Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 14, 2013

The owner thinks they are giving you the ability to have anything you want and you are thinking, “oy, vey, can’t you just give me a few well curated options? Startup Advice' Think about your experience at a restaurant with too many options. The less you frequent the restaurant the more this is true. Find out for sure.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 1, 2010

Here are some recent great posts that I’ve come across that generally fall in the intersection of startups and CTOs. They have a related post: Designing startup metrics to drive successful behavior | For Entrepreneurs , but I think that looking at my Startup Metrics post provides a bit broader set of metrics to consider.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 20, 2018

This article is part of our “ Business Planning Guide “ —a curated list of our articles that will help you with the planning process! Most of us need just a Lean Business Plan, for internal use, with just bullet point lists and important projections. Good businesses always keep their Lean Plan up to date.

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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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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 12, 2018

Lots of new box companies have trouble ironing out the kinks in their process: their customer can’t easily unsubscribe, their boxes just aren’t exciting or well-curated, and more. But if you’re writing a plan as an internal guide for strategic growth, you should consider a lighter version— a Lean Plan. Any of these can lead to failure.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 21, 2022

I selected curate because it represents that I am the director of my museum which is my life and my business. Interesting to note that curate is based in the Latin word cura which means care. Curate served me in 2021 as a year that was full of unknown, anxiety, and stress. Thanks to Shokouh Hatch, everlur ! #3- 9- Empowering.

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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. Startups run into this problem all the time: not every possible way of making money is equally useful. Indeed, but - as they say - that is not all.

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The Startup Magazine

JUNE 1, 2023

By Daniel Sokolovksy, Co-Founder and CEO, WARP and Troy Lester, Co-Founder and CRO, WARP The dissolution of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) was more than just a bank collapse, it was a reality check for both startups and the VCs that fund them. So what does an early-stage company do to avoid the doom and gloom plaguing the world of startups?

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Up and Running

JANUARY 17, 2014

The phrase “lean startup” comes up a lot in conversations about entrepreneurship. I’ve been to several panel discussions on the topic, had it taught to me in a business school classroom, and read a book dedicated to lean startup methodology. In lean startup speak, this was called a minimum viable product, or MVP.

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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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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. Eric’s chat with Kent Beck was among our most entertaining webcasts ( video ; iTunes ; SoundCloud ).

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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. AI has been a consistent presence and focus for startups and technology companies over the last 10-years. Work with a startup mentality. Artificial Intelligence.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 18, 2014

Kauffman launched Founders School - a new education series to help entrepreneurs develop their businesses during the startup stage by highlighting how startups are different from big companies. In January 2014 Part 1 of the “ Startups ” section of Founders School went online. 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! For those early-stage startups, this step of the meeting may be the most important step and take the longest. They’re right.

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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? That’s right.

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 28, 2014

Kauffman just launched Founders School - a new education series to help entrepreneurs develop their businesses during the startup stage by highlighting how startups are different from big companies. After weeks honing the script and days of filming, I’m honored to present the “ Startups ” section of Founders School.

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 5, 2016

Lean Planning is a concept that we introduced back in 2012 as an evolution in business planning. We proposed Lean Planning as the next step in business planning. But, where did Lean Planning come from? Here’s a quick history of how we developed Lean Planning. See Also: Lean Planning: A Curated List of Our Best Content.

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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. Over the years, I have seen many startups and innovation projects perform a painful “re-start” to completely new market domains. To continue reading the full blog post click here.

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VC Cafe

DECEMBER 1, 2015

This is an underserved application area in terms of number of startups. It needs to help us to discover and curate content that is relevant to us from all the noise. Like any ‘hot’ area, though, it’s hard to differentiate between multiple startups with ostensibly similar offerings. Atlassian, readying itself to float ).

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Brandanew

JULY 6, 2015

This month we worked a lot with Startups and also shared our own stories. Hopefully some of the takeaways are important for you when branding your Startups ! Theme 1: Social Media Marketing For Branding Your Startup. At the beginning many Startups are thinking of bringing in brand visibility and increasing reach through PR.

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The Next Web

JANUARY 26, 2014

Ohad Frankfurt is the cofounder and CEO of Swayy , a personalized content curation and management platform. We had built an impressive technology and a really cool product in less than three months, and we tried keeping it “lean” in every way we could. As an Israeli startup aiming for foreign markets – the risk is even higher.

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 10, 2015

Thanks to these many lessons and some hands-on practice (what else is Google Startup Weekend for?), 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. Startup Podcast. How to Build a Startup.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 16, 2011

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Lean Marketing: Customer service strategies for small businesses and startups – [link]. Top 5 myths about the lean startup – [link]. – [link].

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Lightspeed Venture Partners

JANUARY 6, 2011

Although the industry is in much better shape than the dark days of 2008 and 2009, many CEOs have fully embraced the continue to internalize the lean startup principles that came out of those years. Developing products based on knowledge of our strengths and curating products based on knowledge of our weaknesses.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 27, 2012

Free: Startup Tools. If you’re building a startup, the Startup Tools tab on the top of this page has curated links to hundreds of startup resources. Specific links are: A list of startup tools is here. Some of the best advice on founding and running a startup from other smart voices are here.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 10, 2018

This article is part of our Business Planning Guide —a curated list of our articles that will help you with the planning process! This is an excellent use of the Lean Business Planning methodology , based on a simple Lean Plan combined with regular updates and revisions. However, not all startups are that simple.

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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. Top Startup Mistake: Unrealistic Forecasts. Or, you just don’t want to write a lengthy business plan.

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

This article is part of our Business Planning Guide —a curated list of our articles that will help you with the planning process! My favorite is the Lean Business Plan , a collection of bullet-point lists and tables that lay out strategy, tactics, milestones, and essential numbers. The Lean Business Plan. Where do you start?

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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. And the odds of learning from faculty who actually had experienced the chaos and uncertainty of building a startup was low. PB: How has your Lean LaunchPad course, ENGR 245, evolved? Worth a read.

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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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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. When writing your financial plan, make sure to consider startup costs. Be specific.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 19, 2017

With nine out of ten start-ups failing within the first year or even earlier, the lean business model is proving hugely popular, allowing entrepreneurs to get the most for their money when it comes to business development and success. Outsourcing.

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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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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 6, 2012

Including ff Venture Capital’s unique approach to finding deals and the services they provide to their startups. Every startup needs accounting and it’s often a huge distraction and non core. So why not offer this service to startups at cost? 43:15 John demonstrates how users can curate their own Klout feed.

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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. Where do we even start? My favorites?

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