Gust

JANUARY 19, 2023

But since these days everyone worships at the altar of the lean startup, it’s common knowledge that a business plan is “old school” and completely useless. The post Craft a Lean Business Plan to Serve as Your Venture’s Roadmap appeared first on Gust. All you need is a slide deck and a great team, right?

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Lean Business Plan Startup 91

Gust

NOVEMBER 9, 2014

Eric Ries on Lean Startup methodology, via Wikipedia. I strongly recommend a dramatic departure from this model, called “planned iteration” or Lean Startup methodology, where you assume you won’t get it right the first time, so you launch with a minimum viable product (MVP). Invested Interests agile entrepreneur lean startup pivot'

Agile 163

Agile Startup Lean Social Network 163

Gust

APRIL 20, 2014

VCs and Angel investors like to see a startup that is running lean and mean, with no more than three or four of the conventional C-level or VP titles. It’s your startup, so you can give early partners any title you want, but be aware of potential investor and peer implications.

CTO Hire 171

CTO Hire Fractional CTO Angel Investor Public Relations 171

Gust

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

By this point, the word “lean” has been so used so frequently and in so many contexts that you could be forgiven for thinking that it was completely meaningless. But it’s actually quite the opposite. The reason the term—and the thinking that it represents—has swept the startup world is because it makes fundamental sense.

Customer 91

Customer Lean Developer Startup 91

Gust

OCTOBER 18, 2012

This isn’t a question of hypocrisy, because the two roles aren’t at all analogous. Plato’s definition of beauty was “fitness to the end in view”, and the skills and characteristics that make for a great VC are quite different from those that make for a great entrepreneur.

Lean 152

Lean Venture Capital Startup Entrepreneur 152

Gust

NOVEMBER 9, 2014

Eric Ries on Lean Startup methodology, via Wikipedia. I strongly recommend a dramatic departure from this model, called “planned iteration” or Lean Startup methodology, where you assume you won’t get Read more >. Invested Interests agile entrepreneur lean startup pivot'

Agile 96

Agile Lean Startup Entrepreneur 96

Gust

JULY 8, 2012

If you are new to the entrepreneurial world of startups, you are likely confused by the terminology of seed-stage, lean startups, micro-VCs, and Super Angels. Lean startup. Lean startups operate on minimal money, an open source environment, and assume multiple iterations, with customer feedback, to get it right.

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Early Stage Finance Seed Stage Entrepreneur 177