Top Takeaway - Startup Lessons Learned for Team Alignment
There is a powerful feeling to being the the same room as a thousand other people drinking the same kool-aid. We can make more value by building less.
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Wizard of Oz Prototype Example to Improve The User Experience
We pushed people through a rather long survey and got an 82.9% completion rate. So we knew that people were willing to fill out some forms. Oops.
The Taxonomy of the Lean Startup Pivot
I like to think at least five moves ahead in the five most likely futures. So I decided to make a list of my potential product/market pivots.
Customer Development: Fight or Flight
When faced with a half dozen rifle toting grizzly bears with a penchant for human flesh, the correct choice is to run. But more often than not, we choose flight because we don't see how we can possibly fight.
How to Create a Prototype - Clever Hans and Photoshop Iteration
51 revisions in 18 days, almost all of which are iterations based on feedback from users without writing a single line of code.
How to Do Customer Discovery - Development Practice
I've discovered a great new method of growing bigger ears. Ready? Wait for it... go listen to sales pitches from startup consultants.
Evaluative Research Of Customer Development Mistakes
Six people had looked over my mock-up. I thought it was "good enough" and my customer development was done (at least for version 0.1). I was wrong.
Principles of Management - Controlled Burns and Firebreaks
Execs spent so much time with fires that there was no time spent on the underlying problems: poor hiring practices, customer service, and product / market fit.
Innovation Investment - Bad Economies are Great for Business
Try to ignore the gloomy media picture of the world coming to an end, a crashing economy, high unemployment, business failures and difficulty accessing loans...
Someone Please Write a Blog about Minimum Viable Strategic Options
A lot of the lean startup and customer development folks talk about creating the Minimum Viable Product (MVP), what about Minimum Viable Strategy (MVS)?
Startup Team Building - Right Team / Right Market
Team/Market Fit is more important than Product/Market Fit. The right team in the wrong market with the wrong product will change markets and improve products.