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.

Lean 320

Lean Customer Development Sales Cycle Business Model 320

Steve Blank

JANUARY 22, 2014

Over the years Dino and I brainstormed about how Lean entrepreneurship would affect regional development. Few entrepreneurs find this scalable and repeatable business model because it’s not easy. Startups still need capital to scale once they find good product-market fit and a repeatable-scalable business model.).

Early Stage 292

Early Stage Silicon Valley Oregon Technical Review 292

The Next Web

DECEMBER 30, 2012

How do you monetize a unique business model based on users rather than selling an actual product? We have a very simple business model. We believe that mobile devices provide a unique opportunity to create an experience that is deeply personal and will resonate with a whole new audience.”.

Business Model 133

Business Model Technical Review Advertising B2C 133

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 15, 2019

Today, as large organizations are facing continuous disruption, they’ve recognized that their existing strategy and organizational structures aren’t nimble enough to access and mobilize the innovative talent and technology they need to meet these challenges. Process Versus Product. Between a Rock and A Hard Place.

Government 320

Government Technical Review Acquisition Metrics 320

Up and Running

JULY 26, 2017

Website, web app, or a mobile app—what would be the right “form” for your business idea ? Since the release of the very first iPhone, everyone has been treating the mobile-first business model as the new gold rush. Learn more about validating your business idea and product concept here.

Mobile 81

Mobile Application Development Web Software Review 81

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.

Programming 270

Programming Technical Review Incubator Intellectual Property 270

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

To celebrate the debut of the Japan edition of “The Startup Owner’s Manual” and to express great thanks to Steve and his co-author Bob Dorf, I would like to reflect back what first drew me to this book and offer Steve’s worldwide readers a look at the progress of Customer Development and the Lean LaunchPad class in Japan.

Japan 302

Japan Customer Development Developer Customer 302

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%

eCommerce 185

eCommerce Technical Review Software Review Analytics 185

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 14, 2015

billion – masks how sagging performance from its PC business wiped out the momentum Lenovo had generated since 2013 and has forced Lenovo to reset its profit and revenue growth expectations for its enterprise and mobile device businesses. Lenovo’s modest overall revenue growth in calendar 2Q15 – 3.1% year-to-year to $10.7

Revenue 100

Revenue Technical Review Lean Mobile 100

Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 9, 2012

TLDR: Brant Cooper and Patrick Vlaskovits , authors of The Entrepreneur's Guide to Customer Development are back with a new book called The Lean Entrepreneur. Since then, Brant and Patrick have been tireless advocates for the whole Lean Startup movement. Market segments drive your business model.

Entrepreneur 167

Entrepreneur Lean Southern California San Diego 167

Up and Running

AUGUST 24, 2020

Here are just a few things you can do by leveraging data analytics: Gain a better understanding of changing customer preferences Discover new business opportunities Identify and eliminate bottlenecks in your operations Minimize and better allocate advertising costs Provide greater customer support through automated chat.

Technical Review 131

Technical Review Analytics Forecast Artificial Inteligence 131

Steve Blank

APRIL 21, 2011

The Stanford Lean LaunchPad class was an experiment with a new model of teaching startup entrepreneurship. There are two major channels: physical channels and virtual (web/mobile) channels. Their week 6 business model now looked like this: . With two weeks and two more updates to go, this post is part six.

Channel 233

Channel Artificial Inteligence San Francisco Business Model 233

ConversionXL

JUNE 2, 2022

Here’s an example: When T-Mobile rolled out its unlimited data plan, contextual intelligence platform GumGum wanted them to see how useful its computer vision technology could be and highlight how the two companies could collaborate. They specifically targeted the T-Mobile account. Within hours, Legere praised the work on social media.

Lead Generation 94

Lead Generation Marketing Sales Cycle Campaign 94

Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

As we prepared for the new Hacking for Defense class at Stanford, we had to stop and ask ourselves: How do we use the Business Model Canvas if the primary goal is not to earn money, but to fulfill a mission? In other words, how can we adapt the Business Model Canvas when the metrics of success for an organization is not revenue?

Business Model 120

Business Model Revenue Channel Community 120

Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 16, 2018

Ann Mei Chang is the Executive Director of Lean Impact, the social good division of the Lean Startup Company. Lean Impact: How to Innovate for Radically Greater Social Good is going to be an amazing resource for so many people from innovators to funders and everyone in between. It was incredibly energizing!

Lean 125

Lean Silicon Valley Government Global 125

Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 21, 2013

Guest post by Lisa Regan, writer for The Lean Startup Conference. The Lean Startup Conference was founded four years ago to bring together real entrepreneurs who have applied Lean Startup techniques and have useful advice to share with each other. These show success at your core business.

Lean 167

Lean Louisville Startup Metrics 167

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

For the past three years the National Science Foundation Innovation Corps has been teaching our nations best scientists how to build a Lean Startup. have learned how to use business models, get out of the building to test their hypotheses and minimum viable product. If you can’t see the video click here.

Intellectual Property 258

Intellectual Property Lean Business Model Mobile 258

Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 23, 2013

Guest post by Lisa Regan, writer for The Lean Startup Conference. Analytics spark more questions and discussion than almost any other aspect of the Lean Startup method. Alistair and Ben, co-authors of the book Lean Analytics, will help you sort it out in our next webcast, Lean Analytics for Non-tech Companies.

Analytics 167

Analytics Lean Widget Metrics 167

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

Hacking for Diplomacy takes the Lean Startup methodology and applies it to problems sourced from the State Department. Each team continues to capture its work on a Mission Model Canvas – a modified version of the Business Model Canvas that’s at the heart of the Lean Startup methodology. Christos Makridis, a Ph.D

Silicon Valley 120

Silicon Valley Washington United Kingdom Lean 120

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

Hacking for Diplomacy takes the Lean Startup methodology and applies it to problems sourced from the State Department. Each team continues to capture its work on a Mission Model Canvas – a modified version of the Business Model Canvas that’s at the heart of the Lean Startup methodology. Christos Makridis, a Ph.D

Silicon Valley 120

Silicon Valley Washington United Kingdom Lean 120

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. In some Venture Capital firms they may share the same roof and overhead, but no one is confused, they’re in very different businesses.). Here’s why. Electron-based Venture Capital.

Lean 263

Lean Internet Silicon Valley Venture Capital 263

Hearpreneur

APRIL 13, 2022

One of the most important lessons entrepreneurs can learn from Dropbox is to adopt the lean start-up methodology and start. Moreover, I like inspiring myself with interesting online business models and Wikipedia is a great example of a user-generated content-based website. Thanks to Fletcher Wimbush, The Hire Talent ! #2-

Artificial Inteligence 76

Artificial Inteligence Entrepreneur Technical Review Software Review 76

Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 9, 2012

Integrates Alexander Osterwalders “Business Model Canvas” as the front-end and “scorecard” for the customer discovery process. Provides separate paths and advice for web/mobile products versus physical products. The Lean LaunchPad Online Class. The Lean Launchpad on-line class will be based on the new book.

Entrepreneur 295

Entrepreneur Lean Business Model Customer Development 295

Steve Blank

AUGUST 31, 2009

And how thinking of a solution to this commonly used model’s failures led to a new model – the Customer Development Model – that offers a new way to approach startup activities outside the building. Startups don’t fail because they lack a product; they fail because they lack customers and a profitable business model.

Customer Development 244

Customer Development Developer Customer Silicon Valley 244

crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 7, 2013

In 2010 the co-Founders of Burbn , a check-in app for mobile phones built on HTML5, raised $500,00o in seed funding for a service that was designed for quick mobile sharing between users. This iterative cycle is at the heart of the lean approach to business and the pivot is one aspect of it. The result?

Lean 100

Lean Cofounder Small Business Social Network 100

Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

The startups in our Lean LaunchPad classes and the NSF I-Corps incubator use LaunchPad Central to collect a continuous stream of data across all the teams. Over 10 weeks each team gets out of the building talking to 100 customers to test their hypotheses across all 9 boxes in the business model canvas. Digital Health.

Incubator 316

Incubator Intellectual Property Startup Lean 316

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 5, 2017

If you think your ecommerce site doesn’t matter, that mobile first isn’t necessary, or that design comes second to the product you’re selling, it’s time for a reality check. Lean into social. Instead of capitalizing on causes, make caring a part of your business model. Invest in design.

Marketing 150

Marketing eCommerce Technical Review Social Media 150

VC Cafe

MAY 21, 2024

New Business Models : AI enables innovative business models, such as offering AI-driven services or selling the “work” performed by AI agents rather than traditional products or services, where the user still needs to operate some kind of dashboard/product.

Generative AI 97

Generative AI ChatGPT Vertical B2B 97

crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

Start With a Business Model, Not a Business Plan | WSJ – [link]. Why We’re Pivoting from Mobile-first to Web-first – [link]. Apple’s Problem: Google Is Getting Better At Design | Business Insider – [link]. The danger of waiting to long to find a business model? – [link].

Social Media 100

Social Media Small Business Central African Republic Design 100

crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 8, 2013

Glaser-Harvard Business Review – [link]. 10 Things Sheryl Sandberg Gets Exactly Right In ‘Lean In’ | Forbes – [link]. What is 500 startups business model? A Showcase of Beautifully Designed Business Cards – [link]. 55 Mobile Apps UI Icons for Design Inspiration – [link].

Social Media 105

Social Media Small Business Design Media 105

Steve Blank

JUNE 23, 2016

These resulting business models made them look incredibly profitable. They knew how to execute the current business model. First, the shift away from desktop computers to mobile devices meant that Intel’s power-hungry x86 processors weren’t suitable. Horizon 1 – execute their existing business model(s).

Architecture 227

Architecture IRR Balance Sheet Liquidity Event 227

Up and Running

AUGUST 28, 2018

A Lean Business Plan might be a better fit if you simply need to think through all the different aspects of your business. A Lean Plan will be shorter, and it lends itself to quick revisions, but both types follow the same general outline. First, your business plan laid out the opportunity at hand. Be specific.

Business Plan 72

Business Plan Technical Review Exit Strategy Oregon 72

Austin Startup

MAY 11, 2017

We make a majority of our investments in those sectors and prioritize proven business models. Aligned Partners offers our portfolio companies world-class venture capital expertise while enabling founders to start lean and stay lean all the way through their growth.

Private Equity 48

Private Equity Venture Capital Technical Review Seed Stage 48

Steve Blank

DECEMBER 7, 2009

Our business model changed as we realized that to become a large company, we needed to automate more than just a few marketers. We had validated our new assumptions by a set of orders, and we had pivoted on our business model. This is the pivot, a crucial tactical maneuver for the lean startup [.]

Silicon Valley 253

Silicon Valley Non-disclosure Agreement NDA Startup 253

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 26, 2013

It’s a model for a government program that’s gotten the balance between public/private partnerships just right. 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. in Science or Nature. Currently there are 11 U.S.

Lean 267

Lean Washington Incubator Agile 267

crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 10, 2013

It’s difficult to fake corporate culture | Business Insider – [link]. How a 1-Page Business Model Will – and Won’t–Help Your Lean Startup | by Kevin Dewalt – [link]. The critical metrics for each stage of your SaaS business | by Lars Lofrgren – [link]. 10 Myths about Startups – [link].

Social Media 93

Social Media Small Business Design Media 93

Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 4, 2015

Guest Post by Jennifer Maerz, Contributing Editor of Lean Startup Co., Here’s the thing about The Lean Startup methodology. At The Lean Startup Conference on Nov. The Lean Startup method helped Rocio and her co-founder get their idea off the ground, and to continue to grow this important business.

Kenya 60

Kenya Lean Community Africa 60