Steve Blank
SEPTEMBER 5, 2018
Jeff Katzenberg has a great track record – head of the studio at Paramount, chairman of Disney Studios, co-founder of DreamWorks and now chairman of NewTV. It’s the antithesis of the Lean Startup. Startups wrote business plans, generated expansive 5-year forecasts and executed (hired, spent and built) to the plan.
Up and Running
JANUARY 27, 2020
Overemphasizing culture alone is pointless; if founders and leaders aren’t guiding business growth with a series of stretch but SMART goals —measurable milestones, there won’t be a business culture to manage. . The perfect strategy doesn’t exist, so keep it lean. Richard Branson’s commitment is one of empathy and fun.
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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.
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.
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 19, 2010
Another topic we debated early in the program was “lean startup” vs. “ fat startup ” where we both took the obvious hedge and said “it depends.” But truthfully both Dana and I are more aligned with the lean startup principles and believe you only go FAT when you’ve really proved out your product / market fit.
Up and Running
SEPTEMBER 6, 2016
To create this first year in business checklist, I turned to our in-house experts here at Palo Alto Software: Sabrina Parsons, CEO; Noah Parsons, COO; Josh Cochrane, Vice President of Product Development; and Josh Fegles, Academic and Government Channel Sales Director, and founder of gluten-free cookie company Jude’s Foods. Business planning.
SoCal CTO
AUGUST 3, 2010
should have leaned on them a lot more, but I didn't, or at least not in the right ways. Startup Culture Lessons From Mad Men - OnStartups , July 26, 2010 The following is a guest post by Brian Halligan who is my co-founder and CEO at HubSpot (which means he gets to do most of the really hard work). We have the most features.
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