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Techstars brings The Lean Startup to Boulder

Startup Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Thursday, July 30, 2009 Techstars brings The Lean Startup to Boulder Im very excited to announce a pair of events that will kick off a very busy fall speaking tour. On August 20th, Eric is leading a half day in-depth workshop on the Lean Startup. Ill be in Boulder for two days. Expo SF (May.

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Applying Lean Startup Beyond Silicon Valley

Startup Lessons Learned

Guest post by Lisa Regan, writer for The Lean Startup Conference. Entrepreneurs beyond Silicon Valley, including those working abroad, often have to retool Lean Startup methods to apply them in places with very different business cultures. On September 24 in the U.S. Here’s what they had to say.

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Why Internal Ventures are Different from External Startups

Steve Blank

This post follows directly on Steve’s earlier excellent post, Why Companies are not Startups. In this post, I want to share some new thoughts that build on Steve’s post, and connect them to Lean Startup methods. A startup is a temporary organization in search of a repeatable, scalable business model.

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Ardent 1: Supercomputers Get Personal

Steve Blank

I had last been in Chapel Hill on a winter’s day in 1986, traveling with the VP of Sales of our new supercomputer startup, Ardent. On a rainy day in Providence we tracked Andy down just as he was leaving for a trip to Europe. We were on the University of North Carolina campus to meet with Fred Brooks and Henry Fuchs.

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Amsterdam’s Rockstart Accelerator Sees Good First Year, Announces 2nd Edition

YoungUpstarts

Amsterdam-based startup accelerator Rockstart last year launched a program to find and support ten teams of startup founders in Europe. The startup accelerator also announced that it will incorporate lean startup methodology as a key aspect in its upcoming program, and will be the first in Europe to do so.

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The Secret History of Silicon Valley Part VI: Every World War II.

Steve Blank

And while the Soviets are fighting the Germans in massive land battles in eastern Europe, until the allies invade Western Europe in June 1944, the only way the U.S. In December 1941, the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor, and Germany declares war on the United States. And they got it coming and going to the target.

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Kiwi lean startup + Australia next

Startup Lessons Learned

Their supposed lack of ambition was belied by the many cool demos and startups I got to meet. If youre in Europe, for example, keep an eye out for the innovative YikeBike , a new kind of personal transport device. If anyone is interested, the Wellington Lean Startup Meetup is a good place to start.

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