Startup Lessons Learned
AUGUST 20, 2020
I’ve long been an advocate of using Lean Startup principles to advance non-profits and philanthropic organizations, whose work is so urgently needed at this moment in history. In this blog post, I want to share the story of a lean pop-up organization called HelpKitchen. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Cars line up at a drive-thru food pantry.
Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 19, 2011
He tells the story of how he was out of cash, stressed out, nobody in LA or Silicon Valley would give him money, he had finally found an investor in Minneapolis but his venture bank was going to shut him down for breaking a “covenant&# in their agreement by not having enough cash in the bank.
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Both Sides of the Table
MAY 7, 2018
If you’re talking with a firm that mostly only invests in the San Francisco Bay Area and you’re in Minnesota, you’re probably wasting your time for a seed or A round unless you find somebody at that firm who is from Minneapolis and comes home 2–3x / year already. The next pass is the “competitive pass”?—?have I measured twice and cut once.
Jeff Hilimire
FEBRUARY 3, 2020
That was the year that Dragon Army was really hitting its stride as a digital experience agency (for the first few years we were a mobile game studio, then a mobile development shop), and it was the year that 48in48 really started to grow significantly (we put on four events that year: Atlanta, New York, Boston, and Minneapolis).
This is going to be BIG.
MAY 10, 2021
Minneapolis voted to defund but then no one could agree on what that actually meant. If they can’t figure it out in Minneapolis, I’m not quite sure how they’re ever going to figure it out in New York. 100% Have I heard one single transition plan from anyone with data to back it up on something I trust will work?
Startup Lessons Learned
DECEMBER 1, 2012
One of the most important things we do with The Lean Startup Conference is make a livestream of the plenary talks available for free to groups around the world, supporting entrepreneurship communities everywhere. The number of hosts has grown annually, and this year, we have 200+ groups joining us on Monday, December 3.
Startup Lessons Learned
MAY 23, 2011
All I ask in return in that you pre-order the Lean Startup Book (on lean.st Watch live video from Startup Lessons Learned on Justin.tv We have an amazing lineup for you today. Enjoy the simulcast, wherever you are. or Amazon , your choice). :) Thank you. If at all possible, please support one of the simulcast locations.
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