Up and Running

APRIL 18, 2017

For the following eight years, despite seeing great growth in our business, we made a mistake many entrepreneurs make: we operated the business as though the competitive, technological, and economic landscape was the same as when we started. Many processes are already established and it’s more difficult to be agile.

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Agile VC

JUNE 13, 2019

First, on an operating cashflow basis Chewy has been CF positive in some of the recent years. In 2016 they generated an operating cash profit of $7M, in a year where the company was still spending significantly on growth and grew revenue >100% YoY. in 2016, to 17.5% in 2017, and 20.2% Conclusion.

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ConversionXL

APRIL 3, 2018

Corporate Agility. Transparency correlates to agility (Does your CEO know how many tests you ran last month?). Ed Fry – Customer Data Operations: Unleashing your hidden growth engine. In 2016, they had a huge layoff and had to shift strategy. Culture of Innovation. Two pizza approach – organized for execution.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

Even if they’re not the ones driving change, they’re small and agile enough to adapt to it. It’s just as critical, if not more so, for smaller outfits to figure out how to go digital with as close to 100 percent operating efficiency as possible, due to less room for mistakes and more severe consequences in the face of failure.

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Occam's Razor

MAY 2, 2017

The very best analysts are comfortable operating with ambiguity and incompleteness, while all others chase perfection in implementation / processing / reports. The challenge I want to take on is to be specific in the recommendations make, and to share how we can be very nimble and agile. We have to really get good at this. Evaluate.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 25, 2019

When laws changed in 2016 allowing fans to own a part of a company, it was evident to me that a fan-owned company had a strategic advantage in the marketplace. Also, it was rather an operational than a technological business. Thanks to Louise Taylor, Unbridled Pty Ltd ! #14- 14- For faster and more control. Photo Credit: Manny Vetti.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 7, 2016

This took place hot on the heels the launch of Microsoft’s Surface Pro 4, a 2-in-1 device that run on the full Windows operating system and offers the power to run almost any line-of-business apps for Windows in a light mobile package. In short, SMBs are realising that cloud allows them to operate smarter, not harder – and grow faster.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

To achieve this mission, we established a framework that leveraged Marine Corps tenacity, agility, and adaptability to create a persistent culture of innovation. We learn how the operating environment is evolving. We learn what techniques for engaging Marines are working and which ones are not.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

To achieve this mission, we established a framework that leveraged Marine Corps tenacity, agility, and adaptability to create a persistent culture of innovation. We learn how the operating environment is evolving. We learn what techniques for engaging Marines are working and which ones are not.

Framework 328

Framework Lean Metrics Government 328

Steve Blank

JUNE 7, 2019

All the teams used the Mission Model Canvas , Customer Development and Agile Engineering to build Minimal Viable Products, but all of their journeys were unique. Army as a special operations light infantry squad leader in Iraq and Afghanistan. All the presentations are worth a watch. Team: Panacea. Origins of Hacking For Defense.

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Oakland Lean SBIR Afghanistan 281

Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Operating across varied industries, Fractional CMOs offer a fresh, tailored approach, helping businesses to be more agile, adaptive, and strategic in their planning Questions I ask Nicole Bernard [00:46] What exactly is a fractional CMO? This is John Jantsch. My guest today is Nicole Bernard. What's kind of been your model?

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Social Media Software Review Hiring Framework 93

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 10, 2020

The downfall of Microsoft’s chatbot Tay in 2016 is among the most poignant examples of such pitfalls. Leaders should define KPIs with their teams using an agile approach that ties to top needed results. Rather, they ensure that these systems work with them, operating in a way that promotes both the KPIs and goals of their organization.

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OnlyOnce

AUGUST 31, 2017

Over the years, I’ve written a lot about the Agile methodology on this blog. For those of you who are regular readers, you may remember a post I wrote about our Agile Everywhere initiative — where all Return Path teams were tasked with implementing agile practices. weren’t at all familiar with agile practices.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 4, 2016

Hacking for Diplomacy is a new course from the Management Science and Engineering department in Stanford’s Engineering school and Stanford’s International Policy Studies program that will be first offered in the Fall of 2016. Join a select cross-disciplinary class that takes real problems from the U.S. Lessons Learned.

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Lean Government Agile Africa 168

Steve Blank

AUGUST 29, 2016

In July the NGA hosted the inaugural 2016 Intelligence Community Innovation Conference with attendees from across the Department of Defense and public sector. In order to successfully deliver products with speed and urgency, this requires coaches and instructors who have been the customer: warfighters, analysts, operators, etc.

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Lean Silicon Valley Government Acquisition 185

Steve Blank

AUGUST 29, 2016

In July the NGA hosted the inaugural 2016 Intelligence Community Innovation Conference with attendees from across the Department of Defense and public sector. In order to successfully deliver products with speed and urgency, this requires coaches and instructors who have been the customer: warfighters, analysts, operators, etc.

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Lean Silicon Valley Government Acquisition 185

Up and Running

MAY 23, 2016

Subscription Business Trends and Predictions for 2016. You get to call all the shots, including how you want to operate the business and who you want to be involved. Noah says, “Agile is what most software companies use. You can learn more about the agile development methodology on Version One’s site.

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Software Review Software Delaware Forecast 74

Steve Blank

JUNE 8, 2018

All the teams used the Mission Model Canvas , Customer Development and Agile Engineering to build Minimal Viable Products, but all of their journeys were unique. Army as a special operations light infantry squad leader in Iraq and Afghanistan. Each of their slide presentations follow their customer discovery journey. Team: TrackID.

Southern California 191

Southern California San Diego Mississippi SBIR 191

Steve Blank

AUGUST 4, 2016

Hacking for Diplomacy is a new course from the Management Science and Engineering department in Stanford’s Engineering school and Stanford’s International Policy Studies program that will be first offered in the Fall of 2016. Join a select cross-disciplinary class that takes real problems from the U.S. Lessons Learned.

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Lean Government Agile Africa 120

Steve Blank

JANUARY 26, 2016

Hacking for Defense is a new course at Stanford’s Engineering School in the Spring of 2016. Today these potential adversaries are able to harness the power of social networks, encryption, GPS, low-cost drones, 3D printers, simpler design and manufacturing processes, agile and lean methodologies, ubiquitous Internet and smartphones.

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Silicon Valley North Korea Lean Agile 120

The Next Web

DECEMBER 28, 2013

But EPM is changing, and as a result, it’s changing the way enterprises operate around the world. IDC also expects that by 2016, 60 percent of the Fortune 500 will have social-enabled innovation management solutions in place. Agility always wins. Not exactly a recipe for success. Cloud-first is the new normal.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 22, 2016

Once they make the decision to start their business, they must operate at full throttle almost immediately. His forthcoming book, “ Why Are There Snowblowers in Miami? “, will be available in Sept 2016. Goldstein, author of “ Why Are There Snowblowers in Miami? “. Start-up companies obviously face many difficulties. Steven D.

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Agile VC

MARCH 5, 2019

Revenue per rider has more than doubled from 2016–2018 (from $15.88 Lyft essentially operates it’s own internal insurance entity, so they deposit funds into an insurance trust periodically and then recognize expenses when claims are paid out. Analysis of Lyft S-1.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 31, 2022

21- Agility. I must operate under strict deadlines and stick to a rigorous work schedule if I do the job. I started my business, Digital Ethos, in 2016 from my bedroom and now we have over 50 full-time employees around the world and were named the UK's fastest growing marketing agency in 2020. Photo Credit: Daniel Hedegaard.

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Agile VC

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

2012-2016: The Era of Blitzscaling. Two of the three have gross margins <50% (AMZN is 40%, AAPL 38%, MSFT 67%) and one has operating profit margins <5% (AMZN 4%, AAPL 22%, MSFT 34%). But there is also opportunity in lean times. Uber is founded and AirBnB goes through YC in 2009.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 16, 2015

Here’s another presentation from ConversionXL Live 2015 (sign up for the 2016 list to get tickets at pre-release prices ). ConversionXL Live 2016: March 30th to April 1st. Or should it be a part of the development organization or in the Agile development environment? Does that sit into the Agile scrum team?

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Hearpreneur

MAY 18, 2022

In 2016, Simya Solutions (now Ling) was born. We want to leave an impact on the communities we operate in and the employees on our team, so we even offer them networking and internship opportunities. I've been doing that since 2016. I had an ‘Ah ha’ moment and saw a need in the market. Thanks to Simon Bacher, Simya Solutions !

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