Both Sides of the Table

MAY 27, 2013

In this period (less than 2 years) he has brought on incredibly talented senior execs is sales, marketing, product management, client services, finance, vp engineering and more. You may know how much to pay in cash or equity for your new VP Engineering. The Agile Board. In his spare time he raised nearly $30 million.

Advisory Board 365

Advisory Board CTO Hire Fractional CTO Los Angeles 365

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

But by taking advantage of open source, agile software, and iterative development, lean startups can operate with much less waste. So far, I have found "lean startup" works better with the entrepreneurs Ive talked to than "agile startup" or even "extreme startup.") Of course, many startups are capital efficient and generally frugal.

Lean 168

Lean San Francisco Startup Continuous Deployment 168

Steve Blank

APRIL 10, 2009

One of the things he mentioned was that when it came to decision-making he still tended to think and act like an engineer. Since every situation is unique, there is no perfect solution to any engineering, customer or competitor problem, and you shouldn’t agonize over trying to find one. That’s why startups are agile.

Silicon Valley 300

Silicon Valley RSS Startup Agile 300

YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 31, 2018

In many respects, it’s the leanness, flexibility and agility of startups that help them become successful,” he says. User experience is really at the heart of digital transformation, Bo believes, and it’s a critical aspect of building and differentiating a strong brand that engages customers.

United Kingdom 113

United Kingdom Technical Review Design Operations 113

Steve Blank

JANUARY 6, 2014

In the last few years Agile and “Continuous Deployment” has replaced Waterfall and transformed how companies big and small build products. Agile is a tremendous advance in reducing time, money and wasted product development effort – and in having products better match customer needs. Continuous Delivery/Deployment – The Marketers View.

Continuous Deployment 329

Continuous Deployment Customer Agile Cloud 329

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 28, 2020

Over the past few months, many professional services firms have taken a hard look at what’s different and what they need to change to keep their revenue growth engines running strong: They’ve realized that without face-to-face meetings, it’s harder to understand their client’s current needs. Same Clients – New Behavior and Expectations.

Marketing 246

Marketing Agile Differentiation Social Media 246

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

I break the answer to that question down into three engines: Viral - this is the business model identified in the presentation as "Get Users." But because paid traffic is fundamentally a bidding war, its important that you have a differentiated ability to monetize customers better than other people who are bidding for the same traffic.

San Francisco 167

San Francisco CPA SEM CTO Hire 167

Steve Blank

MARCH 5, 2012

Search versus execution is what differentiates a new venture from an existing business unit. The processes used to organize and implement the search for the business model are Customer Development and Agile Development. It’s like trying to implement a startup using Waterfall engineering.). is known , you will be executing it.

Search 320

Search Business Model Customer Development Agile 320

Feld Thoughts

JULY 8, 2013

On this journey, we benchmarked 1,500 IT organization to understand what differentiated the highest performing organizations and allowed them to do what the others only dreamed of. Following is a guest post on DevOps by Gene Kim , Multiple Award-Winning CTO, Researcher, Visible Ops Co-Author, Entrepreneur & Founder of Tripwire.

Phoenix 175

Phoenix Software Review Technical Review Cofounder 175

YoungUpstarts

JULY 2, 2019

These organizations thrive because they leverage their key strategic differentiator: learning faster than the competition, and getting into action speedily. Better: they have discovered that their ultimate competitive advantage is now their own capacity to change and to translate what they learn into action rapidly.

Leadership 113

Leadership Agile PR Differentiation 113

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 13, 2013

Jubenville, co-authors of “ Zebras and Cheetahs: Look Different and Stay Agile to Survive the Business Jungle “ If you have just graduated from college, congratulations! Clearly, you’ll need to differentiate yourself from the pack if you want to get (and keep) a job in this cutthroat environment. Differentiate yourself.

Agile 154

Agile Marketing Differentiation Hiring 154

Steve Blank

JANUARY 4, 2010

They used Customer and Agile development to search for a scalable and repeatable business model to become a large company. Their primary goal is a predictable revenue stream for the owner, with reasonable risk and reasonable effort and without the need to bring in world-class engineers and managers. The Web and Startups.

Hockey Stick 276

Hockey Stick Venture Capital Startup Cofounder 276

Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

Kent, a veteran programmer, a founder of the Agile method and the creator of Extreme Programming, came armed with anecdotes and lessons from his own experience, as well as a few questions for Eric. Eric’s chat with Kent Beck was among our most entertaining webcasts ( video ; iTunes ; SoundCloud ). And so I''ve also had that frustration.

Lean 165

Lean San Francisco Cofounder Programming 165

ReadWriteStart

APRIL 3, 2018

You can automate workflows using the powerful rules engine and build forms to collect valuable data. An affordable SaaS solution, Agile allows a team of up to 10 users to manage a collective group of 50,000 contacts for free. The keyword analysis tool allows you to improve your CRM’s artificial intelligence and keep customers happy.

Artificial Inteligence 83

Artificial Inteligence Agile Software Small Business 83

Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

As a formal method, the Lean Startup consists of three parts: The Business Model Canvas – to frame hypotheses, Customer Development – to test those hypotheses in front of customers, and Agile Engineering – to build Minimum Viable Products to maximize learning. Your product/service is just part of someone else’s larger system.

Business Model 120

Business Model Revenue Channel Community 120

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 17, 2017

Army’s Rapid Equipping Force on the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan finding and deploying technology solutions against agile insurgents. Solution 2: Use the McKinsey Three Horizons Model to differentiate among the three types. In most industries, manufacturing is no longer a core competence of the U.S. Newell ran the U.S.

Community 212

Community Silicon Valley Technical Review Incubator 212

Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 20, 2023

Rodney highlights the significance of selecting the right areas for transformation that can deliver a differentiating value, plus the importance of upskilling and reskilling existing talent within digital changes. It's something we have to invest in, but it's not, uh, competitively differentiating. They were the same mm-hmm. ,

Technical Review 65

Technical Review Silicon Valley Generative AI Arizona 65

Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 18, 2010

What differentiates them is their disciplined approach to determining when to spend money: after the fundamental elements of the business model have been empirically validated. Myth: Lean Startups are small bootstrapped startups. Truth: There’s nothing wrong with raising venture capital. Expo SF (May.

Lean 167

Lean San Francisco Continuous Deployment Startup 167

ConversionXL

JANUARY 24, 2017

With agile development cycles and uncertain monetization models, they live and die by data and experimentation. as an important point of differentiation and actionability. Those working in data-centric tech organizations probably don’t find this idea out-of-the-norm. Image Source. That leaves psychology, neuromarketing, etc.,

Conversion 48

Conversion Technical Review Artificial Inteligence Analytics 48

Agile VC

JUNE 24, 2013

With chips running large parts of cars came basic diagnostic tools like the “check engine” light to OBD ports. People will seek these in other consumer goods and cars may become less differentiated. This has led to a broad transition away from many consumers doing their own maintenance and repair work to few doing it.

Internet 153

Internet Caching Aggregator Audio 153

Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 22, 2009

Each has its own iterative process: customer development and agile development respectively. As the CTO/VP Engineering, I was the worst offender. That means that I (and other engineers) were able to participate in the problem team discussions. Thats why its so essential to have a co-equal problem team. Context matters.

San Francisco 167

San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment Agile 167

Hearpreneur

JANUARY 29, 2017

Back in the day, when I worked for Xerox, it was a true differentiator from the typical copier salesperson. Getting things done well takes considerable testing and hinges on agile changes; striving for perfection is the opposite mentality. The most important aspect of any quote or philosophy is that it be genuine.

Entrepreneur 48

Entrepreneur LLC Cofounder Montana 48

Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 25, 2017

The goal is the same for both: reach that first search engine results page (SERP) and increase your profit while doing so. So, what I’d like to do today is discuss the differences in these two approaches to SEO and define some of those key differentiators that lead to small business success in search. In Search of SEO Success.

SEO 56

SEO Small Business Metadata Software Review 56

Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 27, 2009

What differentiates this model from "free serves paid" is that the free users dont need to consciously do anything special to be valuable. Here the key is for your free customers to get value from the site that is greater than the costs they perceive by the fact that youre selling access to them. Expo SF (May.

San Francisco 148

San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment DC 148

Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 1, 2009

Discover whats in customers heads, and tackle problems where design is a differentiator. Beyond Apple, we can find examples of the Steve Jobs character at Toyota, in the form of the Chief Engineer. There are some good anecdotes about Chief Engineers in the Toyota Product Development Book. August 2, 2009 9:50 AM Milton said.

San Francisco 166

San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment DC 166

Up and Running

MAY 23, 2016

Step 3: Brand and differentiate yourself. Whether you’re looking to stand out in an already-crowded marketplace, or to simply be a memorable company, figuring out how to brand and differentiate yourself is key. However, we have been able to differentiate [ourselves] and also excel by making enterprise software fun and enjoyable.

Software Review 74

Software Review Software Delaware Forecast 74

Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 11, 2009

Identity value - This is the strongest source of value of all, and its a little tricky to differentiate from the preceding two sources. For a non-brand example, look no further than De Beers successful, if pernicious, marketing of diamonds. This is the benefit you get from incorporating a product into your self-conception. Expo SF (May.

San Francisco 102

San Francisco Continuous Deployment Lean DC 102

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

This success was aided by the fact that it did just one thing extremely well – its lack of extra features emphasized its differentiation. Lean manufacturing , agile software development , and Theory of Constraints are all examples of this idea in action. And the rest is history: Google Maps was a huge success. So which is it?

San Francisco 167

San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment Software Review 167

Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 1, 2009

LIKED: Y startups fail, cont deployment vs waterfall vs agile, small batches & learn fr biz metrics #leanstartup As concise a summary as Ive ever seen. We have certain advantages that we are confident will differentiate us, but these may not be apparent if we just released as soon as the basic functionality of our app was ready.

Lean 60

Lean San Francisco Startup Continuous Deployment 60

www.women2.org

MARCH 8, 2012

Being a resource-constrained entrepreneur, I wanted a co-founder because even if I got a paid engineer or an outsourced team to build it, I would still need to build a team, and there would be continuous development needs. Then, what’s missing — clearly an engineer — and why do I want a partner?

Cofounder 47

Cofounder Technical Review San Francisco Founder 47

Cracking the Code

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

The rise of the SMB engine : The past few years have demonstrated that companies focusing on the SMB segment can become very valuable businesses – both as public companies, with Shopify reaching $10B market cap and Xero, Wix and Hubspot in the $2-3B range, or through M&A, with Netsuite acquired for $9.3B, Constant Contact for $1.1B

Europe 83

Europe Cloud API 83

Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 11, 2008

The companies that own those brands work hard to differentiate their offering so that people who wear their clothes will be perceived in a certain way. We knew IMVU would be a socializing platform, and so we decided that we would let our customers interact using their own rules for assigning status, like we do in the physical world.

San Francisco 68

San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment DC 68

market-by-numbers.com

DECEMBER 7, 2009

Johnson & Johnson , for example, makes hundreds of highly differentiated products that serve doctors, nurses and patients. Means of Production Profits determined primarily by availability (uptime) of its differentiated or highly-efficient production capabilities. American Hospital Supply supplies hospitals with whatever they need.

San Diego 40

San Diego RSS Lean Elevator Pitch 40

Agile VC

APRIL 13, 2012

2) Design ethic vs engineers - Over the course of the last 5-10 years, many software-based startups are being built on competitive advantages of design and business model rather than technical differentiation.

Silicon Valley 185

Silicon Valley San Francisco San Jose Startup 185

crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2018

Your brand positioning explains how your company differentiates in the marketplace and how you are different from your competitors. Curved lines are visibly flexible and can communicate agility and reactivity. We cover this in detail in Chapter 3 (Brand Identity Research). 2) Articulate your brand positioning.

Marketing 162

Marketing Charlotte Naming Design 162

Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 23, 2017

He is a long time featured keynote speaker for things such as search engine optimization and conversion rate optimization, and I’ve had him on the show a couple of times, some of you may recall waiting for your cat to bark… maybe a call to action definitely [buyer legends 00:53] and a number of other books.

Tampa 35

Tampa Florida Customer Audio 35

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 12, 2009

When I learned that Cray users would be giving papers at the Society of Petroleum Engineering conference in Denver the next day, I got on a plane to listen and learn. The magazines got passed around to all the engineers until they were dog-eared and worn. But I was breathing heavy and it felt like I was looking at supercomputer porn.

Silicon Valley 147

Silicon Valley RSS Software Review Technical Review 147