Steve Blank

JUNE 8, 2021

Although the class was run completely online, and even though they were suffering from Zoom fatigue, the 10 teams of 42 students collectively interviewed 1,142 beneficiaries, stakeholders, requirements writers, program managers, industry partners, etc. Team Fleetwise – Vehicle Fleet Management. All the presentations are worth a watch.

Lean 394

Lean Security Asia SBIR 394

Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 6, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Thursday, November 6, 2008 Steveys Blog Rants: Good Agile, Bad Agile I thought Id share an interesting post from someone with a decidedly anti-agile point of view. Steveys Blog Rants: Good Agile, Bad Agile : "Google is an exceptionally disciplined company, from a software-engineering perspective.

Agile 76

Agile San Francisco Software Review Continuous Deployment 76

Steve Blank

JUNE 26, 2015

—– Lean Innovation Management. Each horizon requires different focus, different management, different tools and different goals. To move innovation faster, we now have 21 st century tools — Business Model Canvas , Customer Development , Agile Engineering – all adding up to a Lean Startup.

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Lean Management Business Model Incubator 120

The Next Web

JANUARY 15, 2014

We keep all user features on the face easy to access and understand while the clockwork SaaS infrastructure supporting those capabilities operates out of view. My experience with education technology opened my eyes to key strategies for implementing a SaaS platform that’s agile and scalable. Build the technology to suit your customer.

Agile 131

Agile Vertical Open Source Framework 131

Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

I was recently a member of a really great engineering team which also happened to be made up of all women. For a stretch of around six months, there were between four and five engineers on the team, all of us women. Our program manager was also a woman and for part of the time our manager was a woman.

Engineer 63

Engineer Conversion Agile PR 63

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

For medical devices it might be mechanical engineering, clinical trials, regulatory approval, freedom to operate (intellectual property) and figuring out a reimbursement strategy. Therefore the ideal medical device team might be a physician; engineer; operator; business development/financial analyst.

Cofounder 335

Cofounder Founder Intellectual Property Business Model 335

YoungUpstarts

MARCH 12, 2012

When you’ve made it to the management level, it’s tempting to think that you’re in a comfortable position where you don’t have much room for improvement. But while you may be a great manager now, there is always the possibility of becoming a better one, if only you just know how. Better Managers Blog. Agile Management.

Management 178

Management Leadership Agile Lean 178

Steve Blank

MARCH 15, 2017

We’d managed to secure another infusion of cash, but it wasn’t going to last long. When I asked our trade show manager, she looked surprised and said, “Steve, don’t you know that my job is to take our booth to trade shows and set it up?” What I was hearing was a failure of management. This is a big idea.

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Startup PR Public Relations Channel 316

ctotodevelopers.blogspot.com

JULY 11, 2012

Social, Agile, and Transformation. I cover several topics including agile software development, software startups, web 2.0, social networking, SaaS, content management, media, enterprise 2.0 Strategic Agile Thinking: Balancing Value, Innovation and Research. 2) The agile "happy place". and business transformation.

Agile 40

Agile Architecture Offshore Software Developers 40

Steve Blank

JANUARY 25, 2011

The benefits of customer and agile development and minimum features set are continuous customer feedback, rapid iteration and little wasted code. Ironically it becomes the antithesis of agile. He hired an operating exec as the CEO a few years ago. CEO’s face the “rewrite&# problem at least once in their tenure.

Part-Time VPE 319

Part-Time VPE Agile Engineer Startup 319

ReadWriteStart

MARCH 8, 2021

You’ll need money to get all the initial equipment, space, and people required to begin operations. It’s going to serve as your central hub of operations – and the centerpiece of all your promotional channels. . PR and reputation management can be huge in getting your brand established. . Adaptability/Agility .

Startup 127

Startup Retention Acquisition Agile 127

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

If you’re an early employee at a startup, one day you will wake up to find that what you worked on 24/7 for the last year is no longer the most important thing – you’re no longer the most important employee, and process, meetings, paperwork and managers and bosses have shown up. And herein lies the tale….

Part-Time VPE 333

Part-Time VPE Employee Cofounder Hiring 333

Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 25, 2023

However, if you do manage to find success, the rewards can be significant. While platforms like Instagram offer a great starting point, the key to differentiation lies in the age-old strategy of Search Engine Optimization (SEO). Thanks to Jonathan Hussey, Developer Connection ! #4- Thanks to Brian David Crane, Caller Smart ! #10-

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eCommerce Omaha Entrepreneur SEO 134

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

In sharp contrast, start-ups operate in “search/ explore ” mode, seeking a repeatable and profitable business model. Most R&D budgets in established companies are spent on sustaining innovations that support existing products and operating divisions and the attendant processes and procedures, rigorous measurement, and controls.

Incubator 408

Incubator Lean Agile Business Model 408

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. It is a very different skill than science, engineering, or management. Where Did We Go Wrong?

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Agile Customer Development Early Stage Business Model 332

YoungUpstarts

MAY 9, 2017

Lean is a methodology that can be applied to all disciplines of knowledge work to increase business efficiency, agility, and visibility. Research shows that 95% of organizations do not start as Lean organizations – they implement Lean after identifying a need for better agility, visibility, and efficiency.

Lean 124

Lean Agile Technical Review Dilution 124

Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 5, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Sunday, October 5, 2008 The product managers lament Life is not easy when youre working in an old-fashioned waterfall development process, no matter what role you play. The product manager was clearly struggling to get results from the rest of the team. Lets start with what the product manager does.

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San Francisco Management Software Review Product 158

Andrew Payne

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

These tests were assembly language programs that tested for correct CPU operation, and management had budgeted 6-8 weeks to develop a particularly complex set of tests. Each was the size of one or two small Agile user stories requiring two or more hours to implement.

Software Review 111

Software Review Dividend Architecture Agile 111

YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 24, 2018

IoT also impacts organizations by creating new positions and job descriptions such as Chief Internet of Things Officer (CIoTO), IoT Architect, IoT software engineer, Business Designer, IoT Stack and platform Developers and more. It’s the kind of flexibility the IoT needs: an appetite for change and agility.

Internet 150

Internet Demand Software Engineering Agile 150

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 24, 2016

If the Microsoft board was managing for quarter to quarter or even year to year revenue growth, Ballmer was as good as it gets as a CEO. Microsoft left the 20 th century owning over 95% of the operating systems that ran on computers (almost all on desktops). They had lots of these projects. The result?

Azure 120

Azure Business Model Cloud Artificial Inteligence 120

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 24, 2016

If the Microsoft board was managing for quarter to quarter or even year to year revenue growth, Ballmer was as good as it gets as a CEO. Microsoft left the 20 th century owning over 95% of the operating systems that ran on computers (almost all on desktops). They had lots of these projects. The result?

Azure 120

Azure Business Model Cloud Artificial Inteligence 120

Steve Blank

JUNE 12, 2020

The eight teams spoke to over 945 beneficiaries, stakeholders, requirements writers, program managers, warfighters, legal, security, customers, etc. All the teams used the Mission Model Canvas , (videos here ) Customer Development and Agile Engineering to build Minimal Viable Products, but all of their journeys were unique.

Oakland 306

Oakland Asia Lean Video 306

SVPG

APRIL 30, 2013

For many product managers, managing stakeholders is probably the least favorite part of their job. First let''s discuss just who is a stakeholder, then what the product manager''s responsibilities are with these stakeholders, and then we''ll talk about techniques for success.

Management 64

Management Technical Review Agile Engineer 64

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 27, 2013

He wrote a post this long weekend on how he manages the board of DataSift. He has grown our US operations from 1 employee (him) to a global organization of 75 employees that will finish the year with 8-digit revenues (90+% recurring) and more than 350% year-over-year growth. Rob Bailey is the CEO of DataSift. You should read it.

Advisory Board 365

Advisory Board CTO Hire Fractional CTO Los Angeles 365

Steve Blank

MAY 23, 2016

NYU Engineering Commencement Speech. Thank you for the opportunity to address you on your graduation from this esteemed engineering school. And there are more to come: your first job, getting married, buying a house, having a child, becoming a manager, starting a company, retirement – and eventually commencement speaker.

Lean 222

Lean Technical Review Vietnam Engineer 222

YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 31, 2018

In many respects, it’s the leanness, flexibility and agility of startups that help them become successful,” he says. Too often organizations invest heavily in digital tools and platforms in the hope of swiftly bringing their business operations into the digital age. Feng Shui is much more than just a philosophy.

United Kingdom 113

United Kingdom Technical Review Design Operations 113

YoungUpstarts

APRIL 21, 2013

Embracing the principle of genchi gembutsu – translated in English as “go and see for yourself” – Ries regaled how Toyota’s manager for Sienna minivan Yuji Yokoya went on a 53,000 mile trip around North America to understand firsthand what consumers wanted in a minivan.

Lean 193

Lean Technical Review North America Startup 193

Hearpreneur

AUGUST 11, 2021

Every waking day, we are having tremendous changes in regulations and technology which greatly affects the way businesses operate. 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. 6- More Opportunities. It isn't knowledge.

Entrepreneur 127

Entrepreneur Technical Review Social Media Bootstrapping 127

Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 23, 2020

When it comes to changes I will be making in my business in the next year, I see us moving away from a traditional office space environment strategy we were operating under prior to the pandemic. 9- Focusing on lean operations. As a result, our top managers organize free courses for everyone from our company.

Entrepreneur 127

Entrepreneur Technical Review Software Review Employee 127

Steve Blank

JULY 13, 2021

The Rise of Business Schools – Management as an Occupation. These explosions in company size and scale created a demand for professional managers. Its purpose was to educate management on best practices to run existing companies. Here’s why and what we did about it. that took place in the last quarter of the 19th century.

Lean 435

Lean Agile Business Model Business Plan 435

Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 9, 2010

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Friday, July 9, 2010 Founder personalities and the “first-class man&# theory of management At any given time, something like four percent of the US population is engaged in some form of new-company-creation. But I’m not convinced those labels are right at all.

San Francisco 161

San Francisco Management Founder Lean 161

OnlyOnce

AUGUST 31, 2017

Over the years, I’ve written a lot about the Agile methodology on this blog. For those of you who are regular readers, you may remember a post I wrote about our Agile Everywhere initiative — where all Return Path teams were tasked with implementing agile practices. weren’t at all familiar with agile practices.

Agile 54

Agile Metrics Restful Engineer 54

SVPG

OCTOBER 14, 2014

” I first witnessed this many years ago when I was an engineer for HP, building platform and tool technology products for “the enterprise.” In IT mindset companies, you usually find very slow, heavy, Waterfall processes, even when the engineers consider themselves Agile. I call this problem “IT Mindset.”

Product 91

Product Technical Review Engineer CTO Hire 91

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 11, 2015

In addition to cash flow, operational and organizational challenges often have a bigger impact on small businesses than larger companies as they typically have fewer resources at their disposal. That’s because today’s business world moves faster than ever, and organizations need to be agile in order to adapt to it quickly.

Technical Review 100

Technical Review Small Business Entrepreneur Pennsylvania 100

Feld Thoughts

JULY 8, 2013

Over the years, I’ve come to believe with moral certainty that everyone needs DevOps now, especially software startups where the successful execution of Development and IT Operations preordain success or failure. Act I begins with IT Operations, where we’re supporting a large, complex revenue generating application.

Phoenix 175

Phoenix Software Review Technical Review Cofounder 175

Steve Blank

JANUARY 30, 2013

They could have helped us anticipate and solve organizational challenges and agree on how we planned to manage the risks. We should have asked for a broader innovation time off and incentive policy for employees, managers, and executives. 3) We unknowingly set up an organizational conflict on day one. Lessons Learned.

Programming 267

Programming Technical Review Incubator Intellectual Property 267

Steve Blank

JULY 25, 2011

Scientists and engineers as founders and startup CEOs is one of the least celebrated contributions of Silicon Valley. ESL, the first company I worked for in Silicon Valley , was founded by a PhD in Math and six other scientists and engineers. It might be its most important. ———-. Cold War Spin Outs.

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Engineer Silicon Valley United States Venture Capital 307