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Lessons Learned: The lean startup

Startup Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, September 8, 2008 The lean startup Ive been thinking for some time about a term that could encapsulate trends that are changing the startup landscape. After some trial and error, Ive settled on the Lean Startup. I like the term because of two connotations: Lean in the sense of low-burn.

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The Mission Model Canvas – An Adapted Business Model Canvas for Mission-Driven Organizations

Steve Blank

The Lean Startup is the way most innovators build startups and innovate inside of existing companies. What if you’re a government or a military organization or part of the intelligence community? Change Customer Relationships to Buy-in/Support. Alexander Osterwalder and I think we have the answer – the new Mission Model Canvas.

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Is Your VC Founder Friendly?

Steve Blank

Do they “get&# Customer Development ? Do They Get Customer Development? Have they heard about Customer Development ? Lean Startups ? Can they tell you what you should be doing in Customer Discovery and Customer Validation ? Is Your VC Founder Friendly? Who do they have as advisors?

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Three decisions to make on virtual goods

Startup Lessons Learned

We knew IMVU would be a socializing platform, and so we decided that we would let our customers interact using their own rules for assigning status, like we do in the physical world. The government doesnt assign each clothing brand its own level of benefit. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. Expo SF (May. .