Steve Blank

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Nand changed the culture of the JAIC, bringing in Silicon Valley tools for product development, product management and for the first time a culture that focused on UI/UX, MVPs and continuous integration and deployment. I didn’t print off a presentation. And then we’re also focused on autonomy.

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Transformify

JUNE 6, 2019

Selecting a good project management software is the first step followed by endless reviews and continuous improvement as the organization grows. The 5S System is thought of as a visual management system. Reality rarely matches the expectations, including those pitch decks that were presented to your investors. Where to start?

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 2, 2014

Chromebooks also did not work with Apple devices, which presents problems for the millions of people who own iProducts. Chromebook represents a mismatch of market segmentation and product vision. They allow product managers and marketers to move ahead with projects before the proper research is complete.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 4, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Tuesday, November 4, 2008 Principles of Lean Startups, presentation for Maples Investments Image via Wikipedia Steve Blank and I had the opportunity to create a presentation about lean startups for Maples Investments. Is there anywhere I can download the presentation?

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 5, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Sunday, October 5, 2008 The product managers lament Life is not easy when youre working in an old-fashioned waterfall development process, no matter what role you play. The product manager was clearly struggling to get results from the rest of the team. Frustration is mounting.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 20, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, October 20, 2008 The engineering managers lament I was inspired to write The product managers lament while meeting with a startup struggling to figure out what had gone wrong with their product development process. This engineering manager is a smart guy, and very experienced.

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ReadWriteStart

JULY 12, 2023

InvGate , a provider of IT service management and IT asset management solutions, has secured $35 million in a growth round to fuel its international expansion. InvGate’s products are made to simplify IT management for businesses with 50-50,000 employees.

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Up and Running

MARCH 24, 2021

For example, let’s say that you’re a SaaS company focused on enterprise-level business email management. As a new entrant, or established business looking to grow, instead of attempting to claim current enterprise customers from your competitors, you can develop another market segment. How to create a market penetration strategy.

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ConversionXL

AUGUST 24, 2021

it’s no surprise that people are looking at how to become a marketing manager. In this article, you’ll learn what you can expect in the role, how you can demonstrate your worthiness to become a marketing manager (at your current place or in greener pastures), and how to present your case for a promotion. Others get creative.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 3, 2012

How dare you,” the fab manager said. “We We shut down production to setup your machine.” The supplier’s CEO directed his business unit general managers to take a SyncDev workshop. Though development was already underway, I kicked-off SyncDev in early November. The product manager said, “It’s in the release after this.”.

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The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 11, 2023

It is necessary to cover the early stages of product development, thorough market research, and other processes during the initial step. The management of a company, its established track record, the size of the market, and the level of risk all play a role in determining a company’s valuation.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 19, 2013

The best product is one that is highly focused, and has the absolute minimum number of features to do the job. The solution is to do the right job up front on requirements, document and approve specifications, and have the toughest person you know do the project management. Changes will be required to every project, so plan for them.

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 10, 2023

By presenting your plans in an organized manner to potential investors and lenders, you increase the chances of them taking action and providing the resources necessary for you to get started or expand. #4- The business plan serves as a structured blueprint that helps me maintain focus and accountability.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 9, 2010

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Friday, July 9, 2010 Founder personalities and the “first-class man&# theory of management At any given time, something like four percent of the US population is engaged in some form of new-company-creation. But I’m not convinced those labels are right at all.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

From recruitment to CRM, project management to marketing, there’s a tool for everything be it for managing work, tech stack , etc. It lets you manage campaigns and visualize marketing programs. It allows you to publish your plans as images, PDFs, or secure web presentations. Mighty Networks. Why not make a tool do it?

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Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 7, 2010

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Thursday, January 7, 2010 Is Entrepreneurship a Management Science? My explicit goal in working with HBR is to foster a dialog between entrepreneurs and more traditional general managers. Is Entrepreneurship a Management Science? - Is Entrepreneurship a Management Science? Without further ado.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 10, 2013

These include preparing and launching one’s business/product, overcoming resistance, using push/pull technology, and managing stakeholders (employees and bosses). Each chapter is written like an assembly of different blog posts on management and entrepreneurial topics. Due to the breadth of its range (it is ambitious!),

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Up and Running

JANUARY 3, 2019

Success in marketing and product development comes from a deep understanding of your target customer. In marketing and product development, we can solve this problem by doing the right user research ( market research ) to create fictional characters that are highly detailed representations of your target customer base.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 11, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Friday, September 11, 2009 The cardinal sin of community management Once you have a product launched, you will the face the joys – and the despair – of a community that grows up around it. This probably sounds illogical. We were totally unprepared for the magnitude of what happened.

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ConversionXL

AUGUST 30, 2018

It slows product development. A generic presentation about how Apple or some other company has a great user experience program (or worse, a presentation showing all the bad user experiences in the world), won’t convince anyone of doing anything different. In many organizations, user research creates friction.

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ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Also, whether your brand is present online , customers will write reviews and share their experiences, good or bad. However, don’t try to stretch your budget with lackluster efforts across everything you want to do – focus on the essential investments first, then see what you can manage with campaigns. Your boring traditional business?

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Up and Running

MAY 13, 2015

I had the pleasure of co-hosting a free Bplans webinar with Lara Galloway, a business coach and time management expert. In the webinar, Lara offered some excellent time management tips and productivity hacks. Lara is an author, speaker, business coach, and the host of the popular Mom Biz Solutions Show podcast. God bless them.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 6, 2011

The best product is one that is highly focused, and has the absolute minimum number of features to do the job. The solution is to do the right job up front on requirements, document and approve specifications, and have the toughest person you know do the project management. Changes will be required to every project, so plan for them.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

The best product is one that is highly focused, and has the absolute minimum number of features to do the job. The solution is to do the right job up front on requirements, document and approve specifications, and have the toughest person you know do the project management. Changes will be required to every project, so plan for them.

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Technical Review Startup Software Review Database 187

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

And with that thought in mind, here are five ways your customer relationship management (CRM) system can help you turn Small Business Saturday into future sales. When Small Business Saturday drives customers to seek out your product, it’s vital that you take the opportunity to collect their contact information and log it in your CRM.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 23, 2018

Sloan Foundation , the Sloan School of Management at MIT , the Sloan program at Stanford , and the Sloan/Kettering Memorial Cancer Center in New York. Each of these GM divisions focused on its own day-to-day operations with each division general manager responsible for the division’s profit and loss. There’s the Alfred P.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 27, 2013

He wrote a post this long weekend on how he manages the board of DataSift. In this period (less than 2 years) he has brought on incredibly talented senior execs is sales, marketing, product management, client services, finance, vp engineering and more. Rob Bailey is the CEO of DataSift. You should read it. It is really working.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 14, 2015

The best product is one that is highly focused, and has the absolute minimum number of features to do the job. The solution is to do the right job up front on requirements, document and approve specifications, and have the toughest person you know do the project management. Changes will be required to every project, so plan for them.

Technical Review 120

Technical Review Product Software Review Database 120

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

This post describes how companies using the Customer Development model can increase their credibility, valuation and probability of getting a first round of funding by presenting their results in a “Lesson Learned&# venture pitch. Tons of advice is available on how to pitch , present and market your company.

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Seeing Both Sides

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

Yet, in recent years technology startups have embraced a new role, Growth Manager — alternatively Growth Hacker, Growth PM, or Head of Growth — that focuses on it exclusively. Yet, the Growth Manager role remains poorly understood, especially outside Silicon Valley.

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Seeing Both Sides

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

Yet, in recent years technology startups have embraced a new role, Growth Manager — alternatively Growth Hacker, Growth PM, or Head of Growth — that focuses on it exclusively. Yet, the Growth Manager role remains poorly understood, especially outside Silicon Valley.

Management 20

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Tesla has always put a huge emphasis on product development and technological advancement. Even though they don't own any rental properties, they've managed to become the first place people look for lodging when planning a trip. Thanks to Christina Giaquinto, Modular Closets ! Thanks to David Fernandez, Capital Solutions ! #7-

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

Take a closer look at how you manage your company. Wouldn’t it be wiser to channel your funds to product development and let your products speak for themselves? But while product quality should be the top priority, there are other factors that determine whether or not your company attracts and keeps customers.

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ConversionXL

APRIL 3, 2019

You stop focusing on presenting “numbers” and present information. Use expectation management, be straightforward, deliver on your promises, and you’ll have dopamine that’s well deserved. Valerie Kroll: “How to Present Test Results to Inspire Action”. Your slides are not your presentation. You are the presentation.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 14, 2014

This fosters high performance and helps the company to present a single face to customers and shareholders. Not too long ago, German software giant SAP blew up the management framework for its 20,000-person development department and replaced it with “mini-teams” of roughly 10 people. The principle works in business, too.

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

JUNE 1, 2020

Whatever goals and objectives your business may be working to – growth, new product development, digital transformation – you will need a roadmap to make sure you don’t get lost on the way. Managing the performance of a complete business strategy is a complicated task. This roadmap is your killer business strategy.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 6, 2013

Guest post by Lisa Regan On August 20, Eric will sit down with developer and Hut8Labs co-founder Dan Milstein for a webcast you can join to discuss “Getting Engineers Into the Lean Startup Cycle.” This conversation will be a great opportunity for engineers and engineering managers to learn more about implementing Lean Startup ideas.

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