Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

Here’s what was exceptional about Larry: Potent Leadership Skill. A corollary to Larry’s leadership style was that, at least in my day, he did it with great humor, lots of off-the-cuff funny stuff. Pragmatic and Lean. Hired the Smartest People. Without a doubt, Larry was the most potent entrepreneur I’ve known.

Technical Review 333

Technical Review Venture Capital Software Review Database 333

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). Hiring the wrong member of staff can lead to disappointed customers, a smaller profit margin and a lack of efficiency.

Reputation 127

Reputation Technical Review Global Leadership 127

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.

Lean 60

Lean Business Plan Video Software Review 60

Up and Running

AUGUST 30, 2021

It can be a small and nimble startup like Origin, or a company with 50 employees and hiring more every quarter. Go lean with your planning. A startup is about execution and speed, so you need to start lean. It doesn’t help your business grow by hiring someone who doesn’t have the necessary skills.

Entrepreneur 132

Entrepreneur Lean Colorado Engineer 132

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 15, 2019

These processes reduce risk to an overall organization, but each layer of process reduces the ability to be agile and lean and – most importantly – responsive to new opportunities and threats. Process helps ensure that you can deliver solutions that scale without breaking other parts of the organization. Process Versus Product.

Government 315

Government Technical Review Acquisition Metrics 315

Steve Blank

AUGUST 25, 2015

I’ve spent this year working with corporations and government agencies that are adopting and adapting Lean Methodologies. Several pockets of innovation in his agency have begun to look to startups and have tried to adopt lean methods. —– What Have We Lost? Yet today at dinner his frustration just spilled out.

Lean 120

Lean Entrepreneur Business Model Silicon Valley 120

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

Startup leadership and survival is all about execution. It forces one to step from existing assumptions and tools, and lean instead on creativity and thinking outside the box. This approach works best if you start with a focus on hiring change agents, and incentive programs for innovation.

Artificial Inteligence 285

Artificial Inteligence Open Source Lean Leadership 285

YoungUpstarts

MARCH 30, 2016

Once you’ve hired your employees, that’s not your team-building mission complete. 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. You can also hire instead of buying outright. The best team.

Lean 100

Lean Reputation Employee Hiring 100

crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 6, 2013

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! How to Turn Your Startup Into a Lean, Mean Marketing Machine – [link]. How to Turn Your Startup Into a Lean, Mean Marketing Machine – [link].

Social Media 95

Social Media Small Business Design Media 95

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 16, 2015

At times I wanted the engineering team to produce features to support our sales efforts to I occasionally leaned on them a bit. But as your company grows and you bring in professional sales leadership you can no longer do this. But overriding sales leadership is as destructive as overriding product management. I did this.

Startup 150

Startup CTO Hire Sales Leadership 150

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 27, 2020

Startup leadership and survival is all about execution. It forces one to step from existing assumptions and tools, and lean instead on creativity and thinking outside the box. This approach works best if you start with a focus on hiring change agents, and incentive programs for innovation.

Artificial Inteligence 413

Artificial Inteligence Open Source Lean Leadership 413

crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Lean Business Tips: Hiring Contractors for Fun and Profit(ability) – [link]. If, Why, and How Founders Should Hire a “Professional” CEO | Reid Hoffman - [link].

Social Media 109

Social Media Small Business North America Design 109

Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

I want to especially recognize Vivek Wadhwa and Brad Feld for their leadership.) After all, if you already have an all-male startup, you’re already at a disadvantage when it comes to hiring the very women that could fix that imbalance. When we change a hiring policy, especially if we do it in a visible way, we reap two benefits.

San Francisco 167

San Francisco Lean Sweden Continuous Deployment 167

Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 29, 2021

It could be more revenue, hiring clients, or launching a new product or service, but every new year is an exciting time because it’s ripe with opportunity. Initially, I would like to hire people from my neighborhood, with the goal of expanding to other communities in the future. 19- Hiring people for exponential growth.

Entrepreneur 138

Entrepreneur Social Media Employee Los Angeles 138

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 27, 2022

Priorities must include both those for today and tomorrow, and the changes you are targeting to maintain business leadership from tomorrow through the future. This may require hiring new people, expanding skillsets, and providing coaching to get the high degree of creativity often required.

Forecast 340

Forecast Agile Lean Distribution 340

crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 31, 2013

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! 7 Tips On How Your Small Business Or Startup Can Hire A Good Lawyer And Control Legal Costs – [link]. Here are some of the links that I’ve liked and shared this past week!

Social Media 94

Social Media Small Business Design Media 94

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.

Lean 167

Lean Entrepreneur Agile San Francisco 167

YoungUpstarts

APRIL 19, 2019

While we all solve problems, managers and consultants are professionals — they’re hired and paid to do so. Leadership consultancy Zenger Folkman recently surveyed over 300,000 managers and found that problem solving was the second most important competency, regardless of function or level. When experts are paid to solve problems.

Non-Compete 113

Non-Compete Vesting Boston Agile 113

crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! How to Turn Your Startup Into a Lean, Mean Marketing Machine – entm.ag/11mJBHi. How to hire – crowdspring.co/15u6LKW. How to hire – crowdspring.co/15u6LKW.

Social Media 96

Social Media Small Business Design Media 96

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 1, 2018

That is particularly true of tech, exhibit “A” in the corporate failure to hire and promote women. Women can lean in, education can push STEM, states may enact wage gap and family leave legislation. Women can lean in, education can push STEM, states may enact wage gap and family leave legislation.

Lean 124

Lean Norway New Zealand Malaysia 124

Steve Blank

MARCH 28, 2017

When Colonel Peter Newell headed up the Army’s Rapid Equipping Force (REF) he used lean methods on the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan to provide immediate technology solutions to urgent problems. This will arm you with the tools needed to get them (or their leadership) to agree on the right problem that needs to be solved first.

Lean 120

Lean Kansas Government Afghanistan 120

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] John Jantsch (06:24): Well, so you make a good point because you know, a lot of people hire accountants and they feel like, yeah, that's my, you know, I'm getting my books done. I'm gonna go hire 'em now they know.

CPA 73

CPA Technical Review Revenue Forecast 73

crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 18, 2013

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Empower Your Small Business: trust & loyalty, marketing insight, lean business – [link]. “Leadership has nothing to do with titles.” Forbes – [link].

Social Media 91

Social Media Small Business Design Media 91

crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2014

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! This Invaluable Lesson Will Keep You From Making Catastrophic Hiring Mistakes - crowdspring.co/XeV4JS. Hiring startup engineers? Busting the Lean-Startup Myth – crowdspring.co/1ozOXHA.

Social Media 94

Social Media Small Business Design Media 94

konamoxt.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

January 21, 2009 Why Your Startup Can’t Afford To NOT Hire a CTO As I mentioned in my last post, one of the many things I do as an entrepreneur is to advise other start up companies. Unfortunately in many cases, the choice to hire a CTO is the worst choice a CEO or management team could make. Yep, that’s the hard truth of it.

CTO Hire 40

CTO Hire CTO Hiring Engineer 40

Steve Blank

AUGUST 31, 2009

The first hint lies in its name; this is a product development model, not a marketing model, not a sales hiring model, not a customer acquisition model, not even a financing model (and we’ll also find that in most cases it’s even a poor model to use to develop a product.) So what’s wrong the product development model?

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Customer Development Developer Customer Silicon Valley 238

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 13, 2020

This article will articulate how it has changed marketing, and specifically, leadership in marketing departments. Businesses are still committed to having world-class marketing leadership but have to take in cost considerations due to the new economic landscape. In order to run marketing campaigns, they need marketing leadership.

Bankruptcy 179

Bankruptcy Salary Campaign Leadership 179

crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 28, 2013

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Hire People Who Make Things Happen (get rid of the rest) – [link]. Hire People Who Make Things Happen (get rid of the rest) – [link]. Here are 10 tips – [link].

Social Media 94

Social Media Small Business Design Media 94

crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 12, 2013

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Lean Business: Pivot Point – [link]. Lean Business: Pivot Point – [link]. The Lean Analytics Cycle: Metrics > Hypothesis > Experiment > Act – [link].

Social Media 91

Social Media Small Business Design Media 91

ConversionXL

MARCH 19, 2020

Greater discipline during boom times offered more flexibility during lean years. And getting it right during the lean years, Bain reports , has a massive impact on companies’ growth rate after things improve: ( Image source ). As the recession wrapped up, they had to remind consumers of lean times.

Marketing 121

Marketing Campaign Non-Compete Lean 121

Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 4, 2008

Maybe youd like to start with The lean startup , How to listen to customers , or What does a startup CTO actually do? ) In 2007, BusinessWeek named Ries one of the Best Young Entrepreneurs of Tech and in 2009 he was honored with a TechFellow award in the category of Engineering Leadership. Looking forward for your future posts.

San Francisco 155

San Francisco Technical Cofounder Fractional CTO CTO 155

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 19, 2009

I would discover that there was a more effective alternative in building a marketing department than hiring traditional marketers with MBA’s. I chose to hire engineers from within each of our target markets and set up “Steve’s one month MBA course for engineers.” These hires were definitely not your standard marketing types.

Engineer 198

Engineer Silicon Valley Part-Time VPE Advisory Board 198

crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2010

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! 5 Essential Web Apps for the Lean Small Business – [link]. Lean Marketing Strategies for Small Businesses and Startups – [link]. – [link].

Social Media 97

Social Media Small Business Design Media 97

The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Hire Resourceful People. Hiring the best people for the job means that their productivity will skyrocket. Leaning on smart subordinates means that you can take advantage of their superior skills to build success for your company. Hiring smarter people means respecting their different skill sets. Leadership Ability.

Leadership 115

Leadership Agile Lean Hiring 115

crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 15, 2013

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Lean Business: Capacity Management, Overhead, and Your Business – [link]. Lean Business: Capacity Management, Overhead, and Your Business – [link].

Social Media 105

Social Media Small Business Design Media 105

crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 21, 2013

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Lean Business: Save Money, Save the Environment – [link]. 4 Things You Must Do to Hire the Perfect Candidate | [link] – [link]. Forget the coasts.

Social Media 93

Social Media Small Business Design Media 93

Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

MAY 1, 2018

Frameworks assume: engaged leadership, talent on the team, day to day creativity, curiosity, and domain knowledge. You will fail with: Lean, Agile, Design Thinking, TRIZ, Stage-Gate, Osborn-Parnes CPS, KILN’s FuseTrail, or a homegrown/blended framework. An authentic desire to improve or invent.

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Framework Agile Lean Technical Review 64