Steve Blank

JUNE 18, 2013

The Lean LaunchPad entrepreneurship curriculum has caught fire. I wondered if business plans and 5-year forecasts were the right way to plan a startup. I wondered if business plans and 5-year forecasts were the right way to plan a startup. We were putting the plan before the planning.

Lean 286

Lean Agile Customer Development Business Model 286

Steve Blank

MAY 23, 2016

Established businesses execute business models while startups search for them. I was a lone voice inside one of the country’s leading business schools challenging the conventional wisdom of the last 40 years, proposing that everything we were teaching about starting companies was wrong. How did this happen?

Lean 221

Lean Technical Review Vietnam Engineer 221

Steve Blank

JUNE 18, 2013

The Lean LaunchPad entrepreneurship curriculum has caught fire. I wondered if business plans and 5-year forecasts were the right way to plan a startup. I wondered if business plans and 5-year forecasts were the right way to plan a startup. We were putting the plan before the planning.

Lean 178

Lean Agile Customer Development Business Model 178

Up and Running

MAY 23, 2016

Step 1: Start with a lean plan. Instead of sitting down to write a 40-page business plan, start with a one-page pitch. It’s the fastest way to get your idea onto paper, and it’s the very first step in the lean planning process, which is much easier and more iterative than traditional business planning methods.

Software Review 74

Software Review Software Delaware Forecast 74

Up and Running

DECEMBER 5, 2016

Lean Planning is a concept that we introduced back in 2012 as an evolution in business planning. The traditional business plan just wasn’t fitting the needs of modern, fast-moving companies and it was time to bring more of a scientific approach to business planning.

Lean 60

Lean Silicon Valley Business Model Forecast 60

Steve Blank

MARCH 5, 2012

One of the confusing things to entrepreneurs, investors and educators is the relationship between customer development and business model design and business planning and execution. When does a new venture focus on customer development and business models ? And when do business planning and execution come into play?

Search 320

Search Business Model Customer Development Agile 320

Steve Blank

DECEMBER 7, 2010

There are few courses which teach aspiring entrepreneurs the skills (business models, customer and agile development, design thinking, etc.) Many entrepreneurship courses focus on teaching students “how to write a business plan.” This class is not about how to write a business plan. to optimize this search.

Wiki 311

Wiki Lean Management Business Model 311

Up and Running

JULY 2, 2020

Being ready, willing, and able to adapt and improvise is what’s going to keep your business healthy, lean, and agile. Revisit and update your business plan for guidance and to ensure your initial goals and OKRs make sense. At the same time, it’s important to be patient.

Startup 190

Startup Forecast Agile Demand 190

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. Most of our management tools, like planning and forecasting, require a long and stable operating history. them back to my publisher.

Lean 167

Lean Startup Metrics Private Equity 167

Steve Blank

JULY 28, 2011

From the point of view of scientists and engineers in a university lab, too often entrepreneurship in all its VC-driven glory – income statements, balance sheets, business plans, revenue models, 5-year forecasts, etc. And they’ll do this using the business model / customer development / agile development solution stack.

Engineer 278

Engineer Silicon Valley United States Intellectual Property 278

Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 5, 2009

Certainly venture-backed startups don’t have this luxury – every business plan has a model in it. Companies that reliably fail to make their forecasted numbers are exceptionally prone to “management retooling.&# The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. for Harvard Business Revie.

San Francisco 102

San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment Startup 102

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

Finally, I’ll write about how Eric Ries and the Lean Startup concept provided the equivalent model for product development activities inside the building and neatly integrates customer and agile development. The plan calls for selling in volume the day Engineering is finished building the product. What plan says that?

Customer Development 215

Customer Development Developer Customer Silicon Valley 215

Up and Running

OCTOBER 1, 2014

If not, be agile enough to change direction and re-focus,” Nelson advises. This is a process she went through first hand, deciding on the fresh direction for her business as they went into development a new product. Plan ahead. They are, so get out there and go talk to them,” she states. Look inward.

Bootstrapping 107

Bootstrapping Cofounder Portland Burn Rate 107