YoungUpstarts
JANUARY 7, 2018
The digital revolution is disrupting the traditional business model for small and medium businesses (SMBs). by Humberto Farias, CEO and co-founder at Concepta. Buzzwords like data science, artificial intelligence, and predictive analytics are being used by big companies with the ability to invest.
Transformify
SEPTEMBER 12, 2017
20 % of the project managers are familiar with Scrum, but there are very few product managers – less than 1% of all. Of course, the hiring needs vary a lot and are dependent on the business model, but a skills gap analysis reveals that more product managers, programmers, and sales and marketing experts will be needed in the near future.
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The Next Web
MARCH 24, 2013
Said McClure,”We worship at the altar of ‘ lean ‘ a little too much when really we should just be running our businesses. Scrum and large group discussions can be useful during the customer discovery phase of the business, but decisions should be based on what’s driving customers as opposed to the subjective.
Mucker Lab
AUGUST 27, 2014
In the same vein, because not as many entrepreneurs in Los Angeles worked at companies like Google or Facebook, a lot of them have not really gotten the training they need to properly communicate requirements, run a scrum, or conduct A/B testing. Certainly it is a negative to not have acquired the basic skills of product management.
Gust
AUGUST 22, 2012
One commonly used approach is to identify widely felt “pain points” in the target market; build a workable solution to address them using particularly effective or efficient means; and if the business model pencils out, work like crazy to execute, execute, execute.
Startup Lessons Learned
SEPTEMBER 15, 2008
I would add -- think of your development and running your business like a PM/Developer uses Agile or Scrum in software development. Paring down products, target customers, business models etc takes courage, but it must be done to have any chance of success. No more, no less. September 15, 2008 9:19 PM James said.
SVPG
MARCH 10, 2016
For many years, as teams move to Agile methods (they usually start with Scrum), many companies decide to contract with or hire an Agile Coach. The main difference is that Lean Startup Coaches often focus on helping a team to discover not only their product, but also their business model, and their sales and marketing strategy.
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