ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Playground designers intend for you to slide down the slide, but, of course, children always want to climb up the slide. We might have medium-term goals like “adopting agile methodologies” or “getting everyone on the same page with a project kick-off” as the outcomes for the reader. What’s the right way to play on a playground?

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Steve Blank

MAY 6, 2015

Founders assumed they understood customer problems/needs, wrote engineering requirements documents, designed the product, implemented /built the hardware/software, verified that it worked by testing it, and then introduced the product to customers in a formal coming out called first customer ship. Microsoft Windows 3.0).

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 13, 2020

Productive office space design should foster a collaborative vibe and inspires creative solutions. . He has managed award winning, distributed, remote marketing teams spanning the globe for over 20 years. Right-Sizing for the Right Reasons. .

Product 147

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Steve Blank

JUNE 26, 2014

Agile Engineering” to have teams prototype, test, and iterate their idea while discovering if they have a profitable business model. Activities are the key things you need to do to make the rest of the business model (value proposition, distribution channel, revenue) work.

Intellectual Property 281

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Up and Running

MAY 23, 2016

Since the term “cloud computing” was coined in 1996—at least as we have come to understand its meaning—the software as a service industry has exploded. If you use software like LivePlan, you can create this initial “lean plan” in under an hour and then spend your time where it really matters—on validating your idea. Wireframes.

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Transformify

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

That's where contractor management software steps in—it's not just a tool but a strategic ally. When resources are scarce, leveraging technology like contractor management software is more a necessity than a luxury. Intuitive Use Equals Immediate Value An intricate design doesn't necessarily mean better.

Software 52

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ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

Customer personas are often talked about in marketing and product design, but they’re almost never done well. Cooper framed personas as a way of avoiding designing for an “elastic” user, and thus cementing some sort of common properties across segments to aid cohesive design strategy. Artistic and Aspirational Alex…?

Software Review 115

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 24, 2016

Microsoft entered the 21st century as the dominant software provider for anyone who interacted with a computing device. 16 years later it’s just another software company. The best are agile and know how to pivot – make a substantive change to the business model while or before their market has shifted. Here’s why.

Azure 120

Azure Business Model Cloud Artificial Inteligence 120

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 24, 2016

Microsoft entered the 21st century as the dominant software provider for anyone who interacted with a computing device. 16 years later it’s just another software company. The best are agile and know how to pivot – make a substantive change to the business model while or before their market has shifted. Here’s why.

Azure 120

Azure Business Model Cloud Artificial Inteligence 120

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 15, 2017

Agile businesses have moved to the cloud because of its scalability, efficiency and reliability, amongst other benefits. As the cloud becomes increasingly common and the data deluge shows no signs of slowing down, the good old firewall is simply no longer sufficient for protecting the highly distributed assets of the enterprise.

Security 140

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ReadWriteStart

MARCH 11, 2020

For a distributed team to be successful, you must streamline communications. Furthermore, many businesses purchase software or subscribe to the newest, shiniest platform or tool only to discover that communication and processes became more complicated rather than easier. Build an Agile Culture. And the trend continues to grow.

Agile 145

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ConversionXL

MARCH 7, 2017

User personas are often talked about in marketing and product design, but they’re almost never done well. Cooper framed personas as a way of avoiding designing for an “elastic” user, and thus cementing some sort of common properties across segments to aid cohesive design strategy. Artistic and Aspirational Alex…?

Software Review 102

Software Review Design Agile Analytics 102

Hearpreneur

JANUARY 26, 2022

To prevent hackers from gaining access to your business's checking account, use low-cost software and dual controls to strengthen your payment processes. B2B enterprises would have to use various digital technologies like workflow management software to attain these goals. Thanks to Oliver Andrews, OA Design Services ! #19-

Software Review 120

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

OCTOBER 4, 2017

“The future is inherently unpredictable,” insists the small company, spurred on by Lean and Agile mindsets. Yet, it’s the job of a Product Manager at that mid-sized company to invent, discover, design, implement, and nurture those products — something that most entrepreneurs will never succeed at. Recruiting.

Government 223

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 11, 2015

These days, it’s not uncommon for companies large and small to be completely distributed, i.e., have a wholly remote workforce. That’s because today’s business world moves faster than ever, and organizations need to be agile in order to adapt to it quickly. Still, companies need access to capital in order to grow.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

But by taking advantage of open source, agile software, and iterative development, lean startups can operate with much less waste. I am heavily indebted to earlier theorists, and highly recommend the books Lean Thinking and Lean Software Development. Of course, many startups are capital efficient and generally frugal.

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andrewchenblog.com

MARCH 10, 2010

However, there’s the other side of the coin, which is the product design. After you’ve added a ton of new features and stuck them all on the homepage, you create Product Design debt. Arguably, MySpace is a company that never paid down their product design debt, and their traffic has been impacted as a result.

Technical Review 47

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Steve Blank

MARCH 31, 2014

Today’s workforce has radically different expectations, brands are losing their power, physical channels are being destroyed by virtual ones, market share is less important than market creation, and software is eating world. For example, Coke added snack foods, which could be distributed through its existing distribution channels.

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ConversionXL

MAY 12, 2020

For example, think of a time when you’ve had to decide between sticking to your A/B test design —namely, the prescribed sample size —and making a decision using what appears to be obvious, or at least very telling, test data. If your arm is waving vigorously in the air right now, this post is for you.

Design 113

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 2, 2008

We wanted an agile approach that would allow us to build our software architecture as we needed it, without downtime, but also without large amounts of up-front cost. After all, the worst kind of waste in software development is code to support a use case that never materializes. Expo SF (May.

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

The fashion industry is always ripe for disruption since every consumer has their taste and style, and designers work round the clock to develop unique trends. Different designers produce garments based on body shape, size, skin color, season, and many other factors. Thanks to Harriet Chan, CocoFinder ! #6- 12- Manufacturing.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

This is precisely the dilemma that the doctrine of minimum viable product is designed to solve. When people start using quality, reliability, or design as an excuse to delay, it used to make me nervous, even when these suggestions were well intentioned. Rules of thumb can be infuriatingly unhelpful. And it’s really hard.

San Francisco 167

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 8, 2020

Create a productive space… Offices are designed to facilitate work and give employees the resources needed to effectively do their jobs. He has managed award winning, distributed, remote marketing teams spanning the globe for over 20 years. Let’s look at some practical advice for working remotely.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 7, 2008

In addition to presenting the IMVU case, we tried for the first time to do an overview of a software engineering methodology that integrates practices from agile software development with Steves method of Customer Development. Can this methodology be used for startups that are not exclusively about software? Expo SF (May.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 25, 2019

Adding the right tools and automation, teams can design, test, build, and deploy software more agilely. There are plenty of open source software and commercial software solutions that DevOps teams are using to accelerate app development. Another software platform using containers is Docker. Kubernetes.

Java 127

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ConversionXL

OCTOBER 14, 2021

For example, you could deploy CSAT surveys at various parts of the buyer’s journey (distributed across leads so as not to bombard a single customer with multiple questions). With data in hand, they were able to design hyper-targeted branding campaigns to influence key goals and drive audience growth by 20%. Take Tesla.

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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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SVPG

MAY 2, 2016

Just as I described the ten biggest problems in the context of the Waterfall model, I described the ten attributes of successful teams in the context of the Continuous Discovery and Delivery model (also known as Dual Track Agile, or Discovery Sprints and Delivery Sprints). You can watch that talk here , or read the narrative article here.

Product 60

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

Once you know your break-even point, then you should design your test around it. If you don’t know it, then you can only design an efficient test by accident. This is understood as not releasing designs or processes that worsen the performance of the site based on some Key Performance Indicator (KPI). The cost of maintenance.

Software Review 112

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 10, 2008

I am convinced one of Joel Spolskys lasting contributions to the field of managing software teams will turn out to be the Joel Test , a checklist of 12 essential practices that you could use to rate the effectiveness of a software product development team. Please leave feedback!) Can you make a build in one step? Youd better.

Software Review 144

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 4, 2008

Boyd emphasized the importance of agility in combat: "the key to victory is to be able to create situations wherein one can make appropriate decisions more quickly than ones opponent." Agile software development. Agile allows companies to build higher quality software faster. November 5, 2008 10:13 AM spanky said.

Lean 102

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steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

signup, upgrade, trial pricing Zuora – online subscription management FeeFighters – find the cheapest credit card processors HealPay – Collections made easy Customer Support Tender – support, knowledgebase tool for your site GetSatisfaction - conversations between companies / customers.

Software Review 110

Software Review Startup Silicon Valley Analytics 110

Steve Blank

MARCH 18, 2011

Software companies had to buy specialized computers and license expensive software. Customer Development , Agile Engineering and the Lean methodology enforced a process of incremental and iterative development. The reward for doing so was a liquidity event via an Initial Public Offering. Rules For the New Bubble: 2011 -2014.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

For those of you who have been following the discussion, a Lean Startup is Eric Ries ’s description of the intersection of Customer Development , Agile Development and if available, open platforms and open source. The Customer Development Model is designed to minimize the risk of launching a product for a market that does not exist.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 14, 2019

Take 3DR , who make drone aerial analytics software for the construction site. The development of computer-aided design (CAD) previously revolutionized the design process. Today, retail is dominated by international giants with powerful supply chains and increasingly digitized distribution systems.

Global 189

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 31, 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. customers aren’t buying it, the cost of distribution is too high, etc.) BPM vendor (every software vendor!)

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Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 10, 2009

Our tests suite takes nine minutes to run (distributed across 30-40 machines). That leads to a seemingly-obvious question: what is progress in software development? Heck, thats what it says right there in the agile manifesto. The high level of our process is dead simple: Continuously integrate (commit early and often).

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