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I-Corps @ NIH – Pivoting the Curriculum

Steve Blank

We’re changing the order in which we teach the business model canvas and customer development to better-fit therapeutics, diagnostics and medical devices. The Lean LaunchPad class uses the three “ Lean Startup ” principles: Alexander Osterwalders “ business model canvas ” to frame hypotheses. Lessons Learned.

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Cloud Is The New Black

YoungUpstarts

by Guilherme Sesterhein, CSM and software development/Google area leader at ilegra. Most of their business models wouldn’t be possible without it. Guilherme Sesterhein is a CSM and software development/Google area leader at ilegra. You could think that this means that cloud is basic. Gartner did.

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Pragmatism with Flavor

TechEmpower

As software developers, we're technophiles, so we enjoy these cycles and quite often find humor listening to the energy spent arguing on either side of issues. It's a fun and funny business to be in. Few developers will find themselves at an extreme or precisely in the middle, and we're no exception.

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Lessons Learned: The lean startup

Startup Lessons Learned

But by taking advantage of open source, agile software, and iterative development, lean startups can operate with much less waste. I am heavily indebted to earlier theorists, and highly recommend the books Lean Thinking and Lean Software Development. What are the characteristics of a lean startup?

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Real Unfair Advantages

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

No, wait, I'm sorry, the real question is: What are you going to do when there are four totally free, open-source competitors? Indeed, most of the innovations we've made at Smart Bear in the art of code review have already been duplicated by both commercial and open-source competitors. Common vision. Insider knowledge.

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Austin: the Lean Startup tour continues

Startup Lessons Learned

It uses principles of agile software development, open source and web 2.0, and lean manufacturing to guide the creation of technology businesses that create disruptive innovation. Continuously discover what customers want to buy before building or making follow-on investments in new features. .

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@altgate » Blog Archive » Outsourcing For Startups

Altgate

Another tip (whether outsourcing or developing in-house, make sure you follow the “2-man&# rule, which means that you should have at least 2 people familiar with your code which gives you insurance in case one goes away or moves on. You can set up your own merchant account later when it becomes economically viable. Advertising.