Steve Blank

DECEMBER 7, 2010

Business schools teach aspiring executives a variety of courses around the execution of known business models, (accounting, organizational behavior, managerial skills, marketing, operations, etc.). There are few courses which teach aspiring entrepreneurs the skills (business models, customer and agile development, design thinking, etc.)

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 29, 2020

There has never been a viral outbreak of such magnitude before. It means relying on your own savings and revenue to operate and expand.”. It is also important to realize that, statistically speaking, most startups become operational without any venture capital or external funding sources. Invest in your brand.

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 14, 2009

Compared to the million-dollar startup, they are operating at micro-scale. Products can find sources of validation with impressive stats along a number of dimensions, such as high engagement, viral coefficient, or long-term retention. Go on an agile diet quickly. How does that stack up? Great post! Expo SF (May.

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Board Effect

AUGUST 30, 2019

The costs of cyber risks are financially high and carry a range of risks across the operation. One comment on social media from a client citing their lack of trust in a company can go viral within minutes and create a public outrage even if the comments are untrue.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

There are a few cases where you somewhat need to see the system operating to have a sense of the value. Investors my tell you that, but what they can look at your product on paper and tell what it does and they will understand if it can be built.

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

Whether data come from our own analytics or an external source, we are can implement changes to the way we operate in a matter of hours. Not being caught up in a corporate management structure gives me the freedom and agility to be at the top of our game. First, the hours of operation are all up to me. 12 – Amazing Perks.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 5, 2022

They operate on the premise that if you don't get results, you won't get results. Specifically, I plan on putting out one study per quarter that I'll send out to reporters and hopefully get viral coverage on social media. It's important to keep business agile. 14- Adapt operations. Photo Credit: Adam Wood.

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Ben's Blog

MAY 15, 2020

In normal times, every company operates against some hypothetical growth model—a data-driven framework that describes how your product grows and how you acquire new users. In normal times, every company operates against some hypothetical growth model—a data-driven framework that describes how your product grows and how you acquire new users.

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ConversionXL

APRIL 3, 2018

Corporate Agility. Transparency correlates to agility (Does your CEO know how many tests you ran last month?). Ed Fry – Customer Data Operations: Unleashing your hidden growth engine. Virality: # of users that refer your product for you: exponential growth if your K factor is greater than 1. Culture of Innovation.

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ConversionXL

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Brand momentum can be calculated similarly to physical momentum (mass x velocity): Brand momentum = brand mass (your company’s size, reputation, and relevance) x brand velocity (speed of growth, agility in keeping up with industry changes). Take Tesla. You should also establish the scope of your brand tracking measures. .

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Occam's Razor

MAY 2, 2017

The very best analysts are comfortable operating with ambiguity and incompleteness, while all others chase perfection in implementation / processing / reports. 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. We have to really get good at this. Evaluate.

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Up and Running

MAY 23, 2016

You get to call all the shots, including how you want to operate the business and who you want to be involved. Noah says, “Agile is what most software companies use. You can learn more about the agile development methodology on Version One’s site. And, if all else fails, what about asking friends and family to help out?

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Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 6, 2008

When youve mastered that, consider adding operations, customer service, marketing, product management, business development - the idea is that when the team needs to get approval or support from another department, they already have an "insider" who can make it happen. I rcommend you try building a cross-functional team and see what happens.

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Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 8, 2008

Maybe operations has changed the OS configuration in production in a way that is incompatible with some developers change. Kent Beck keynote, "To Agility, and Beyond" Six streaming locations Interviews ► March (7) New conference website, speakers, agenda Two new scholarship programs for lean startups Speed up or slow down?

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

Companies want the coverage, but they don’t actually want to reveal anything useful about their operations. Is the company growing because of an amazing viral loop paired with a strong engagement loop? Companies want the coverage, but they don’t actually want to reveal anything useful about their operations.

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blog.expensify.com

APRIL 24, 2012

net is the only framework in which you can build an app for all the major mobile operating systems (iphone, android, wp7). Hiring manager: If one has a lot of experience with large building cranes and operations, the hiring manager rules them out. It’s an *freaking open source*.net net implementation. Checkout [link].net

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 29, 2020

In the time since our conversation, data and science have shown again and again that wearing masks is an incredibly effective, low-cost and simple way to prevent viral spread. So I was always doing linear programming and operations research stuff, and regression models and whatever to try to solve corporate strategy problems.

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