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Hacking for Diplomacy – The State Department Takes Notice

Steve Blank

Hacking for Diplomacy takes the Lean Startup methodology and applies it to problems sourced from the State Department. Each team continues to capture its work on a Mission Model Canvas – a modified version of the Business Model Canvas that’s at the heart of the Lean Startup methodology. Christos Makridis, a Ph.D

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Hacking for Diplomacy – The State Department Takes Notice

Steve Blank

Hacking for Diplomacy takes the Lean Startup methodology and applies it to problems sourced from the State Department. Each team continues to capture its work on a Mission Model Canvas – a modified version of the Business Model Canvas that’s at the heart of the Lean Startup methodology. Christos Makridis, a Ph.D

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[Interview] Bo Zou, Toronto-Based Digital User Experience Specialist And Thought Leader

YoungUpstarts

In many respects, it’s the leanness, flexibility and agility of startups that help them become successful,” he says. It also showcases how getting it right can transform startups into players: Pokemon Go caused software startup Niantic’s revenues to skyrocket by $600 million within just three months of its mid-2016 launch.

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Struggling To Find Great Talent? Consider Candidates Without A Degree

YoungUpstarts

You won’t be the first; in 2015 Ernst & Young professional services in the United Kingdom removed degree classification from its hiring criteria, citing a lack of evidence that university success correlated with job performance. Drop the application tracking system, or at least switch off the filtering related to education.

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Resources for Global Entrepreneurs

Up and Running

If you’re not looking for funding, it might make more sense for you to put together a Lean Plan which you can do in less than an hour, using our LivePlan software or with our free Lean Plan template. A Lean Plan can help you get a handle on the most important aspects of running a successful business. 170 Countries.

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15 steps to launch your own tech startup: Part 2

The Next Web

It also helped us to start lean and simple, and grow our product into something bigger. Make sure you check out The Lean Startup ; it’s one of the best books to identify and develop great new ideas. No one really used a project management solution at home, but there sure was a need. It’s a difficult and long process.

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New speakers + Ignite + streaming locations

Startup Lessons Learned

Speakers at Startup Lessons Learned 2011 Ignite: Lean Startup If you're planning to come into town for the conference, you should really check out Ignite: Lean Startup on Saturday, May 21. This is a community-run event featuring a number of brand-new case studies and voices in the Lean Startup movement.