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. Eric’s insight was that traditional product management and Waterfall development should be replaced by Agile Development. It’s called the Lean Startup.

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Up and Running

JANUARY 25, 2018

Digital businesses need to be agile and reactive too. In this one-hour version of your plan, you don’t need to do a full financial forecast , but keep in mind that anyone you ask for funding (such as banks or investors) will require you to create one. Document your milestones.

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Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

Last May, I shared the news that long-time Lean Startup advocates Brant Cooper and Patrick Vlaskovits were working on a new book called The Lean Entrepreneur featuring illustrations by FAKEGRIMLOCK. LitMotors approach to using Lean Startup to create a new vehicle category. That new book is about to hit bookstores everywhere.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 4, 2017

That’s why it’s smarter to embrace the agile approach and constantly test your idea on the market to learn about the needs and desires of your target. Learn more about new business approaches and management software. Manage your growth. Choose the right location. How do you pick the right place for your startup?

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 7, 2010

There are few courses which teach aspiring entrepreneurs the skills (business models, customer and agile development, design thinking, etc.) This Stanford class will introduce management tools for entrepreneurs. We’ll build the class around the business model / customer development / agile development solution stack.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 30, 2008

So what does CTO mean, besides just "technical founder who really cant manage anyone?" I always assumed I wouldnt manage anybody. Being a manager didnt sound fun - deep down, who really wants to be held accountable for other peoples actions? So I wound up learning the discipline of managing other people. I dont think so.

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The Startup Magazine

JULY 1, 2020

Optimizing inventory is one of the keys to making sure that a business is both agile and profitable. This “lean” inventory practice has worked for years, but in the current economic disruption, some companies have found that they have too much or too little inventory on hand. Manage Inventory Levels.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 5, 2012

One of the issues that came up is whether the new lexicon of entrepreneurial ideas – Customer Development, Business Model Design , Lean , Lean LaunchPad class, etc. It’s at this point the business needs an operating plan, financial forecasts and other well-understood management tools. Then it moves into execution mode.

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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. If you’re managing a boatload of cash, such as from a small business loan, it’s going to be hard to apply the brakes, but growing too much, too fast is one of the surest ways to guarantee your company’s failure.

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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. And others are from unusual folks we don't normally think of as entrepreneurs, from corporate managers to government agencies.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 5, 2009

Imagine a general manager that has read The Innovator’s Dilemma and related books, and is therefore trying hard to help her organization make a transition to a new product category via disruptive innovation. Still, this manager is going to spend the company’s money, and needs to be held accountable. So far, so good.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 30, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Thursday, October 30, 2008 John Doerrs 10 lean startup tips I just saw video of John Doerrs talk yesterday at VentureBeat’s “How to manage your start-up in the downturn&# roundtable event. Get 18 months or more of cash (runway) in the business against a conservative forecast.

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The Next Web

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

“Far too many companies are failing for reasons I think are strictly preventable,” said Eric Ries in a recent interview, entrepreneur and author of The Lean Startup. Why you need to leave scientific management behind. Scientific management was the first theory to apply scientific thinking to the process of management.

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 6, 2012

Today, I want to introduce you to a new concept for starting and growing successful companies: Lean Planning™. Before I dive too deeply into the Lean Planning methodology, it makes sense to talk about its history and where it comes from. Develop a forecast: Basic forecasts and budgets are critical; And tracking them is even more so.

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Up and Running

MAY 23, 2016

Step 1: Start with a lean plan. 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. Later you will want to come back and create a proper sales forecast, cash flow forecast, and expense budget.

Software Review 74

Software Review Software Delaware Forecast 74

Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 13, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, July 13, 2009 The Principles of Product Development Flow If youve ever wondered why agile or lean development techniques work, The Principles of Product Development Flow: Second Generation Lean Product Development by Donald G. For example, take the lean dictum of working in small batches.

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Product Development Developer San Francisco Product 153

Up and Running

OCTOBER 1, 2014

If not, be agile enough to change direction and re-focus,” Nelson advises. Nelson suggests creating a projected sales forecast and planning how you’ll achieve it, realizing of course that you’ll make adjustments to these numbers as you grow. Buffer helps you with managing and scheduling your social media posts.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 25, 2020

We can't make a 5-year plan or a 10-year forecast right now, but we know there are investments we can make today that will set ourselves up for success in the future. And the truth is that's yesterday and you don't really have the ability to change what you did yesterday, but what you do have the ability today, is to lean into this.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 9, 2009

I managed to be envious of dozens of other companies, founders, and colleagues who seemed to be having tremendous success but later turned out to be a mirage. Talking about trends is more about trying to forecast the future, like a guru, sometimes it works, sometimes not. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 13, 2008

Because five whys kept turning up a few key metrics that were hard to set static thresholds for, we even had a dynamic prediction algorithm that would make forecasts based on past data, and fire alerts if the metric ever went out of its normal bounds. Wed never heard of five whys, and we had plenty of "agile skeptics" on the team.

Software Review 167

Software Review Technical Review San Francisco Continuous Deployment 167

YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

Managing your cash position when forecasted sales aren’t being achieved is tough, and if you are spending more than you are generating and cash piles are dwindling, now is the time to address your financial position. One of the great benefits of a startup is their ability to be agile and adapt quickly to a changing environment.

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 5, 2016

Lean Planning is a concept that we introduced back in 2012 as an evolution in business planning. However, the traditional business plan took too long to write, often wasn’t read by anyone outside the business, and wasn’t used properly to start, grow, and manage businesses. But, where did Lean Planning come from?

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

You may have read my previous posts about the Lean LaunchPad class taught at Stanford , Berkeley, Columbia , Caltech and for the National Science Foundation. I wondered if business plans and 5-year forecasts were the right way to plan a startup. He called it the “Lean Startup.”. Now you too can take this course. Sign up here.

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