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203 articles on innovation, lean startup, and entrepreneurship
Startup Culture - Interview with Kevin Dewalt
But how do you find those 10 people? Earn their trust? The answer is pretty obvious - first prove you’re worth their time by helping them
Observer-Expectancy Effect - Customer Development & UX
How much stress, anger and frustration can one simple malfunction or a minute delay in response cause? We experience expectation frustration on a daily basis.
The Ultimate Guide to Running a Lean Startup
Do not click this link or read this post. Build Measure Learn is a process, not a bumper sticker. Don't read posts with titles like "The Ultimate Guide to Running a Lean Startup."
Straw Man Lean Enterprise Book
The enterprise adoption of lean startup principles is following much the same course as startup ecosystems adopting lean startup. It's the Lean Hype Cycle.
Lean Enterprise & Innovation Ecosystems
“Lean Enterprises” are a myth. The best way for an enterprise company to emulate a startup is by nurturing an innovation ecosystem.
Earlyvangelist Criteria Applies to Customers and Users - Product/Market Fit
"Everyone" is not our customer. Neither are "Consumers" or "SMBs." Unless the problem we are solving is death, not everyone wants our solution.
Customers and Causality - Customer Analysis
When looking for product/market fit, we start with the customer. That's the "market" part of product/market fit. Everything starts and ends with the customer.
How to Build a Minimum Viable Product
Isn't an MVP just a bare bones product? If people sign up for our MVP, that means we've got Product/Market Fit, right? Nope. A real MVP has four critical parts.
False Positives and Product / Market Fit Survey - How Do We Test for It?
Lean Startup is hard. All we want is to build something people want. Which one of these tests will actually tell us if we have the fabled Product / Market Fit?
Agile Transformation - Adopting the Lean Hype Cycle
if you're adopting lean, you need to understand this flow: Inspiration, Application, Practice. It has another, more famous name, the hype cycle.
The Rudder Fallacy - Adopting Lean Startup Principles
In a lean startup, team velocity proceeds measurable product progress. Before there is velocity, no measurable progress can be seen on any metrics dashboard.