Steve Blank

AUGUST 29, 2016

We tend to associate the government with words like bureaucracy rather than lean innovation. Department of Defense by adopting Lean Methodology inside their agency. The NGA has adopted Lean Innovation methods to make this happen. Their goal is to integrate these techniques into their own Lean innovation processes.

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

This article is part of our Business Startup Guide —a curated list of our articles that will get you up and running in no time! If you have a business idea, write a quick business plan—a Lean Plan. If you’ve heard of the business model canvas idea, Lean Planning is similar but ultimately more useful.

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Argona

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Growth Masters is a curated collection of hacks, resources, tools, and insights designed exclusively for visionaries like you! In this newsletter, we'll share actionable strategies to fuel your business growth, enhance scalability, and elevate your growth readiness. We're thrilled to present this edition of Growth Masters !

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 8, 2023

People aren’t wanting perfectly curated images and content anymore – they want to see content that is “real.” In 2023, businesses are going to focus more on engaging with their audience in a down-to-earth way, as well as posting images and content that feels less edited and perfectly curated as a way to build stronger relationships.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 1, 2010

My experiments in lean pricing - Venture Hacks , February 16, 2010 Ash Maurya, a lean entrepreneur who runs a bootstrapped startup called CloudFire, discusses pricing issues for first versions (Minimum Viable Product – MVP). This post looks at the implementation details of HTML 5 video.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Tuesday, October 5, 2010 The Lean Startup Bundle People often ask me if they can buy "Lean Startup in a box" from me. People want to get started with Lean Startup but arent exactly how. Its called the " The Lean Startup Bundle " and it is available this week only. Dont panic.

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Where to Play

MAY 28, 2019

The post How to Stop Playing “Target Market Roulette”: A new addition to the Lean toolset appeared first on Where to Play. The Market Opportunity Navigator is a useful adjunct to the curation and prioritization steps. While the Innovation Pipeline tells us how to go to from sourcing to delivery how do we prioritize our choices?

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Steve Blank

MARCH 18, 2014

Now you can watch Part 2 “ The Lean Approach “ This group of six videos provides an overview of how to successfully do Customer Discovery. These videos are not only great tutorials for founders but also provide educators with another source of well produced and curated resources. Module 1, The Lean Method.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 8, 2018

This article, which originally appeared on our LivePlan Blog , is part of our “Business Planning Guide” —a curated list of our articles that will help you with the planning process! Most people think that meetings are a waste of time. They’re right. But, here at Palo Alto Software, we’ve found one meeting that is simply indispensable.

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View from Seed

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Today, o ur new blog houses curated collections and easy-to-find content filters, allowing you easier access to the posts we’ve written over the years, for years and years to come. Over the past ten years, the partners have published some truly incredible pieces, and my goal was to create a blog page that did this content justice.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

Guest post by Lisa Regan, writer for The Lean Startup Conference. Our fall webcast series concluded on a high note with three extraordinary conversations about the origins and implications of Lean Startup. Our final webcast of the season was organized in response to intense interest from our community around Lean Startup in education.

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 28, 2014

These videos are not only great tutorials for founders but also provide educators another source of well produced and curated resources. Module 3, The Lean Method. Filed under: Customer Development , Lean LaunchPad , Teaching. Customer Development Lean LaunchPad Teaching' And you get a tour of my living room….

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Up and Running

APRIL 19, 2017

While we’re big advocates of the simpler, faster Lean Planning method, doing just a sales forecast is also an effective way to quickly validate your initial assumptions before writing up a business plan. Perhaps you’re pressed for time, and you’d just like to validate the numbers you’re assuming are in reach.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 24, 2020

Whether it’s better service, streamlined applications, or greater job curation, there are plenty of ways to disrupt this emerging service. Making lean decisions , testing minimum viable products (MVP), actively seeking feedback, and being willing to make continuous adjustments in pursuit of optimization. Artificial Intelligence.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 17, 2015

What follows is a guest post by Kirsten Cluthe, the new Editorial Director of The Lean Startup Conference. Kirsten is leading our program development and speaker selection -- curating a four day, multi-tracked, 2000-person event. We’re reaching into the Lean Startup community to find hidden gems--the stories we don't know (yet).

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 14, 2016

Guest post by Jennifer Maerz, Contributing Editor of Lean Startup Co. Gone is the Lean Startup Conference as you know it. Welcome instead Lean Startup Week , October 31 - November 6, 2016. And what is this Lean Startup Week? We’re inviting the big names in entrepreneurship to help curate workshops and activities.

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Occam's Razor

APRIL 8, 2013

This thought was in my mind as I was reading Lean Analytics a new book by my friend Alistair Croll and his collaborator Benjamin Yoskovitz. In this post, we’ll look at each of the four steps in the Lean Analytics Cycle in more detail. In the Lean Startup world, this is called customer development. But it is not routine.

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VC Cafe

DECEMBER 12, 2011

Serendip Media is a new social music discovery and streaming service that allows the people you follow on Twitter to curate your personal internet radio station. Upon joining, I added all the people I follow on Twitter as potential DJs and completed a short quiz about my musical leanings. Guest post by Maxim Mai.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 21, 2018

This article is part of our Business Planning Guide —a curated list of our articles that will help you with the planning process! Today, I want to introduce a new approach to business planning: Lean Planning. Lean Planning is simpler and faster than writing a traditional business plan. Here’s the process: Create a Lean Plan.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 27, 2012

If you’re building a startup, the Startup Tools tab on the top of this page has curated links to hundreds of startup resources. The Lean LaunchPad course online. I teach potential founders a hands-on, experiential class called the Lean LaunchPad at Berkeley, Stanford, Columbia and Caltech. The Lean LaunchPad Educators Course.

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View from Seed

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Today, o ur new blog houses curated collections and easy-to-find content filters, allowing you easier access to the posts we’ve written over the years, for years and years to come. Over the past ten years, the partners have published some truly incredible pieces, and my goal was to create a blog page that did this content justice.

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 10, 2015

I have been able to curate a list of free online courses, videos, webinars, and other useful resources that should give you the confidence boost to get out there and get started. It’s the lean format of the business plan—the format that will allow you to adapt fastest as you progress through the startup phase. Census Bureau website.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 16, 2011

Lean Marketing: Customer service strategies for small businesses and startups – [link]. Top 5 myths about the lean startup – [link]. Lean Marketing: Customer service strategies for small businesses and startups – [link]. Entrepreneurs Need to Find the Best ‘Curators’ – [link]. – [link].

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The Startup Magazine

JUNE 1, 2023

Lean” doesn’t come to mind when you think of a business that needs trucks, warehouses, cross-docks, and thousands of employees to run efficiently. Hire versatile players and lean into your team The SVB collapse reminded us that staffing matters. Working creatively Our company sits at the center of the logistics and freight industry.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 28, 2019

Want to learn lean marketing tips for your small business? This blog curates quality content for entrepreneurs of all kinds. Duct Tape Marketing is a blog for small business owners who feel that they don’t have the time or resources to focus on marketing. And, they write with that audience in mind. Look no further.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 29, 2020

To recover from making less profit, we leaned out the processes and verified new clients for profitability for taking on board. We’re a curated site with 100% handmade items made by creatives located in the US. Thanks to Gareth Seagull, Raptor Translations ! #8- 8- Hiring a friend’s spouse.

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Steve Blank

MAY 29, 2019

Lean LaunchPad class developed for Stanford. And the Lean LaunchPad class I developed at Stanford was the first such class. I believe the analogy is identical for entrepreneurship.The capstone entrepreneurship classes like NSF I-Corps or a Lean LaunchPad class, are for those who have already decided they want to be entrepreneurs.

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Brandanew

AUGUST 8, 2015

Give content curation a shot – but make sure it’s interesting! Agreed that content originality is your motto, but curation is not cheating. You have the next post idea – a trending topic’s curated list. Repurposing content can get you a fresh piece!

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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. They tend to be lengthier and more detailed. Who needs the services you provide.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 14, 2020

One example is NakedWine.com, which offers the delivery of small label wine from boutique wineries around the world, or Manscaped, which curates natural products for men, from underwear to razors.

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Up and Running

MAY 3, 2012

Eric Ries , author of The Lean Start-up , puts it best: ‘ The grim reality is that most start-ups fail. For technology entrepreneurs, we need to encourage them to understand the lean startup methodology, as a means to help them validate their assumptions. Most products are not successful. Collectively, we need to do better.

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Brandanew

JULY 6, 2015

a) How to hire social media marketing staff for your Startup is a question that’s not easy for a lean organization. b) How can your Startup in a small industry niche curate specific content ? c) How can one manage the workings of a lean Startup ? Theme 1: Social Media Marketing For Branding Your Startup.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 13, 2011

These trusted sources are a new breed of professionals who may soon carry the new title of “information curator,” evolved from the “museum curator” role, where a domain expert filters and communicates the important elements of a past civilization or technology. and books for entrepreneurs like “Think and Grow Rich.” Marty Zwilling.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 15, 2012

We write often about small businesses and startups and lean approaches to marketing and other business functions. The role of the project manager is to act as gatekeeper, curator, editor, and leader and this guidance is vital to the project’s success.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

This article is part of our Business Planning Guide —a curated list of our articles that will help you with the planning process! You can actually put together a Lean Plan in less than 30 minutes. Here’s a free downloadable Lean Plan Template to help. What are the most common mistakes when writing a business plan ?

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Brandanew

JUNE 17, 2015

Curate, curate and then some more. The key steps on an everyday include: a) curation/creation; b) Sharing or Scheduling and c) Engagement with your audience. Curation is the best practice for lean teams. Curation makes you look more engaged with your audience!

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 17, 2015

We’re huge fans of the lean startup methodology here at Palo Alto Software, so The Lean Startup is definitely a good place to start, as is The Art of the Start. See Also: Business Startup Tools: A Curated List of Our Favorite Tools and Resources to Build Your Company. For entrepreneurs who want to learn more.

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