Steve Blank
NOVEMBER 13, 2012
To celebrate the debut of the Japan edition of “The Startup Owner’s Manual” and to express great thanks to Steve and his co-author Bob Dorf, I would like to reflect back what first drew me to this book and offer Steve’s worldwide readers a look at the progress of Customer Development and the Lean LaunchPad class in Japan.
Startup Professionals Musings
FEBRUARY 15, 2023
Look for a part-time job in a local or family business to provide access to things you will need only occasionally, such as a high-speed printer, video equipment or product assembly tools and storage. Investors have spread the word that you can’t get “hockey-stick” growth without a large cash infusion. Marty Zwilling
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Startup Professionals Musings
MAY 18, 2020
Look for a part-time job in a local or family business to provide access to things you will need only occasionally, such as a high-speed printer, video equipment or product assembly tools and storage. Investors have spread the word that you can’t get “hockey-stick” growth without a large cash infusion. Marty Zwilling.
Startup Lessons Learned
JANUARY 15, 2010
Two Ways to Hold Entrepreneurs Accountable - The Conversation - Harvard Business Review Way back when the money was doled out, the team made a compelling pitch about the large market that was going to adopt their new innovative product or service. Usually, they are delivering only a fraction of the revenue they promised. Read the rest here.
Startup Lessons Learned
APRIL 14, 2009
This may sound crazy, coming as it does from an advocate of c harging customers for your product from day one. Their product definition fluctuates wildly – one month, it’s a dessert topping, the next it’s a floor wax. In fact, this company hasn’t shipped any new products in months. What’s going on?
Startup Lessons Learned
OCTOBER 28, 2008
Its different from selling a product, because it is not part of our regular business practice, is not something that relates to our core competence, and tends not to happen in a repeatable and scalable way. Ill exclude those non- lean startups who basically exist for the purpose of raising bigger and bigger sums of money.
Up and Running
SEPTEMBER 6, 2018
You can actually put together a Lean Plan in less than 30 minutes. Here’s a free downloadable Lean Plan Template to help. When you imagine a new business, you think of what it would cost to make the product, what you could sell it for, and what the profits per unit might be. Hockey stick” shaped growth projections.
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