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I remember the first time I read the Innovator’s Dilemma in 1997. Customer Development became one of the three parts of the Lean Startup as Eric Ries and Alexander Osterwalder provided the other two components (Agile Engineering and the business model canvas.) I never got to say thank you. Eye Opening.

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JANUARY 21, 2013

Jim has founded six companies, including Preview Travel, one of the first online travel agencies, which went public in 1997 and subsequently merged to create Travelocity.com as an independent company. I asked Jim to share what he learned in teaching the Lean LaunchPad class to undergraduates. And Zignal Labs. What did we experience?

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government is discovering that Lean innovation can help them serve the country better and faster. Prior to his public service, Javier spent 20+ years in investing, management, entrepreneurial and public policy, starting as a strategy consultant at McKinsey and Booz, Allen and at Abbott Laboratories.

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As an early employee I worked all hours of the day, never hesitated to jump on a “ red-eye ” plane to see a customer at the drop of a hat, and did what was necessary to make the company a winner. emotional rather than technical) and a lot harder to manage than a startup. Two of my role models for my career were in this company. (And

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