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Lessons Learned: Work in small batches

Startup Lessons Learned

The sooner you pass your work on to a later stage, the sooner you can find out how they will receive it. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? This is actually a hard case to make, because most of the benefits of small batches are counter-intuitive.

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Lean Startup Workshop scholarship program

Startup Lessons Learned

However, this financial bar has had the effect of excluding one segment of potential customers that Id really like to see there - early stage entrepreneurs who have all the intelligence and vision of their later stage counterparts, but simply cannot afford the cash flow to attend.

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The four kinds of work, and how to get them done: part three

Startup Lessons Learned

In order to prevent people from bunching up in the later stages of the work pipeline, those leaders need to be focused on automation and continuous improvement. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? Make sure you keep track of whether thats happening.