Steve Blank

JUNE 8, 2021

While all the teams used the Mission Model Canvas , (videos here ), Customer Development and Agile Engineering to build Minimal Viable Products, each of their journeys was unique. Team Neurosmart – Optimizing Performance of Special Operators. Team Salus – Patching Operational Systems to Keep them Secure. Stay tuned.

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Lean Security Asia SBIR 385

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Many of these businesses operated on shoestring budgets and tiny margins, which the pandemic’s challenges all but obliterated. Founders Institute defines pivoting as shifting the business to encompass a new strategy that may entail changing how the entire company functions. Adaptability goes hand in hand with speed.

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Bankruptcy Startup Agile Technical Review 154

Steve Blank

MARCH 31, 2011

Over the last decade we assumed that once we found repeatable methodologies (Agile and Customer Development , Business Model Design) to build early stage ventures, entrepreneurship would become a “science,” and anyone could do it. Founders fit the definition of a creator: they see something no one else does. George Bernard Shaw.

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Agile Customer Development Early Stage Business Model 332

The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 19, 2022

“The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia represents the largest potential market in the Middle East for our disruptive 3D construction technology, and many large-end customers in the Kingdom have been eagerly awaiting, that the technology became available via an established local company,” says Henrik Lund-Nielsen, COBOD founder and general manager.

Saudi Arabia 146

Saudi Arabia Oman Technical Review Qatar 146

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

Jeff Katzenberg has a great track record – head of the studio at Paramount, chairman of Disney Studios, co-founder of DreamWorks and now chairman of NewTV. Lean was designed to inform the founders’ vision while they operated frugally at speed. ” Fire, Ready, Aim. He just hired Meg Whitman. The result?

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Lean Burn Rate Startup IPO 335

YoungUpstarts

MAY 30, 2014

by Sam Bahreini, co-founder and COO of VoloForce. And just this past April, Apple announced its plans to release its next OS X operating system in public beta. It seems like almost all technology goes to market with a “beta” tag attached.

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Customer Development Team Review Cofounder Agile 209

Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Beyond that, it acts as your business's guiding roadmap, ensuring you stay aligned with your goals as your operations adapt to evolving circumstances. 14- No, as I relied on customer feedback Photo Credit: Michael Mastin I relied on agility and adaptability. Thanks to Thomas Phillips, Pet Portraits ! #5-

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Business Plan Jordan Entrepreneur Florida 126

Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

What we do is try to help make sure that the way of working—the operating system, the culture, the organization's design—is well-matched to that challenge. Because right now we mostly operate on a factory model from a hundred years ago, which is all about the linear. So you need to be conscious of the context you're operating in.

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Lean Founder Las Vegas Startup 83

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

In sharp contrast, start-ups operate in “search/ explore ” mode, seeking a repeatable and profitable business model. So we built our own tools to enable founders to rapidly translate their vision into hypotheses and then into validated facts. Recognizing the anomaly was just the first step.

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Incubator Lean Agile Business Model 402

BeyondVC

APRIL 4, 2018

There will also be the few new SaaS app founders who have incredible domain expertise reinventing pieces of the old guard public SaaS companies. What Pivotal understood early is that there is no digital transformation and agile application development without infrastructure spend.

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Cloud Agile Architecture Azure 60

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

Presenting your startup vision as a founder to a potential investor, or presenting an idea as an employee to an executive, requires that you effectively communicate, or “translate”, the value proposition into terms that the receiver can fully understand and appreciate. Implicit in agility is increased productivity on change initiatives.

Technology 206

Technology Agile Architecture Distribution 206

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 22, 2023

Jeff Bezos now manages Amazon, which encompasses over 40 subsidiaries and operates worldwide. Rather than a focus on salary and perks, your focus is on customers, revenue, and operations. Others, including Jeff Bezos, spent time in a big company or two before breaking away to form their own.

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Metrics Startup Agile Salary 279

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 7, 2016

Founders soon learn that customers only spend real money for solutions rather than ideas. A good execution requires a plan and the right people, combined to create operational excellence and exceptional customer value. A great business must be agile. Companies that do this best become market leaders.

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Technical Review Architecture Agile Business Model 120

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 28, 2011

Presenting your startup vision as a founder to a potential investor, or presenting an idea as an employee to an executive, requires that you effectively communicate, or “translate”, the value proposition into terms that the receiver can fully understand and appreciate. Implicit in agility is increased productivity on change initiatives.

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Agile Startup Architecture Distribution 230

Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 9, 2010

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Friday, July 9, 2010 Founder personalities and the “first-class man&# theory of management At any given time, something like four percent of the US population is engaged in some form of new-company-creation. Are we solving the right problem? We can do better by focusing on process instead of personality.

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San Francisco Management Founder Lean 161

Steve Blank

JANUARY 25, 2011

The benefits of customer and agile development and minimum features set are continuous customer feedback, rapid iteration and little wasted code. Ironically it becomes the antithesis of agile. He hired an operating exec as the CEO a few years ago. It Seems Logical. The Siren Song to CEO’s Who Aren’t Technical.

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Part-Time VPE Agile Engineer Startup 318

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Even with advantages that independent startups can never hope to match, including brand recognition, customers, financial capital, and distribution, I don’t often see the entrepreneurial passion for innovation, agility, and team perseverance exhibited by new startups.

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Advisory Board Incubator Dilution Agile 359

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

I was agile enough to keep up with innumerable changes and I was changing lots of things myself. Some (like your peers or even the founders) don’t understand it, and others (the VCs) realize it’s not in their interest to let you know. Declare them cultural co-founders. Heck every day something new was happening at our startup.

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Part-Time VPE Employee Cofounder Hiring 333

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 24, 2016

Microsoft left the 20 th century owning over 95% of the operating systems that ran on computers (almost all on desktops). The best are agile and know how to pivot – make a substantive change to the business model while or before their market has shifted. When visionary founders depart (death, firing, etc.),

Azure 120

Azure Business Model Cloud Artificial Inteligence 120

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 24, 2016

Microsoft left the 20 th century owning over 95% of the operating systems that ran on computers (almost all on desktops). The best are agile and know how to pivot – make a substantive change to the business model while or before their market has shifted. When visionary founders depart (death, firing, etc.),

Azure 120

Azure Business Model Cloud Artificial Inteligence 120

Steve Blank

JUNE 12, 2020

All the teams used the Mission Model Canvas , (videos here ) Customer Development and Agile Engineering to build Minimal Viable Products, but all of their journeys were unique. Tom Bedecarré the founder and CEO of AKQA, the leading digital advertising agency. He runs H4X Labs. Jeff Decker a Stanford social science researcher.

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Oakland Asia Lean Video 301

VC Cafe

AUGUST 2, 2022

Tim Sweeney, the founder and CEO of Epic is a long term visionary of our online future and the Metaverse. Tim Sweeney, Epic Games’ founder and CEO. monthly active end-users who are engaging with content created or operated by Unity solutions in 2020. Here we go! Epic Games. There are now 2.8B Watch this space.

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IP Cofounder Valuation Acquisition 206

YoungUpstarts

MARCH 4, 2015

In order to grow, startups need a much more focused, realistic and agile approach to goal setting that builds momentum and establishes a pattern of success. However, this relatively simple principle is game changing for early-stage operations that often focus exclusively on the Big Hairy Audacious Goals of a decade ago. Here’s how: 1.

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Agile Startup Cofounder Metrics 100

YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 31, 2018

In many respects, it’s the leanness, flexibility and agility of startups that help them become successful,” he says. Too often organizations invest heavily in digital tools and platforms in the hope of swiftly bringing their business operations into the digital age.

United Kingdom 104

United Kingdom Technical Review Design Operations 104

Steve Blank

JULY 13, 2021

Cases and plans are useful for teaching managers of process, not founders. Founders of startups (and new ventures inside existing companies) are searching for product/market fit and a repeatable and scalable business model. Lean-driven (hypothesis testing/business model/customer development/agile engineering). experiential.

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Lean Agile Business Model Business Plan 433

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 16, 2016

By Bryan Miles, CEO and co-founder, Miles Advisory Group, Inc. In business, growth is a big deal, especially when you think about this: Most businesses cease operations and shutter their doors before ever really hitting their stride. But by year 10, just one-third remain in operation. Don’t be another statistic, be a success!

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Cofounder Balance Sheet Small Business Administration Technical Review 100

Hearpreneur

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

In the entrepreneurial ecosystem, where agility and adaptability are key, quitting can be particularly detrimental. The key here is that entrepreneurship thrives on enthusiasm and commitment, not just from the founder but from every team member. Thanks to Valev Laube, The VL Studios ! #4- Thanks to Andrew Van Noy, DeepPower Inc. ! #11-

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Entrepreneur Employee Revenue LLC 109

Hearpreneur

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

In the entrepreneurial ecosystem, where agility and adaptability are key, quitting can be particularly detrimental. The key here is that entrepreneurship thrives on enthusiasm and commitment, not just from the founder but from every team member. Thanks to Valev Laube, The VL Studios ! #4- Thanks to Andrew Van Noy, DeepPower Inc. ! #11-

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Entrepreneur Employee Revenue LLC 108

Gust

SEPTEMBER 16, 2012

Presenting your startup vision as a founder to a potential investor, or presenting an idea as an employee to an executive, requires that you effectively communicate, or “translate”, the value proposition into terms that the receiver can fully understand and appreciate. Implicit in agility is increased productivity on change initiatives.

Technology 162

Technology Agile Architecture Distribution 162

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 27, 2013

He has grown our US operations from 1 employee (him) to a global organization of 75 employees that will finish the year with 8-digit revenues (90+% recurring) and more than 350% year-over-year growth. It consists of a highly intelligent and opinionated founder – Nick Halstead. The Agile Board. Board Meetings.

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Advisory Board CTO Hire Fractional CTO Los Angeles 365

Where to Play

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Adrien Briod , the co-founder, envisioned how a collision-tolerant drone would assist in managing such dangerous situations. It can fly or roll on any surface, and will actually be able to operate in a wide range of temperatures and pressures. Step 3: Designing the Agile Focus Strategy. They call it Elios. The Challenge.

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Agile Technical Review Sales Cycle Distribution 54

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 27, 2022

You may have a brilliant product strategy, but your operational teams seem to fight change, as well as each other, resulting in turf battles and confusion, leading to the internal drama and problems that occupy too much of your time. In my experience, timely business transformations can only be accomplished by high-performance teams.

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Forecast Agile Lean Distribution 340

Hearpreneur

AUGUST 11, 2021

Every waking day, we are having tremendous changes in regulations and technology which greatly affects the way businesses operate. Some entrepreneurs will say the future is definitely bright but to others, some of these changes are meant to work against their expansion and business operations. Photo Credit: Jennifer Carrasco.

Entrepreneur 126

Entrepreneur Technical Review Social Media Bootstrapping 126

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 30, 2012

The class teaches founders how to dramatically reduce their failure rate through the combination of business model design, customer development and agile development using the Startup Owners Manual. It doesn’t take equity and just has a small fee that varies by city ($140 to $299), to cover event operations and expenses.

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Startup Lean Incubator Business Model 335

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 11, 2015

by Eyal Shinar, CEO & Founder of Fundbox. In addition to cash flow, operational and organizational challenges often have a bigger impact on small businesses than larger companies as they typically have fewer resources at their disposal. Everything big must first be small. Still, companies need access to capital in order to grow.

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Technical Review Small Business Entrepreneur Pennsylvania 100

Feld Thoughts

JULY 8, 2013

Following is a guest post on DevOps by Gene Kim , Multiple Award-Winning CTO, Researcher, Visible Ops Co-Author, Entrepreneur & Founder of Tripwire. Act I begins with IT Operations, where we’re supporting a large, complex revenue generating application. That moment is now. DevOps is not only for large, established companies.

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Phoenix Software Review Technical Review Cofounder 175

YoungUpstarts

APRIL 21, 2013

Enter “ The Lean Startup: How Today’s Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses “, a New York Times bestseller by founder of IMVU (creator of 3D avatars) Eric Ries. Key ideas from the book include the following: 1. Validated learning should be the goal of all entrepreneurs.

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Lean Technical Review North America Startup 183