YoungUpstarts

MARCH 11, 2019

If you lack leadership skills or poorly manage your company’s time and resources, it is likely your business will be left behind. Organizational and leadership management (Enhance your management capabilities). Instead, you must develop a company culture of honesty and openness to protect your business and its reputation.

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Reputation Technical Review Global Leadership 127

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

I was in New York last week with my class at Columbia University and several events made me realize that the Customer Development model needs to better describe its fit with web-based businesses. However the Customer Development Model and the Lean Startup work equally well for startups on the web.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Do they have better sales, marketing, or product development groups? What the winners start with is the realization that in a world of continuous disruption, they have only a few years to develop new capabilities or be pushed over the brink. Today, lean is the de facto method for building new start-ups. Are their people smarter?

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ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

For example, they can create a clear understanding of what the brand is and what it isn’t, and steer operational models and marketing strategies to adhere to those principles. Leadership Experience. You can get leadership experience in any context where you’re in charge of other people. Reliance on Other Experts.

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Technical Review Startup Disintermediation Leadership 156

Up and Running

MAY 28, 2015

We recently had Tim Berry, Palo Alto Software founder and business planning expert, present our Bplans audience with his latest advice on lean business planning. Start your lean business plan today: Download our Free Lean Plan Template one-page-pitch-download.pdf. I’m going to start with what’s a lean business plan.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

They find themselves in a leadership role without much guidance and they aren’t sure how they can “skill up.” Every leader has to find their own way of doing the work of leadership. It is lonely being a leader, and leadership is lonely work. Your staff will be amazed by your engaging leadership, and will be more empowered.

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Leadership Salary Lean Management 173

Board Effect

OCTOBER 15, 2023

The Benefits of Generative AI for Nonprofits Nonprofit organizations and associations typically run on tight budgets and lean staff numbers. No matter the level of comfort or experience with AI, board members, as well as organizational leadership and staff, need training.

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Generative AI ChatGPT Software Review Technical Review 98

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

AgileFall is an ironic term for program management where you try to be agile and lean, but you keep using waterfall development techniques. We’re helping them convert one of the critical product lines inside an existing division from a traditional waterfall project management process into Lean. All good Lean basics.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 5, 2017

The best founders operate with a key set of internal principles that allow them to break through all but the toughest business obstacles. Develop the right mentoring relationships. Leadership with general and domain knowledge. Implement “lean startup” principles. Use active listening to learn the most.

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Technical Review Stealth Lean Social Media 152

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 good news for the country is that the leadership of the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency has decided to turn the ship now. The Innovation Insurgency.

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Lean Silicon Valley Government Acquisition 182

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 good news for the country is that the leadership of the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency has decided to turn the ship now. The Innovation Insurgency.

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Lean Silicon Valley Government Acquisition 182

YoungUpstarts

JULY 23, 2020

In many cases, businesses fall short, as organizational structures haven’t fully developed how to effectively provide value. When it comes to promoting the flow of value to the customer, an excellent methodology is the LEAN approach, in other words, through two guiding tenets: continuous improvement and respect for people.

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Lean LLC Employee Leadership 130

Up and Running

AUGUST 30, 2021

The important thing is to gain experience with how fast-paced companies operate, the relationships you need to be successful, and all the different hats you’ll have to wear. Go lean with your planning. A startup is about execution and speed, so you need to start lean. You won’t get this experience in college.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 12, 2012

Follow Weekly Leader to find the latest in leadership news and best practices for improvement. This blog offers great advice for transforming yourself into a lean and mean manager. Read Jamie Flinchbaugh’s blog about transformational leadership to find out how you can get to your ideal state as a manager. Managing Leadership.

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Management Leadership Agile Lean 178

OnlyOnce

AUGUST 4, 2022

Last week, I wrote about the concept of the Operating Philosophy , and how it fits with a company’s Operating Framework and Operating System and defines the essence of who you are as a company…what form of company you are. So this time around at Bolster , we’re trying to be more intentional about this up front.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 23, 2020

As a leadership coach, going into 2021, I intend to shift how I acquire new clients to support in their leadership journey as an aspiring or first-time leader. My goal is to make everyone happy, in which I have developed a hybrid solution of working from home combined with the option of available office spaces.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 30, 2016

Most employees will also recognise and appreciate the opportunity for development. It’s not just the team that needs to develop new skills, however. As the leader of a team, the key skill you need to head a strong team is leadership. If it doesn’t come quite as naturally to you, study different leadership styles and techniques.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 27, 2022

You may have a brilliant product strategy, but your operational teams seem to fight change, as well as each other, resulting in turf battles and confusion, leading to the internal drama and problems that occupy too much of your time. I encourage you to keep your team focus on targets credible today.

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Forecast Agile Lean Distribution 340

Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 14, 2017

Guest Post by Misti Yang, Writer for Lean Startup Co. Editor’s Note: We wrapped up the 2017 Lean Startup Week in San Francisco just a few weeks ago, and we’re excited to share with you some of the best lessons learned in entrepreneurship and corporate innovation. Because these Lean Startup people, they do crazy stuff,” Alex joked. “So

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Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

For those of you who’ve been busy keeping up with business operations and haven’t had time to do formal innovation this year, all is not lost. It might remind you of Lean. It should, it borrows concepts from Lean, but it’s Not Lean. It should, it borrows concepts from Lean, but it’s Not Lean.

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Lean Leadership Programming Management 112

Up and Running

JULY 11, 2017

Meanwhile, Wendy’s poured marketing and operational resources to deliver on their “Hot and Juicy” promise and carved out a niche for customers who wanted fresh, larger burgers with customized condiments. Often, executing a flank attack involves developing new technology. Leading edge, not bleeding edge.

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Technical Review Development Team Review Differentiation Leadership 80

Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

Last May, I shared the news that long-time Lean Startup advocates Brant Cooper and Patrick Vlaskovits were working on a new book called The Lean Entrepreneur featuring illustrations by FAKEGRIMLOCK. LitMotors approach to using Lean Startup to create a new vehicle category. That new book is about to hit bookstores everywhere.

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Lean Entrepreneur Agile San Francisco 167

Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 2, 2013

Guest post by Lisa Regan, writer for The Lean Startup Conference. On October 8 at 10a PT, we’ll be talking about bringing Lean Startup methods to established companies, precisely the kinds of businesses that are most resistant to experimentation, even as they desperately need it. That''s hard. That’s Eric Ries’s job.

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Lean Startup Agile Leadership 167

Steve Blank

APRIL 28, 2014

He’s helping city government in Philadelphia become more innovative by applying Lean startup methods and Philadelphia University’s innovation curriculum. I asked him to share an update on his work on teaching lean techniques to local governments. Innovation Leadership – How to develop innovative teams and culture.

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Government Philadelphia Lean Customer Development 307

Hearpreneur

APRIL 13, 2022

One of the most important lessons entrepreneurs can learn from Dropbox is to adopt the lean start-up methodology and start. He has been instrumental in the development of artificial intelligence and machine learning, which are key areas of focus for Google. Thanks to Fletcher Wimbush, The Hire Talent ! #2- 2- Dropbox. 17- Improbable.

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Artificial Inteligence Entrepreneur Technical Review Software Review 75

Steve Blank

JANUARY 18, 2022

was fighting Al-Qaeda and ISIS, China built new weapons and developed new operational concepts to negate U.S. What if our assumptions about the survivability of these naval platforms and the ability of our marines to operate, were based on incorrect assumption about our investments in material, operational concepts and mental models?

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

15:59] What’s the first strategic sort of leadership hire that you think an agency needs? [17:07] Jason Blumer (09:15): So, and that's kind of leaning them into the accrual world versus cash reporting. But they have a complicated development that you, you can't, sometimes you can't hire a developer, they're so expensive.

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CPA Technical Review Revenue Forecast 70

Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 11, 2016

Guest post by by Jennifer Maerz, contributing editor of Lean Startup Co. A big part of adopting Lean Startup in an established company involves fundamentally shifting the way organizations manage people and ideas. Those aren’t necessarily bad principles of operation; they were very well-suited to the time.

Agile 60

Agile Lean San Francisco Technical Review 60

Steve Blank

MAY 29, 2019

Lean LaunchPad class developed for Stanford. Other classes were on how to prep for VC pitches or develop the five year income statements, balance sheets and cash flows or read case studies. And the Lean LaunchPad class I developed at Stanford was the first such class. Worth a read. Mission-Driven Entrepreneurship.

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Incubator Lean Programming Government 332

Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 27, 2013

Guest post by Lisa Regan, writer for The Lean Startup Conference. Last week, Eric sat down with developer Dan Milstein --one of the most popular speakers from the 2012 Lean Startup Conference --for a webcast conversation on getting engineers into the Lean Startup cycle. If you missed it, go ahead and watch it here.

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Lean Engineer Startup Mobile 166

crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 13, 2015

This is right and this is good; it is our responsibility to our stakeholders to responsibly lead our companies towards success and to prioritize operations and profitability. Encourage growth in your team members and you will see increased loyalty, faster development, improved productivity, and smarter decision-making.

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Small Business Management Startup Leadership 48

YoungUpstarts

JULY 17, 2020

Ride-share companies are pivoting toward food and grocery delivery, restaurants are working from “ghost kitchens” and developing new menu concepts conducive to drive-ups and leaner budgets. These changes fit the needs of the current crisis, but also look forward to a time when consumers will be operating on leaner budgets.

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Startup Wisconsin Stock Options Dividend 287

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 19, 2009

Yet in our case the product, the machine as delivered from engineering, was a blank, featureless computer with just an operating system and compilers. In most other companies a product-marketing department was responsible for the pricing, positioning and promotion of the product.

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Engineer Silicon Valley Part-Time VPE Advisory Board 221

Jeff Hilimire

JANUARY 7, 2019

Such companies operate with an innate sense of higher purpose, have a determination to create multiple kinds of value for all of their stakeholders, have leaders who care about their purpose and their people, and have cultures built upon trust and authenticity and genuine caring for human beings. George Flynn, USMC (ret.)

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Leadership Business Model Lean Search 42

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

We operate at scale and speed unprecedented in human history.” * I first wrote about the changes to the Venture Capital ecosystem 10 years ago and this still serves as a good primer of how we arrived at 2011, a decade on from the Web 1.0 dot-com bonanza. Secrets of Sand Hill Road.

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Pre-Money Valuation Valuation Venture Capital Early Stage 471

Steve Blank

JUNE 25, 2009

The OEM Business Convergent’s business was selling desktop computers (with our own operating system and office applications) to other computer manufacturers – most of them long gone: Burroughs, Prime, Monroe Data Systems, ADP, Mohawk, Gould, NCR, 4-Phase, AT&T. what Market Type is your startup?

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Technology Silicon Valley Fractional VPE Part-Time VPE 143

crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Did you know that the physics involved in flippings cats also allow us to operate space telescopes? 20 Useful Tools For Designer and Developers – [link].

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