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Why Companies and Government Do “Innovation Theater” Instead of Actual Innovation

Steve Blank

Today, as large organizations are facing continuous disruption, they’ve recognized that their existing strategy and organizational structures aren’t nimble enough to access and mobilize the innovative talent and technology they need to meet these challenges. that result in innovation theater. are obstacles for innovation.

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See More than 120 Speakers and Mentors at The Lean Startup Conference

Startup Lessons Learned

Here are just a few things you might look for: Reducing risk in young companies Bringing innovation to the enterprise Designing and running experiments Customer development strategies All conference passes are on sale right now, and you can compare them here.

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Top 29 Startup Posts May 2010

SoCal CTO

They’re deep into Customer Development ,” he said. While Google fights on the edges, Amazon is attacking their core - Chris Dixon , May 22, 2010 Google is fighting battles on almost every front: social networking, mobile operating systems, web browsers, office apps, and so on. Your Process Doesn’t Work. What should I do?’.

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Lessons Learned: Lo, my 5 subscribers, who are you?

Startup Lessons Learned

For companies in the early-adopter phase, you can play "the earlyvangelist game" whenever a customer turns out to be too mainstream for your product. Pick a similar product that they do use, and ask them "who was the first person you know who started using [social networking, mobile phones, plasma TV, instant messaging.]? So why you?

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How to get distribution advantage on the iPhone

Startup Lessons Learned

So there is an opportunity to build new brands with attributes like "the most amazing mobile apps" but I think building a company around that strategy means really thinking through how to do it. No other mobile platform or carrier deck under the sun can offer the amount of user attention and time that the App Store does.

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Women 2.0 » FounderDating: How I Found My Co-Founder

www.women2.org

After quitting my job and starting Sorced , I spent a few months validating my business concept by creating the product mockups and doing customer development. Prior to Sorced, Elizabeth worked in business development at SecondMarket. She has consulted for a number of startups in the mobile, Saas, and consumer health spaces.

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Join the Conversation at The Lean Startup Conference – Three Ways To Participate

Startup Lessons Learned

What you’ll see at all of our events —whether on the stage, in the workshops , at a mentoring session , or in the site visits —is something other than conference regulars pitching presentations on the usual themes. And that’s not to mention the advice for very early-stage companies on topics like getting your first users, or choosing metrics.

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