View from Seed

MARCH 20, 2020

Union Square Hospitality Group, one of the largest restaurant groups in New York City with brands like Gramercy Tavern and Union Square Cafe, is laying off more than 2,000 workers (about 80% of their total staff). Food delivery providers are leaning in to support local restaurants through this difficult time.

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New York City Demand Technical Review Non-Compete 374

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

NYU has adopted the Lean LaunchPad ® class as a standard entrepreneurship course across twelve different schools/colleges within the University. Over 1,000 students a year are learning lean startup concepts. The Educators Program is a 2½ day class that teaches faculty how to create and teach their own Lean LaunchPad class.)

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Lean New York City New York Customer Development 269

YoungUpstarts

JULY 27, 2011

I’ve done everything from designing our website in Photoshop to coding our conversion funnels in html/css. When we started out, we spent about a year designing, building, and perfecting a product that ultimately no one wanted. As a co-founder of a start-up there, is no single job that is ever above or beneath you.

Software Review 241

Software Review New York City Cofounder Technical Review 241

Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 18, 2013

Guest post by Lisa Regan, writer for The Lean Startup Conference. We were excited by the response at last year’s Lean Startup Conference to Diane Tavenner’s eye-opening talk on her experience implementing Lean Startup methods at Summit Public Schools, the California charter for which she is CEO and co-founder.

Lean 164

Lean New York City Startup San Francisco 164

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

Guest post by Lisa Regan, writer for The Lean Startup Conference. In building the program for this year’s Lean Startup Conference , we’ve tried to strike a balance. To give you a sense of these practitioners, we asked some our new speakers to talk about how they use Lean Startup methods. government’s first public website.

Lean 162

Lean Startup Ratchet New York City 162

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 3, 2014

Find out whether there are enough people afflicted by the problem to create steady demand, and determine how much they’re willing to pay for relief. To build a successful business that alleviates a pain point, you need to know your market. What’s my ambition?

New York City 255

New York City Startup Business Model New York 255

mashable.com

JUNE 11, 2013

Dont underestimate the importance of Minimum Viable Design. In my first company, people liked our product but were embarrassed to share it because the design and presentation was so poor. I have news for you: Theyre not coming and youre not going to go viral. It also helps validate the demand for your product.

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Cofounder Technical Review Startup Software Review 111