Steve Blank
NOVEMBER 13, 2012
The Japanese edition of The Startup Owner’s Manual hit the bookstores in Japan this week. I asked Tsutsumi-san to write a guest post for my blog to describe his experience with Customer Development in Japan. After my reading The Four Steps to The Epiphany several times, my Customer Development conviction got stronger.
Startup Lessons Learned
APRIL 26, 2009
Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Sunday, April 26, 2009 Product development leverage Leverage has once again become a dirty word in the world of finance, and rightly so. But I want to talk about a different kind of leverage, the kind that you can get in product development. Its a key lean startup concept. Great post!
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ReadWriteStart
MAY 26, 2022
In Japan, a large segment of companies has been in business for more than 100 years. This, in turn, leads to the sharing of new ideas and concerns that might have otherwise gone unheard and can push your company forward. Prioritize Longevity Above Growth. One ingredient to their long-lived success is a focus on continuation above growth.
Steve Blank
NOVEMBER 12, 2019
It’s not that these companies are smarter than Defense Department employees, but they operate with different philosophies, different product development methodologies, and with different constraints. At times this means startups operate at speeds so fast they appear to be a blur to government agencies. Startups can do anything.
ReadWriteStart
FEBRUARY 22, 2022
These are primarily China, the US, Japan, and Germany. For example, while the banking industry expects the growing demand for conversational AI apps, getting started with developing such a solution already now makes sense. Reasons for new product development. R&D statistics. Consider Fayrix Your Trusted Partner.
Steve Blank
AUGUST 3, 2012
In December and January we met with ten customers in Korea, Japan, and China. Two years after release, product market share was up by 30% to 70%. The team followed these rules: Cardinal Rules of Synchronous Customer and Product Development. We were a team, convinced by a shared experience, that we knew what to do.
YoungUpstarts
FEBRUARY 10, 2013
Examples include Kawasaki’s rules on presentations such as the 10-20-30 rule (make a 10 slide presentation in 20 minutes with no font smaller than 30 points), qualities of a great product (deep, intelligent, complete, empowering and elegant), and providing a MAP (Mastery, Autonomy and Purpose) rather than money to motivate employees.
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