SoCal CTO

APRIL 2, 2013

What's Going to Go Wrong A lot of founders don't really understand Lean Startup principles. They look at the following high level definition of Lean: and they interpret that as write up an executive summary with your ideas and hand it to developers to build. Do you have a Technical Advisors: Every Web/Mobile Startup Must Have One ?

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 15, 2017

I-Corps uses Lean Startup methods to teach scientists how to turn their discoveries into entrepreneurial, job-producing businesses. But I haven’t forgotten that before everyone else thought that teaching scientists how to build companies using Lean Methods might be a good for the country, there was one congressman who got it first.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

Over the last three years our Lean LaunchPad / NSF Innovation Corps classes have been teaching hundreds of entrepreneurial teams a year how to build their startups by getting out of the building and testing their hypotheses behind their business model. Filed under: Customer Development , Lean LaunchPad , Teaching.

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ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 15, 2022

This could be by using a mobile app, interactive website, or some other digital platform. Consider Agile or one of its variants for a flexible approach to building top-shelf mobile apps or interactive websites. Industry-specific domain experience becomes critical when identifying operational pain points ripe for transformation.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

“After reading your post on Why Founders Should Know How to Code it looks like web/mobile startups have it easy. ” She looked at bit puzzled, so I continued to explain… One of the virtues of using the Business Model Canvas as part of a Lean Startup is that it helps you frame each one of your nine critical hypotheses.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 8, 2011

In January, we introduced a new graduate course at Stanford called the " target="_blank">Lean LaunchPad. It was designed to bring together many of the new approaches to building a successful startup – customer development, agile development, business model generation and pivots. OK, somehow we got them interested.

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 8, 2023

M-Commerce Together with Voice Commerce Speaking of easing consumers’ lives, mobile commerce, also known as “m-commerce,” was a hit. In 2023, mobile commerce will remain in demand and grow even further. of purchases were made via mobile devices in the United States, as Statista reported. Only in 2021, 72.9%

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 15, 2017

I-Corps uses Lean Startup methods to teach scientists how to turn their discoveries into entrepreneurial, job-producing businesses. But I haven’t forgotten that before everyone else thought that teaching scientists how to build companies using Lean Methods might be a good for the country, there was one congressman who got it first.

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wordsting.com

APRIL 4, 2013

Fat startup: Learn the lessons of my failed Lean Startup. by Word Sting in Lean Startup , Software copywriting , Copywriting for startups. Those that do will likely fall under the influence of the celebrated Lean Startup movement. Yet the company failed -- more of a fat startup than a lean startup.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 2, 2013

While the Lean LaunchPad class has been adopted by Universities and the National Science Foundation , the question we get is, “Can students in K-12 handle an experiential entrepreneurship class?” They both attended our latest Lean LaunchPad Educators Class. Summary for the Lean LaunchPad in K-12 Education.

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The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 2, 2018

A startup by nature is a small, agile company which is innovating to solve a problem. Start-ups are lean and designed to grow or scale up quickly. Good website usability includes reliable hosting so that people can access your site at any time, mobile responsiveness, a clear and consistent message, and intuitive design.

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 30, 2013

Entrenched Innovation Model Issues : Qualcomm’s existing innovation model – wireless products were created in the R&D lab and then handed over to existing business units for commercialization – was wildly successful in the existing wireless and mobile space. Venture Fest was not integral to their success.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 2, 2013

While the Lean LaunchPad class has been adopted by Universities and the National Science Foundation , the question we get is, “Can students in K-12 handle an experiential entrepreneurship class?” They both attended our latest Lean LaunchPad Educators Class. Summary for the Lean LaunchPad in K-12 Education.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 30, 2014

Agile UX vs Lean UX, which should you choose? Agile UX vs Lean UX, which should you choose? Legal Contracts for Graphic Designers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. 2014 Logo Trends – crowdspring.co/1lDrFyz. Webdesigner Depot – crowdspring.co/1jB1AEk.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 21, 2011

The Stanford Lean LaunchPad class was an experiment with a new model of teaching startup entrepreneurship. All the teams were showing us what agile looked like, but this week several would remind us what focused and relentless really meant. There are two major channels: physical channels and virtual (web/mobile) channels.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 31, 2018

It wasn’t even two years ago that this free, location-based augmented reality mobile game took the world by storm. In many respects, it’s the leanness, flexibility and agility of startups that help them become successful,” he says. Remember Pokemon Go?

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 5, 2010

Consumer Internet investing seems to have split off from traditional Venture Capital, and is creating a new category of VC’s: Lean VC’s. I think you can blame Customer and Agile Development for a small part of it. The Rise of the “Lean VC’s” – Consumer Internet Gets Funded. Lean VC’s are Different.

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The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 27, 2019

Mobile devices are constantly evolving as are the apps on offer to consumers. billion unique mobile users , with the number of available apps for download continuing to climb as well. Here are the top improvements in mobile app development coming in Q4 of 2019. There are currently 5.1 The Rise of 5G. The Instant App Golden Age.

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steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

Simple editing. signup, upgrade, trial pricing Zuora – online subscription management FeeFighters – find the cheapest credit card processors HealPay – Collections made easy Customer Support Tender – support, knowledgebase tool for your site GetSatisfaction - conversations between companies / customers.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

Guest post by Lisa Regan, writer for T he Lean Startup Conference. We’ve posted the full program for The Lean Startup Conference , and it includes more than three days of events for Gold pass holders and six days of events for VIP pass holders. On the evening of December 8, Ignite Lean Startup kicks off the conference.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 31, 2009

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. The Focus on Execution Versus Agility The product development diagram has a linear flow from left to right.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

Guest post by Lisa Regan, writer for The Lean Startup Conference. In building the program for this year’s Lean Startup Conference , we’ve tried to strike a balance. To give you a sense of these practitioners, we asked some our new speakers to talk about how they use Lean Startup methods. Below are three of their takes on MVPs.

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Steve Blank

MAY 9, 2017

Today, we take for granted new mobile apps and consumer devices appearing seemingly overnight, reaching tens of millions of users – and just as quickly falling out of favor. I’m glad to have been part of the team inventing the Lean Startup methodology. Founders Need to Run the Company Longer. And it’s that Information is everywhere.

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Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

DECEMBER 11, 2017

AI, Analytics, IoT, Big Data, Cloud, Mobile, Social Media, Sensors, Robotics, Augmented Reality, Voice Recognition… and the list goes on. Why is this challenge so different from previous innovation challenges? Has there ever been a moment in time when so many new technologies are washing over us all at once? It’s daunting.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 4, 2017

That’s why it’s smarter to embrace the agile approach and constantly test your idea on the market to learn about the needs and desires of your target. Thomas is a software engineer at an app development agency and a fan of everything IT, mobile and tech-related. Choose the right location. Surround yourself with talent.

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Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 30, 2013

Though the notion of a “lean startup” that uses both Agile and Customer Development approaches is ostensibly strongly customer focused, the purpose of these methodologies is for the company to find an maximize its market, not specifically to optimize the user experience. I think he totally nails it. What do you think?

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 26, 2013

While a few of the I-Corps teams are in web/mobile/cloud, most are working on advanced technology projects that don’t make TechCrunch. universities teaching the Lean LaunchPad curriculum organized as I-Corps “nodes” across the U.S. in Science or Nature. Currently there are 11 U.S.

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

VC Cafe covers early stage Israeli and European tech & mobile startups. Lean Methodology Sources. Steve Blank on Lean Customer Development. Part 3- Lean Cust. We have an iOS SDK as well, for web-web, mobile-mobile, web-mobile video chat and video messaging. Lean Startup Circle â??

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Steve Blank

MARCH 18, 2011

Lean Startups/Back to Basics (2000-2010): No IPO’s, limited VC cash, lack of confidence and funding fuels “lean startup” era with limited M&A and even less IPO activity. 2001 – 2010: Back to Basics: The Lean Startup. The New Bubble : (2011 – 2014): Here we go again…. (If Rules For the New Bubble: 2011 -2014.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 18, 2008

So there is an opportunity to build new brands with attributes like "the most amazing mobile apps" but I think building a company around that strategy means really thinking through how to do it. No other mobile platform or carrier deck under the sun can offer the amount of user attention and time that the App Store does. Expo SF (May.

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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. The Old Days – Waterfall Product Development.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 25, 2020

And I think how you think about that, whether you're a restaurant owner that didn't invest in curbside pickup, what can you do to, I'll call it, hack it or in an agile mindset, how do you think about bringing a way to be able to do curbside and do that well, and not just rely on the delivery folks to be able to support you? Let's go."

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Steve Blank

JUNE 23, 2016

First, the shift away from desktop computers to mobile devices meant that Intel’s power-hungry x86 processors weren’t suitable. All of Intel’s resources – fabs, manufacturing strategies, and most importantly executive mindset — were geared towards large, expensive x86 processors, not low-cost mobile cores of someone else’s design.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 18, 2008

Pick a similar product that they do use, and ask them "who was the first person you know who started using [social networking, mobile phones, plasma TV, instant messaging.]? Lean Start-up SlideShare prez at Web 2.0 The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. can I talk to them?" October 1, 2008 2:53 PM Chris Hopf said.

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css-tricks.com

JANUARY 2, 2013

You cannot neglect mobile. Look at any graph of mobile usage and it will tell the tale for you. Millions of mobile devices enter the world every day. Youll need to decide if you are going to build a mobile-specific site or not. Mobile is a whole different world. mobile design. Ignore this to your own demise.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 1, 2009

I know that this all seems obvious now with the movements started by Steven Blank ( Four Steps of Epiphany ) with the whole Customer Development processes / Lean Startup movements also popularized by people like Eric Ries. m-Via does financial remittances using mobile phones for people from the US to Mexico. They recorded it.

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Board Effect

APRIL 5, 2021

In the interest of stewardship and gaining the public’s trust, it’s common for nonprofits to maintain a fairly lean budget and keep a good eye on the organization’s finances. For some boards, keeping a lean budget means doing more work so they can spend less. Oversight is the board’s responsibility.

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