YoungUpstarts

MARCH 12, 2020

Best of all, Scrum helps teams remain agile by encouraging flexibility in your workflow. There are many pros to acquisition when used judiciously, so definitely make sure it’s on your list of possible strategies before going into business. Use Product differentiation If You’re Small.

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SoCal CTO

APRIL 2, 2013

They look at the following high level definition of Lean: and they interpret that as write up an executive summary with your ideas and hand it to developers to build. Don't be fooled by a Common Misunderstanding in Agile Software Development. This post will provide links to participants as well as to readers. What's going to go wrong?

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View from Seed

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

I definitely spend a lot of time on paper first, making sure I understand what I’m really building and why. IC: Technology choices are definitely dependent on what you’re trying to accomplish with your product, so you need to figure that out first. You’re definitely going to need ops automation, so just do it.

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Hearpreneur

JUNE 9, 2023

5- By embracing challenges Photo Credit: Ori Fruhauf Managing a business in the midst of economic instability is definitely challenging, but also a great opportunity. It definitely makes managing the company harder, but it’s also a great motivator. Scenario planning, strategic cost management, diversification, flexibility, and agility.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 31, 2011

Over the last decade we assumed that once we found repeatable methodologies (Agile and Customer Development , Business Model Design) to build early stage ventures, entrepreneurship would become a “science,” and anyone could do it. Founders fit the definition of a creator: they see something no one else does. George Bernard Shaw.

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The Startup Magazine

JUNE 30, 2018

Sprint Planning is an imperative process of achieving the objectives of any agile team. The Product Owner and Scrum Master must work together with the Agile Team towards achieving the sprint commitment. By applying the Definition-of-Ready (DoR), select the stories that are refined and ready for Sprint Planning. Source: Pixabay.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 30, 2019

Finding these definitions early in the game will prevent them from feeling like something is lacking. Building a solid plan involves mental agility more than anything else. Do your stakeholders know what a successful project is ? Any additional work always means additional time. Show evidence. it is a delicate balancing act.

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The Startup Magazine

APRIL 11, 2019

All of us know in software companies that scrum is the most significant agile methodology for handling software projects. Scrum is a lightweight agile process framework used primarily for managing software development. It leads to scope creep, due to lack of definite end-date. Maximum business value can be achieved.

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Feld Thoughts

MAY 28, 2015

Congrats to my friends at Rally Software on the announcement that they’ve signed a definitive agreement to be acquired by CA Technologies for $480 million. Tim, Ryan, and team have created a phenomenal company that is built on two trends that have picked up massive speed in the past few years: (1) Agile and (2) SaaS.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 20, 2010

The terms “CTO&# and “VP Engineering&# have such stigmas associated with what they are that I’m sure some people will feel uncomfortable with the definitions I’ve put forward. But for non-technical founders let me offer you a definition that you can use when you build a team.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 2, 2017

By definition, most startups begin as a result of some innovation in product, process, or service. The challenge during this phase is to stay innovative and agile. The crises definitely hits here, if not earlier, and even the survivors can be dragged down. Consider MySpace and Webvan. Efficiency and scale.

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Steve Blank

MAY 6, 2015

Best practices in software development started to move to agile development in the early 2000’s. With Agile you could end up satisfying every feature a customer asked for and still go out of business. A major improvement over Waterfall development, Build Measure Learn lets startups be fast, agile and efficient. Lessons Learned.

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Small Business Force

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

One of the chief benefits of being a small business is the agility that being small enables. The term agility is most often used in describing an athlete. So how do you embrace your agility and use the �fail early, fail often" philosophy to your best advantage? Fail early, fail often," can truly help entrepreneurial innovation.

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Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Operating across varied industries, Fractional CMOs offer a fresh, tailored approach, helping businesses to be more agile, adaptive, and strategic in their planning Questions I ask Nicole Bernard [00:46] What exactly is a fractional CMO? So yeah, definitely a little bit longer probably than I John Jantsch (05:20): Thought.

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SoCal CTO

MAY 21, 2012

What parts Agile addresses and the big problems with Agile for early-stage startups? What are you going to do to reduce your chance of problems and maximize your chances of real success? What is the root cause of all of these problems? How do you know if you may have issues?

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 16, 2020

4- Remain agile as a brand. For 2021, my number one goal is to be able to remain agile as a brand to be able to come out on the right side of the changes that are and will continue to come out of the global pandemic because I believe we are shifting to new ways of doing business, a different economy, and changing consumer behavior.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 14, 2013

By definition, most startups begin as a result of some innovation in product, process, or service. The challenge during this phase is to stay innovative and agile. The crises definitely hits here, if not earlier, and even the survivors can be dragged down. Consider MySpace and Webvan. Efficiency and scale.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 20, 2022

By definition, new startups have to do this to even have a shot at funding from venture capitalists and survival, but I find that existing companies often rest on their laurels far too long. Bezos believes that if you double the number of experiments you do per year, you’re going to double your agility, and thus outpace your competitors.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Lean Methodology consists of three tools designed for entrepreneurs building new ventures: The Business Model Canvas – to write down all the hypotheses about a new business; Customer Development – a process for testing those hypotheses outside the building; Agile Engineering – to rapidly build minimal viable products to test product/market fit.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 30, 2016

The highest professional level is not always about talent, not always about a special “secret” skill and it is definitely not about luck. The agile approach recommends that you determine the biggest problem and solve it. The audience thinks that the result depends on the talent, but it is not necessarily true. Conclusion.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 14, 2015

By definition, most startups begin as a result of some innovation in product, process, or service. The challenge during this phase is to stay innovative and agile. The crises definitely hits here, if not earlier, and even the survivors can be dragged down. Consider MySpace and Webvan. Efficiency and scale.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

We think teaching teams a formal methodology around the Lean Framework (Business Model design, Customer Development and Agile Engineering) is a natural evolution of how successful incubators/accelerators will build startups. Here’s the story of one such team; Jonathan Wylie, Lakshmi Shivalingaiah and the Evoke team. At first it was faint.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 25, 2021

Demonstrate agility and timeliness in all actions. If one or more of these mindset elements is definitely not you, and you are unhappy with your current role, it might be time to do some job hunting, but now is probably not the time to strike out on your own as an entrepreneur. Every new business has many unknowns and much risk.

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Transformify

DECEMBER 12, 2019

Adeel established a team in Lahore and we all did Agile training together to formalize a working relationship. We used an agile coach to help us navigate the challenges of remote working on a software engineering project and the project went extremely well. It is definitely different, and each scenario (ie. Absolutely.

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Where to Play

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

The answer is definitely dazzling, because there are numerous options. Step 3: Designing the Agile Focus Strategy. Once they felt confident with the evaluation results, Flyability’s team could then use Worksheet 3 to design their Agile Focus Strategy. Worksheet 3 – Designing your Agile Focus Strategy.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

I definitely learned a few things about how to improvise effectively in business from the classic book, “ Getting to ‘Yes And’: The Art of Business Improv ,” by Bob Kulhan, who is a master of the art in both comedy and business. In business and in comedy, you win most often with “Yes, and …” instead of “Yes, but ….”

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 5, 2012

By anyone’s definition, that’s a complex enterprise! We’re wired for agility. We’ve learned to bend technology to fit our needs and increase our agility for handling more complex situations at increasingly higher and faster levels. Women are enterprising. Most women do a lot. Women know how to collaborate.

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Brandanew

DECEMBER 23, 2022

I definitely need the readiness to create with intention. Favorite podcast episode: The myths of modern marriage (part 1 and 2) Favorite book(s): In custody , Sorrow and Bliss , This is marketing Two words to describe your year: Emotional agility. Asana, notebooks, bookmarked emails, whatever system works! Happy Holidays. .

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ConversionXL

JUNE 13, 2017

Agile marketing may not be a phrase you hear often, but it’s becoming increasingly popular and important. Traditionally associated with development and product management, agile is a lightweight and, well, agile framework for software development and bringing features and products to market. sourced from the Scrum Guide.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 11, 2021

Some entrepreneurs will say the future is definitely bright but to others, some of these changes are meant to work against their expansion and business operations. Since the beginning of the pandemic, the way we view work and business has definitely shifted. Thanks to Ben Reynolds, Sure Dividend ! #3- Photo Credit: Jeanine Duval.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 3, 2009

First, a definition: the minimum viable product is that version of a new product which allows a team to collect the maximum amount of validated learning about customers with the least effort. Second, the definitions use of the words maximum and minimum means it is decidedly not formulaic. Definitely highlights the beauty of the web.

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Steve Blank

MAY 17, 2022

So first a short list of some key definitions. History tells us that late adopters fall by the wayside as more agile and opportunistic governments master new technologies. It uses new words to define programming steps, job descriptions, development tools, etc. AI/ML – a shorthand for Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 24, 2016

The best are agile and know how to pivot – make a substantive change to the business model while or before their market has shifted. Yet history has shown us for long-term survival in markets that change rapidly that’s definitely not the case. Visionary CEOs are product and business model centric and extremely customer focused.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 24, 2016

The best are agile and know how to pivot – make a substantive change to the business model while or before their market has shifted. Yet history has shown us for long-term survival in markets that change rapidly that’s definitely not the case. Visionary CEOs are product and business model centric and extremely customer focused.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 14, 2014

As companies strive to stay agile and innovative, they’ve discovered that units of 8 to 12 people work best as the natural size of high-performance teams. For these reasons, two-pizza teams are usually more agile and responsive than their bloated peers. I definitely know that those jerks from Sales have their own selfish agenda.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 17, 2019

Though bursting with data and information, I saw the need for practical definitions and useful practices. When you lose your entrepreneurial culture as you grow, you lose your agility. This drove me to pull together ideas I had been developing separately, and shaped and directed my research among employees, managers, and executives.

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SVPG

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

That’s pretty the definition of a mercenary. For example, a few people have asked me about SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework). In contrast, the Spotify model of scaling Agile is much more in line with what I advocate, and I would argue theirs is predicated on the missionary model. And it leads to epic waste.

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