Steve Blank

APRIL 10, 2009

That’s why startups are agile. Startups that are agile have mastered one other trick – and that’s Tempo – the ability to make quick decisions consistently over extended periods of time. Reply Reversible vs. Irreversible Decisions at Oregonstartups.com Blog , on April 26, 2009 at 4:25 pm Said: [.]

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Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

His two key slides are at the end of this post but the details on his blog are worth reviewing. Agile Development is the way startups quickly iterate their product as they learn. A Lean Startup is Eric Ries’s description of the intersection of Customer Development, Agile Development and if available, open platforms and open source.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 27, 2013

So what are Rob’s secret hacks that he didn’t spill in his blog post? . Key point – if your emails are as long as my blog posts you’re forked. He did it yesterday, “Mark, I’m going to write a blog post following on from your VC’s aren’t dumb. The Agile Board. Rob does it.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Then we saw the great alignment between the Customer Development Model and the Agile software development methodologies so we decided to create the course IIC3515 “Workshop of Entrepreneurship with Software” that applies both models to develop real software products with customers from the startup ideas of the students.

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TechEmpower

AUGUST 14, 2023

Please write us at blog@techempower.com ! Specifically, they should know about, and help with: Asking and answering the 53 Questions Developers Should Ask Innovators Knowing when and how to bring on development talent ( Hiring Developers Before Product/Market Fit? , innovation

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Gust

NOVEMBER 9, 2014

All you old software development types will recognize the analogy to the traditional two year “waterfall model” of software development, which has been totally replaced with the Agile iterative methodology. Agile assumes and plans for iterative development, where requirements and solutions evolve as more is known and markets change.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 20, 2011

We’ve been reading your blog about your Lean Launchpad class.” We taught them the business model / customer development / agile development solution stack. I thought about the common wisdom that only 20-year olds doing Internet startups could be agile. billion U.S. Wow, that’s nice, I thought, a call from a fan.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

It’s important enough that I dedicate a tab on my blog to startup sales & marketing. agile sales process? It’s the lifeblood of any organization and yet most startups don’t have any sales DNA on their teams. getting past the assistant. when to call. is it OK to call an exec on his mobile phone.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 1, 2010

Running the “Agile&# Board. Doing nothing between board meetings to me is like running the “ waterfall software development process. &# We all know that modern software companies run on the “ agile &# development process by having short release cycles and frequent communications. You can do calls if need be.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 1, 2009

Tim encouraged us to set up a blog and start talking openly about what we were doing as a company and inviting comments. But I had been reading Munjal Shah’s blog about his experiences at Riya (later renamed Like.com) and this openess had an appeal to me. This was 2006 and we were now working on our second company.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

AUGUST 30, 2010

He blogs to 10,000 web entrepreneurs at Software by Rob and co-hosts the podcast Startups for the Rest of Us. Agile Development, meet Agile Business. I have a list of blogs that I read and quickly added them to my list to send a personal, targeted email to each. The final spreadsheet contained 28 blogs.

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The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 23, 2018

Due to a small work environment, there is very little paperwork involved in startups, especially in agile development. Adopt an Agile Work Environment. We’ve touched on the notion of operating in an agile work environment previously – but what does that mean? Less Bureaucracy. Streamline Your Project Pipeline.

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SoCal CTO

APRIL 28, 2014

This is something I’ve explored several times already in my blog: Startup Founder Developer Gap Startup CTO or Developer Technical Advisors – Why Every Startup Needs Them Bottom line - for most startups, what they really need is a technical advisor or part-time CTO along with some development resources.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Have you checked out this blog post, this video, and this infographic? Awareness would then grow as they perused our landing pages, read our blog posts, and filled out a form to download an in-depth white paper. That might take them to a blog post with the recipe and a short explanation about the role of protein in your diet.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 11, 2009

Agile – you may find the real opportunities for your company was somewhere else. This means you still need to have a resilient personality, and be agile. And you’ll still need to have a resilient and agile personality, as new customer and product opportunities will appear and change your work. Blog at WordPress.com.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 8, 2011

It was designed to bring together many of the new approaches to building a successful startup – customer development, agile development, business model generation and pivots. Start their blog/wiki/journal for the class. In January, we introduced a new graduate course at Stanford called the " target="_blank">Lean LaunchPad.

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The Next Web

MARCH 6, 2014

Practice Agile Development. We practice agile development principles, and having the constant feedback between business and development that agile suggests is key to successful integration of the two teams. Andrew Thomas , SkyBell. Emerson Spartz , Spartz. Maren Hogan , Red Branch Media.

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 25, 2011

It may be hard to remember that there was a time when people in the agile software development community thought Lean Startup was incompatible with agile practices. For readers of this blog, Steve needs no introduction. Bring your tough questions – Brad and I will be having a conversation on stage and you’re invited to join us.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 28, 2010

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Wednesday, July 28, 2010 Case Study: kaChing, Anatomy of a Pivot (The following guest post is a new experiment for this blog. And if you’re a regular reader of this blog, you may know that IMVU started out as an instant messaging add-on. kaChing has been very active in the Lean Startup movement.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

For those of you who have been following the discussion, a Lean Startup is Eric Ries ’s description of the intersection of Customer Development , Agile Development and if available, open platforms and open source. Blog at WordPress.com. Theme: Digg 3 Column by WP Designer.

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ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

This blog features the top ten software outsourcing businesses in India , highlighting their experience and software development solutions. Their approach is driven by the Agile methodology. Opcito stands out in software outsourcing for its agility and continual development.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 16, 2013

One good example is the way in which we''ve adjusted the length of different phases of our agile sprints. We don''t follow a set agile methodology, but rather follow a more home-grown, minimal version of various approaches. We have a blog that''s internal-only to capture important stories for prosperity.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 8, 2021

While all the teams used the Mission Model Canvas , (videos here ), Customer Development and Agile Engineering to build Minimal Viable Products, each of their journeys was unique. While I authored this blog post, this class is a team project. It Takes A Village.

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Steve Blank

MAY 9, 2017

and there were no books, blogs or YouTube videos about entrepreneurship. Entrepreneurs first map their assumptions and then test these hypotheses with customers out in the field (customer development) and use an iterative and incremental development methodology (agile development) to build the product.

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TechEmpower

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

Besides, more development time means the client can be more agile with functionality and has a greater potential for success. Technology evolves and the number of people voicing their opinions keeps growing (welcome to this blog, by the way!) Development time is how we earn money. So it's not an entirely selfish position.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 6, 2023

Successful entrepreneurs are always analyzing market feedback, remain agile, and are quick to make corrections or change course if things aren’t working. The company decided to make a pivot and run with the idea of a status-updating micro-blogging platform. Don’t be afraid to pivot as you learn from the market.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 27, 2017

Great tech support is about going above a customers’ needs, meaning you need to be agile and adapt to changes in your area of expertise. It starts with taking the time to publish, post, or blog every question or comment you get from your support channels. You can do this by honing in the following areas: 1. Be available.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 11, 2014

by Taffy Williams, author of “ Think Agile: How Smart Entrepreneurs Adapt in Order to Succeed “ The New Year brings new events that may positively or negatively affect your business. The following agile activities may help you be more prepared in the New Year: Identify & Plan. Execute & Adjust.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 27, 2009

And in hindsight, we seemed a bit more agile and innovative in WWII.) Yet decades later the military lacked the agility to write a spec in two years, let alone get 10′s of thousands of new systems deployed on aircraft as Terman had done. Blog at WordPress.com. How was this possible? Reply Benjamin A.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 29, 2023

9- L&D enables teams to be agile Photo Credit: Chris Gadek Investing in L&D is essential for companies to build agility into their cultures. The blogging business has become more competitive over the years, so I've had to get more strategic with my time. Thanks to Joshua Haley, Moving Astute ! #9-

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 24, 2017

It’s hard to imagine, but in the 20th century there were no startup blogs or books on startups to read, and business schools (the only places teaching entrepreneurship) believed the best thing they could teach startups was how to write a business plan. To be fair there wasn’t much of an alternative.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 5, 2010

When I wrote a review of Four Steps on this blog in November, 2008, I did my best to be candid and warn of a few shortcomings: And Steve is the first to admit that its a "turgid" read, without a great deal of narrative flow. Startup Lessons Learned season one : Every post from the blogs first year in print form. Expo SF (May.

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Feld Thoughts

MAY 28, 2015

Part of the fun of having a blog for a long time is that it captures some of the history – in the moment – of what’s going on. Tim, Ryan, and team have created a phenomenal company that is built on two trends that have picked up massive speed in the past few years: (1) Agile and (2) SaaS.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 9, 2009

But what I wanted was an agile marketing team capable of operating independently without day-to-day direction. on April 10, 2009 at 6:58 am Said: Amazing blog. Reply Process for the Enterprise » Blog Archive » People, Staffing, and Steve Blank’s SuperMac Series , on April 17, 2009 at 11:40 am Said: [.]

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 27, 2015

In fact, for startups, it usually makes sense to announce your solution on social media and blogs even before you have built the first one. Maximum agility for required pivots. Startups need the agility to test various business models and positioning messages.

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Gust

OCTOBER 29, 2014

The Digital.NYC hub (an “Ecosystem Hub” as we call it behind the scenes) features every resource and insight for the NYC tech and startup scene including news, jobs, courses, events, blogs, and even available workspaces. For IBM, Digital.NYC provides exclusive community-building in the fastest growing tech ecosystem in the world.

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Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 23, 2009

blog comments powered by Disqus Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe via email Blog Archive ► 2010 (48) ► October (3) Case Study: Rapid iteration with hardware The Lean Startup Bundle Stop lying on stage ► September (4) Good enough never is (or is it?) . Without it, theyre just rolling the dice. Expo SF (May.

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