Steve Blank

JANUARY 28, 2020

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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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2011

I know that most people who are close to them tend to deny their existence, as we saw in the great housing bubble of 2002-2007 and the dot com bubble of 1997-2000. I’m looking for ones that understand that in order to build huge, meaningful companies they’ll need to likely build through these boom years and some lean ones.

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Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

Early adopters, especially those who are willing to pay for novel services, are the lifeblood of lean startups. Another notable Austin-bred phenomenon is the Alamo Drafthouse — is cinema chain founded in 1997 that is famous for its food and drink service as well as maintaining proper cinema etiquette.

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 29, 2018

I was fortunate to live in Silicon Valley for six years before moving to “Silicon Hills” in 1997?—?having DFS was formed in 1997 to provide Dell customers the best financing options. One important thing that I learned very early is that have a solid board of advisors who you can lean on in this journey.

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Diego Basch

FEBRUARY 19, 2012

Those of us who work in software live in a world of lean practices. I learned about it from a case study for my Software Project Management class in 1997, what follows is my summary ( original here , or Google it). The project was renamed to Opus, and was staffed mostly with new hires.

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