Steve Blank

JUNE 23, 2016

As a consequence, corporations used metrics like return on net assets (RONA), return on capital deployed, and internal rate of return (IRR) to measure efficiency. These metrics make it difficult for a company that wants to invest in long-term innovation.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 4, 2014

Facing continuous disruption from globalization, China, the Internet, the diminished power of brands, changing workforce, etc., They measure their success on metrics that reflect success in execution, and they reward execution. These metrics stack the deck against a company that wants to invest in long-term innovation.).

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Steve Blank

MARCH 25, 2009

When we looked at the color graphics board market, our competitors had defined the market as one measured by technical metrics: screen resolution, number of bits of color, screen refresh rates, acceleration, etc. It didn’t take much imagination to realize that what we had to do was to tell our story around one key metric performance ?

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

Each team of three to five students is being asked not only to become an expert on these complex topics in 10 short weeks, but also to learn and apply Lean LaunchPad methodology to put forth a solution. The teams live and die by the Lean Startup credo: “There are no facts inside the building so get the hell outside.”

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

Each team of three to five students is being asked not only to become an expert on these complex topics in 10 short weeks, but also to learn and apply Lean LaunchPad methodology to put forth a solution. The teams live and die by the Lean Startup credo: “There are no facts inside the building so get the hell outside.”

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Jeff Hilimire

MARCH 24, 2020

We have been watching this virus hit countries to our east, starting in China and working it’s way west. Leaning in to working remotely. By leaning in, I mean that we are trying to not just ‘get by’ but thrive during this time of remote work. Let’s start with learning from the ‘future’. Trust and problem solving.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 29, 2020

It is generally accepted that the novel coronavirus, COVID-19 , was first seen in Wuhan, China, during the last days of 2019. Implement the “lean startup” philosophy. Year-on-year growth metrics in unique site traffic is 7.8 Crisis versus opportunity: Setting the Scene. This virus is a zoonotic virus.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 17, 2017

In the 21st century you need a scorecard to keep track of the threats: Russia, China, North Korea, Iran, ISIS in Yemen/Libya/Philippines, Taliban, Al-Qaeda, hackers for hire, etc. The Lean Innovation process is a self-regulating, evidence-based innovation pipeline. That approach doesn’t work anymore.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 20, 2015

We’ve had just one market since then and it could confuse one into thinking: every deal finds downstream investors, every company good or bad finds a home, you know anything at all about brazil, india, china or even saas sales, ecommerce or analytics (you know all these in a bull market).

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 3, 2013

But while universities are developing online content they are not fundamentally disrupting leaning because the method of delivery is not a new business model. He believes that one of the financial metrics taught at business schools and reinforced by Wall Street has accelerated offshoring of industries.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 11, 2020

Then I remember seeing back when they were only maybe like a thousand worldwide cases outside of China, the shape of that graph, and I sort of realized at some point when it just looked like this perfect exponential, that it was beyond what was going to be contained. There's a good enough vaccine to get the virality rate below one.

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www.women2.org

MARCH 8, 2012

Panelists include Rebecca Fannin Journalist (author of Silicon Dragon - speaking about women in China), Jen Shelby (VP Client Services, Astia - speaking about women in Europe), and Katy Dickinson, Director (Huawei Technologies - speaking about women in MENA). The Alchemist Series: Customer Development and Metrics. Santa Clara, CA.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 15, 2020

And I think what's been remarkable is that outside of a normal hierarchical enterprise organization that has goals, deliverables, measurements, metrics, bonuses, payment, that traditional structure, if you just eliminate all that and just say, "Okay, it's just trust and freedom and mission." Ryan Sarver : Awesome. That's amazing.

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steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

AgileZen – project management visually see and interact with your work Kanbanery – Simple online team or personal kanban board LeanKit Kanban – Great for visualizing work of product development Kanban Pad – “Nice and lean” and free online Kanban tool Banana Scrum – A tool simple as Scrum itself.

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Lean Methodology Sources. Steve Blank on Lean Customer Development. Part 3- Lean Cust. Steve Blank’s Lean Startup Resources. Lean Startup Circle â?? Startup Metrics for Pirates â?? SaaS Metrics Tutorial â?? Lean project management. Sourcing in China. Smart China Sourcing.

Software Review 53

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

And in fact, The Lean Startup is very much that. One of the key points was China is lying on this data. In safe areas of China that didn't get overwhelmed, it was 0.9%. What did China do? They saw it happening in China, but then it stopped. So that's the first hypothesis there. It's around 0.13%. This is the same."

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