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The Principles of Product Development Flow

Startup Lessons Learned

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. Reinertsen is the book for you.

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Customer Development Manifesto: Market Type (part 4) « Steve Blank

Steve Blank

In future posts I’ll describe 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. As a result, the standard product development model is not only useless, it is dangerous.

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Launching a Portfolio Acceleration Platform at a Venture Capital or Private Equity Fund

David Teten

Nick Kim , Crosscut’s Head of Platform, in his presentation at the 4th Annual VC Platform Summit, shared their Platform development methodology, which he viewed as an exercise in product development. For example, recruiting writ large is useful at all stages of development. Customer Development. Advantages.

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Out of the Ashes - Something Isn't Quite Right

Steve Blank

When I told her they not only didn’t want it back, but were trying to see if they could give me more for my next company, she paused for a long while and then said in a very Russian accent, “Only in America are the streets paved with gold.” Theme: Digg 3 Column by WP Designer. It was a long way from Ellis Island.)

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Towards a new entrepreneurship

Startup Lessons Learned

On the whole, this is a good thing for America and for our civilization. This is just like a startup to me, complete with distribution and product development challenges, ecosystem design and many, many customers. On the whole, this is a good thing for America and for our civilization.

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The new startup arms race (for Huffington Post)

Startup Lessons Learned

The New Startup Arms Race Americas future prosperity depends on our ability to maintain this lead. The New Startup Arms Race Americas future prosperity depends on our ability to maintain this lead. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup?

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What would you want to tell Washington DC about startups?

Startup Lessons Learned

Its impossible to resist the urge to plug Virgin America as much as possible. Policy makers need to know: regulations designed to manage big-companies actually protect those companies by stifling innovation (and competition) from startups. You can see the design of the program here. Please leave a comment and lets discuss!

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