Up and Running

MAY 12, 2020

Develop a Business Plan. Your plan doesn’t need to be a lengthy document either, especially if you follow a Lean Planning methodology. When developing a business plan, you want to decide on a model that fits your needs. Legitimize your business operations. Build an active online presence (be your own PR person!).

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 11, 2014

Thus I was happy to see a new book, “ The Tech Entrepreneur’s Survival Guide ,” by Bernd Schoner, PhD, and cofounder of ThingMagic, which leans heavily on the people side of the equation. The operations superstar. Yet every entrepreneur I meet wants to talk about the idea, and rarely mentions the team. The sales professional.

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This is going to be BIG.

AUGUST 22, 2012

Let’s start out with the basic functions of a tech company: 1) Engineering 2) Marketing 3) Sales 4) Business development 5) PR 6) Design 7) Product Management 8) HR 9) Operations 10) Finance Ok, that's just overwhelming. Let’s take sales and business development. Ready to start simplifying? The last two are pretty basic.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 19, 2011

Since selling Matt has gone on to become one of the smartest angels I have seen operate. o Huge on PR, “Be Everywhere” is his motto – fly to NY, proactively everywhere he could get press. To make PR big you need to find a way to “make news”. To make PR big you need to find a way to “make news”.

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Up and Running

JANUARY 25, 2018

Finding your customer niche is the next challenge in the development of your plan. Whether you are running a solo operation or you have a team of dedicated individuals set to help you get your business off the ground, it is important to clarify this during the planning stage, so you know exactly what you have to work with.

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Hearpreneur

JULY 3, 2020

Every waking day, we are having tremendous changes in regulations and technology which greatly affects the way businesses operate. Some entrepreneurs will say the future is definitely bright but to others, some of these changes are meant to work against their expansion and business operations. Thanks to Eckhard Ortwein, Lean Case ! #18-

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2015

Thus I was happy to see a recent book, “ The Tech Entrepreneur’s Survival Guide ,” by Bernd Schoner, PhD, and cofounder of ThingMagic, which leans heavily on the people side of the equation. The operations superstar. Yet every entrepreneur I meet wants to talk about the idea, and rarely mentions the team. The sales professional.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 23, 2020

When it comes to changes I will be making in my business in the next year, I see us moving away from a traditional office space environment strategy we were operating under prior to the pandemic. 9- Focusing on lean operations. Photo Credit: Brandon Monaghan. Thanks to Lindsey Wander, WorldWise Tutoring LLC ! #9-

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Steve Blank

JUNE 3, 2013

Roominate , one of my favorite Lean LaunchPad teams came out to the ranch last week for a strategy session. They outlined their retail channel and PR strategy and told me about the type of consultants they wanted to hire. Hiring PR Agencies. That’s smart I thought, a real clear charter for PR. They learned a ton.

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View from Seed

JULY 24, 2015

The invite-only event was attended by 300 of the area’s best tech leaders, founders, product managers, designers, developers, investors, engineers, salesmen and women, and more, all of whom are hard at work in consumer tech. Still others point to the collective sensibility and logic of New Englanders as an operating philosophy.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 1, 2009

I know that this all seems obvious now with the movements started by Steven Blank ( Four Steps of Epiphany ) with the whole Customer Development processes / Lean Startup movements also popularized by people like Eric Ries. I used to always tell my development team, “you need to design a product that my dad could use.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 9, 2009

But what I wanted was an agile marketing team capable of operating independently without day-to-day direction. We will accomplish this through demand-creation activities (advertising, PR, tradeshows, seminars, web sites, etc.), The same was true for PR. And yes, we could have built a top-down, command-and-control hierarchy.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 3, 2013

Roominate , one of my favorite Lean LaunchPad teams came out to the ranch last week for a strategy session. They outlined their retail channel and PR strategy and told me about the type of consultants they wanted to hire. Hiring PR Agencies. That’s smart I thought, a real clear charter for PR. They learned a ton.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2011

Huge structural under-employment in much of the country and full employment in some niche tech markets where it’s impossible to hire developers, designers or sales professionals. Building billion-dollar businesses requires 7-10 years which means operating through at least one full economic cycle, if not two. You feel it, too.

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Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 22, 2009

Whats striking about these stories, if you get past the PR hype, are two very important themes: These prodigies were self-taught, and had a fundamental fascination with technology from a very young age. But its not very open, and not very programmable, unless you have an expensive Mac and an approved developer license. Expo SF (May.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 19, 2018

The second goal is related to personal and professional development. Developing our platform, expanding our marketing efforts, and hiring more staff are all part of the process which will see that become a reality. It’s a big goal, but I know it’s achievable, especially if I focus and prioritize new business development this year.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 18, 2011

Lean Startups/Back to Basics (2000-2010): No IPO’s, limited VC cash, lack of confidence and funding fuels “lean startup” era with limited M&A and even less IPO activity. There was no repeatable methodology, startups and their VC’s still operated like startups were simply a smaller version of a large company.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

And so, the concept for a digital PR service was born. Using my existing skills and resources (including an old domain name), I tested a productized digital PR offer. About 18 months later, we pivoted our messaging to evolve beyond digital PR. These days, many agencies start as a lean operation. Image source ).

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 3, 2012

“The worst crime against working people is a company which fails to operate at a profit.” Chris Detmer is our UI Developer (the guy who codes and polishes the user-facing parts of the site) and has been with cS longer than any other employee. Related posts: Lean Marketing tips: business card as selling tool.

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

Did you know that the physics involved in flippings cats also allow us to operate space telescopes? The problem with a Lean Startup: the Minimum Viable Product | Paul Kortman – [link]. 20 Useful Tools For Designer and Developers – [link]. 10 Fresh Tools For Web Designers And Developers – [link].

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

Are you in the “lean&# phase? I’m a very big believer in the “Lean Startup&# principles as espoused by Steve Blank and Eric Ries. Every conversation about fund raising should start with what your current operational needs are and the stage of your business. They get the PR bump.

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crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 28, 2011

Many NFPs operate in ways that would not be considered ‘business-like,’ AND these organizations, like their small, for-profit cousins, can benefit by leveraging the ideas and tools that we often discuss in the Lean Marketing series. But one of the tenets os lean marketing is to define short-term and intermediate goals.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 4, 2009

Heres a representative view from an actual Amazon customer review : We all know how to operate our own entertainment center, but what happens when you have to explain it to your babysitter, mother-in-law, or your wife? In a startup, these channels of communication are critical to understand for advertising, launch and PR purposes.

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View from Seed

MARCH 8, 2016

Jesse Derris is the founder and CEO of Derris & Company , a PR, branding, and communications firm based in New York. What are some common, early mistakes entrepreneurs make when developing their company’s brand identity and message? You can absolutely launch lean and scrappy. They’re malleable.

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500hats.com

AUGUST 2, 2012

First Round became a very active investor in consumer internet and e-commerce, on a rather lean investment budget, with several notable exits (including Mint.com to Intuit in 2009 for $170M). but the food was awesome, & the PR wasn’t bad either). They are operators, through and through. and no, we didn’t.

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Up and Running

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

Save yourself the energy by developing a strategy right out of the gate, including a plan B or a couple of backup products if things aren’t going as well as expected. This is actually a good time to consider creating a lean business plan so that you have the flexibility to change as you go. Think SEO and social media strategy.

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Up and Running

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

So, if you’re anything like me, your first startup will need to be self-funded and operated with a very lean budget. After all, sweat equity can make up for a trim marketing budget, but it would be hard to make up for cuts in product development and customer service without sacrificing customer experience.

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The Equity Kicker

JULY 8, 2019

The other most common focus areas for platform teams are to employ talent and PR/marketing experts who give advice to portfolio companies on strategy in these areas and have relationships and discounts with pre-vetted agencies who can deliver the work. Best practices continue to develop apace. Applied Venture.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 27, 2009

This series of posts is a brief explanation of how we’ve evolved from Product Development to Customer Development to the Lean Startup. The Product Development Diagram Emerging early in the twentieth century, this product-centric model described a process that evolved in manufacturing industries.

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 18, 2013

This post was written by Sarah Milstein, co-host of The Lean Startup Conference. Exciting news: we’ve nailed down dates for The Lean Startup Conference 2013. We know Lean Startup methods are being applied by people around the globe, in startups and established organizations alike, and in sectors of every stripe.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 5, 2017

I reminded her that all the Lean tools she learned in class–Customer Discovery, business model and value proposition canvases– contained her answer. In crafting your messages, remember that all messages operate in a context that may have an expiration date. Founders ask me all the time whether they should hire a PR agency.

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www.inc.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Office and Operations. Research & Development. In one recent deal, Arizona Bay agreed to invest $140,000 worth of website development work in a company called Pro Player Connect. But Ive definitely had to lean on Dave. Take GlobalLogic , a $100 million software research and development company based in Vienna, Virginia.

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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. Introducing Lean Planning: How to Plan Less and Grow Faster. How to Write a Traditional Business Plan.

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ConversionXL

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Before introduction comes development. However, on a more granular graph, the introduction phase would be preceded by a product development stage. Depending on its complexity, new product development can last for years, accruing research, prototyping, and production costs without bringing in revenue. Introduction. Slow skimming.

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Up and Running

JULY 24, 2015

Introduction to Operations Management. As you plan your business, you’ll also want to plan an operational strategy. Product development. If you need a little help with your product development and getting it on store shelves, you can check out Edison Nation. They can help with development and licensing, too.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 20, 2021

Shawn immediately said the name I had given the four steps was confusing – I had called it market development – he suggested that I call it Customer Development – and the name stuck. And Jennifer is now my co-instructor in the Stanford Lean LaunchPad class.). (And The MVP Tree. Sales channels.

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Hearpreneur

APRIL 29, 2021

We want children and adults to have fun with this and have developed some new concepts for the purpose of creating moments together. Hiring overseas virtual assistants solved the need to fill out the vacancies and accomplished the dream of operating 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Thanks to Tina Elven, Dogs Are Family Ltd ! #4-

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