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The real entrepreneurs of New York City

Startup Lessons Learned

To give a little context, I asked two of the other judges - Brant Cooper and Patrick Vlaskovits (co-authors of the excellent Entrepreneur's Guide to Customer Development ) - to add a bit of commentary. Great use of airbnb for their source of customer development won them 'Best #CustDev Award."

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Impact! NYU Scales the Lean LaunchPad

Steve Blank

The Lean LaunchPad class teaches students how to build a Lean Startup using business model design, customer development and agile engineering. Teams have to get out of the building and talk to 10-15 customers a week.) However, going through the customer development process showed me the danger in that kind of thinking.

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Entrepreneurs are Everywhere Show No. 38: Ryan Smith and Lane Merrifield

Steve Blank

” I called this trade show company that was putting on this great marketing event in New York City. I borrowed my brother’s trade show booth and flew to New York. We were hosting a Qualtrics Live event for our customers in New York City in a hotel in the same neighborhood where the trade show had been.

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Entrepreneurs are Everywhere Show No. 38: Ryan Smith and Lane Merrifield

Steve Blank

” I called this trade show company that was putting on this great marketing event in New York City. I borrowed my brother’s trade show booth and flew to New York. We were hosting a Qualtrics Live event for our customers in New York City in a hotel in the same neighborhood where the trade show had been.

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Lean Startup Where You’d Least Expect It

Startup Lessons Learned

To introduce the themes of Lean Startup in education, we’ve invited Diane and Steven Hodas of the New York City Department of Education’s iZone, to a webcast conversation, Testing Lean Startup in Education ; both will also be speakers at this year’s conference.

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Workshop: Lean Startup in the Enterprise with Giff Constable, Jeff Gothelf and Josh Seiden

Startup Lessons Learned

Josh: I'm really inspired by the customer development angle of Lean Startup. Josh and Jeff answered some questions for us this week: What aspect of lean startup methods most inspires you? As a designer, my focus has always been on helping teams see value through the eyes of the user.

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Founder's Dilemmas: Equity Splits

www.startuplessonslearned.com

New speakers + Ignite + streaming locations. The real entrepreneurs of New York City. New York Lean Startup Week. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development. Case Study: Lean UX at work. Get the very first copy of the Lean Startup Book. ► April. (2). Beyond the garage.

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