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The LeanLaunch Pad at Stanford – Class 6: Channel Hypotheses

Steve Blank

All the teams were showing us what agile looked like, but this week several would remind us what focused and relentless really meant. Virtual channels include Dedicated e-commerce, Two-step e-distribution and Aggregators. Their week 6 business model now looked like this: . Week 6 of the class. All that we expected.

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The Customer Development Manifesto: Reasons for the Revolution.

Steve Blank

Finally, I’ll write about how Eric Ries and the Lean Startup concept provided the equivalent model for product development activities inside the building and neatly integrates customer and agile development. To begin with, the product development model completely ignores a fundamental truth about startups and new products.

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SuperMac War Story 9: Sales, Not Awards « Steve Blank

Steve Blank

SuperMac sold our graphic boards for the Macintosh through multiple distribution channels: direct sales to major accounts, national chains, independent rep firms, etc. Initially your job is to understand each of the parts of your business model before you hire someone to do it.

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Vertical Markets 4: Putting it All Together « Steve Blank

Steve Blank

Innovation – Business Model? Waterfall, Agile, Lean? At a glance, you can see how startup capital needs differ by markets, how distribution channels and demand creation activities differ by market, and even how VC’s assess risk and reward by market. Others you need to know when you execute the plan. Technology?

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The Very Best Digital Metrics For 15 Different Companies!

Occam's Razor

There are great starting points, but there is an assumption that based on your expertise and business knowledge that you’ll be able to personalize these. The challenge I want to take on is to be specific in the recommendations make, and to share how we can be very nimble and agile. Government: California Department of Motor Vehicles.

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Your Business “Driving Force”

market-by-numbers.com

The driving force helps shape technology choices, importance of design, market segment, and business model as well as company culture, growth plan and exit strategy. one component of the business is the driving force of the strategy — the company’s so-called DNA. New products will follow same distribution.

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Startup Tools

steveblank.com

Github - Free public repositories, collaborator management, issue tracking, wikis, downloads, code review, graphs Pivotal Tracker – Agile project management tool that enables real time collaboration. I hewar via thew grapevine that you’re thinking about a ‘Business Model Competition’ Interesting.