finance professors, Wall Street analysts, investors and hedge funds, companies have learned how to make metrics like Internal Rate of Return look great by one; outsourcing everything, two, getting assets off their balance sheet, and three only investing in things that pay off fast. Act Like a Startup.
Steve Blank
MARCH 4, 2014
These groups are adapting or adopting the practices of startups and accelerators – disruption and innovation rather than direct competition, customer development versus more product features, agility and speed versus lowest cost. KPI’s and processes are the root cause of corporations’ inability to be agile and responsive innovators.
Steve Blank
JUNE 23, 2016
It’s a lot easier to get these numbers to look great by outsourcing everything, getting assets off the balance sheet and only investing in things that pay off fast. Their size lets them adopt flatter and more agile organizational structures while providing incentives that reward risk-taking and collaboration.
www.readwriteweb.com
MARCH 7, 2011
Past failures of enterprise technology to live up to its promises and ITs lack of agility caused by legacy technology have decreased the influence of the CIO, explained R "Ray" Wang in a piece for Forbes last year. The global recession, the consumerization of IT, the great cloud migration and other factors are changing the role of the CIO.
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