YoungUpstarts

MAY 30, 2014

And just this past April, Apple announced its plans to release its next OS X operating system in public beta. We put our technology into the hands of employees — but in a controlled environment. When a product is ready for beta testing, that doesn’t necessarily mean it came right out of alpha testing.

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Customer Development Team Review Cofounder Agile 231

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

when is the right time to hire your first sales employee? agile sales process? how should a VC do due diligence on sales operations? The video link is here and quick time-coded show notes at the end of the post in case you want to jump ahead to just one section. When & Whom should you hire? junior vs. senior? when to call.

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Software Review Sales Due Diligence Startup 300

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 24, 2017

Replacing the founder when the company needed to scale was almost standard operating procedure. Incubators and accelerators like Y-Combinator have institutionalized experiential training in best practices (product/market fit, pivots, agile development, etc.); It needs to be continuously innovating – and who best to do that?

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Founder Technical Review CTO Hire IPO 281

YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

These range from budgets being significantly smaller, profit margins being squeezed, and employees juggling various roles to meet the needs of the company. Despite their relatively small operational footprint, SMBs can still manage highly complex jobs, ranging from internal software development projects to client-facing deliverables.

Small Business 173

Small Business Agile Software Software Development 173

Steve Blank

JUNE 26, 2014

Agile Engineering” to have teams prototype, test, and iterate their idea while discovering if they have a profitable business model. Activities cover clinical trials, FDA approvals, Freedom to Operate (IP, Licenses) software development, drug or device design, etc.

Intellectual Property 290

Intellectual Property Lean IP Open Source 290

The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 23, 2018

Due to a small work environment, there is very little paperwork involved in startups, especially in agile development. Startup cultures are often centered on the employees, the long-term vision as well as office relations. Adopt an Agile Work Environment. Less Bureaucracy. Build a Brand around Your Startup’s Culture.

Technical Review 137

Technical Review Agile Startup Software Review 137

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 28, 2011

Presenting your startup vision as a founder to a potential investor, or presenting an idea as an employee to an executive, requires that you effectively communicate, or “translate”, the value proposition into terms that the receiver can fully understand and appreciate. Implicit in agility is increased productivity on change initiatives.

Startup 230

Startup Agile Architecture Distribution 230

Steve Blank

MARCH 15, 2017

When organizations are small (startups, small teams in companies and government agencies) early employees share a mission (why they come to work, what they need to do while they are at work, and how they will know they have succeeded). It wasn’t that I had somehow inherited dumb employees. I wasn’t surprised.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

If you’re an early employee at a startup, one day you will wake up to find that what you worked on 24/7 for the last year is no longer the most important thing – you’re no longer the most important employee, and process, meetings, paperwork and managers and bosses have shown up. I know a change is going to come. Loss of status ?

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Part-Time VPE Employee Cofounder Hiring 334

ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Industry-specific domain experience becomes critical when identifying operational pain points ripe for transformation. This outside work provides a valuable source of revenue able to be used to fund operations. This provides both valuable experience and an understanding of the operational issues within each sector.

Incubator 188

Incubator Startup Software Development Software Developers 188

Steve Blank

JANUARY 30, 2013

Employees had a different concern – they simply wanted more clarity on how to continue to be involved, since formal rules of engagement ended with the bootcamp. We should have asked for a broader innovation time off and incentive policy for employees, managers, and executives. We needed a for a Proof of Concept center.

Programming 273

Programming Technical Review Incubator Intellectual Property 273

YoungUpstarts

MARCH 9, 2020

Recruiting and hiring employees is challenging, if only because the stakes for making the right choice are so high. Doing so could cost as much as one-third of their annual compensation , according to an Employee Benefits News report. by Leonard Callejo, Director of Online Marketing at Cisco Webex. Video interviews.

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Hiring Employee Software Review Due Diligence 165

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

Presenting your startup vision as a founder to a potential investor, or presenting an idea as an employee to an executive, requires that you effectively communicate, or “translate”, the value proposition into terms that the receiver can fully understand and appreciate. Implicit in agility is increased productivity on change initiatives.

Technology 206

Technology Agile Architecture Distribution 206

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 6, 2011

This migration to the cloud helps to meet their operational needs, as well as to reduce costs and increase agility and efficiency. It is also important to allow the organisation’s employees to have an understanding of how cloud works. Start small and let your team take gradual steps to get used to the cloud.

Cloud 223

Cloud Asia Government Mobile 223

The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Rosenberg comes fresh from managing the growth of Keyrus, a data consulting company, from 35 to 120 employees. DataRails allows companies to manage their data in Excel, operating as a front end to a cloud database , which makes it far more agile and easier to create accurate models.

Hiring 172

Hiring Software Review Customer Israel 172

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

With fewer than 10 employees but almost $2-billion dollars in the bank, they plan on jumping right in. Lean was designed to inform the founders’ vision while they operated frugally at speed. But NewTV doesn’t plan on testing these hypotheses. It’s the antithesis of the Lean Startup. And it may work. Dot Com Boom to Bust.

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Lean Burn Rate Startup IPO 335

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 2, 2020

The no-code movement is one that’s completely revolutionizing the way small- and medium-sized businesses and entrepreneurs take their operations and ideas digital, and it’s only just begun. How no-code tools work. It’s not that no-code tools don’t involve code at all. A user can build a chatbot in an afternoon.

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CTO Hire eCommerce Engineer Software 264

The Startup Magazine

JUNE 4, 2024

Cash Flow Management: Monitor your cash flow to ensure you have enough liquidity to meet operational needs. Agility: Foster a culture of agility where your team is encouraged to adapt quickly to changes. Employee Empowerment: Encourage employees to share ideas and take ownership of projects.

Technical Review 146

Technical Review Agile Audience Employee 146

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 27, 2019

The speed and agility you want? When it comes to building private cloud, the professional vendors, analysts, and practitioners focus on four basic tenets that should be in operation so that the IT department should take full advantage of the private cloud setup: Converged Infrastructure. Self Service computing offering.

Cloud 162

Cloud Software Review Agile Technical Review 162

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JULY 19, 2010

No wait, I forgot, actually the question is: What happens when employee #2 makes off with your code and roadmap and marketing data and customer list, moves to Bolivia, and starts selling your stuff world-wide at one-tenth the price? In the 90's, y'all, before that was built into all the operating systems!) Our advantage was speed.

Software Review 325

Software Review Technical Review Development Team Review Bolivia 325

Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

MAY 22, 2019

The Benefits of Innovation Training for Operational Employees. Why is it that organizations don’t invest in training operational employees? Don’t this large group of employees deserve a Brown Bag Innovation Training? And management of operations is all about control. — and their jobs.

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Operations Employee Technical Review Agile 54

David Teten

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

So here’s the solution I have recommended to some of my portfolio companies: “ agile budgeting ”, i.e., monitoring a few key variables while giving managers significant flexibility. Entrepreneur Jeff Magnusson provides a sample agile budgeting workbook. Regardless of whether you take a traditional or agile budgeting approach, Robert A.

Agile 60

Agile Management Forecast Silicon Valley 60

ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 25, 2021

Employees were getting a feel for the benefits of the arrangement, such as cutting down on commute time, improving flexibility, and even increasing productivity. Today’s HR departments and organizations rely on HR software like Rippling to handle things like payroll, benefits management, and employee device management. Remote Work.

Artificial Inteligence 150

Artificial Inteligence Algorithm Retention Software Review 150

The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 5, 2021

Increased Agility. Customer relationship management software helps startups to increase business agility. With this, startups that use CRM software for business find it easier to adapt to the changing market trends, streamline operations into a customer-centered enterprise and coordinate operations across departments.

Startup 158

Startup Campaign Agile Technical Support 158

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

OCTOBER 4, 2017

By which they mean: Without stupid rules that assume employees are dumb or evil, without everything taking ten times longer than it should, without wall-to-wall meetings, without resorting to hiring anything less than the top 1% of the talent pool, and so on. Why is this impossible when you have 500 employees? From Brittle to Robust.

Government 223

Government Startup Cofounder Technical Support 223

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 20, 2017

To be able to respond quickly and intelligently to the fast pace of change, all levels and functions in your businesses must be creative, responsive, and agile. In short, they operate confidently in uncertainty. Rule #5: Open the floodgates of employee creativity. In other words, you must practice fearless growth. Not anymore.

Technical Review 147

Technical Review Malaysia Agile Employee 147

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 27, 2014

Be agile and adapt to changing market needs – your customer’s needs are not static and they will continue to evolve. You need to remain at the forefront of such developments to avoid being commoditized or being made irrelevant. - As this happens, don’t just keep up with the competition, but be nimble and respond as an industry pacesetter.

Malaysia 206

Malaysia Indonesia Singapore Thailand 206

Hearpreneur

JANUARY 29, 2023

1- Focus on employee well-being Photo Credit: Dr. Joyce Kahng As the digital age continues to evolve, the well-being of employees should remain at the forefront. Employee well-being is an important factor in making sure that companies are running efficiently, and it should always be a top priority.

Artificial Inteligence 133

Artificial Inteligence Entrepreneur Agile Technical Review 133

ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Adapting to emerging trends and staying agile will be crucial for startups as the metaverse grows. Incorporating metaverse technologies can help fuel customer engagement, streamline business operations, and expand revenue streams. Staying informed on operational trends is also vital for startups heading into 2024.

Technical Review 133

Technical Review Generative AI Startup Agile 133

Steve Blank

MARCH 31, 2014

In fact, it was only 7 years ago that Apple shipped its first iPhone and Google introduced its Android operating system. Some companies use a suggestion box, others like Google give employees 20% of their time to work on their own projects. To manage these employees companies create metrics to control, measure and reward execution.

Private Equity 330

Private Equity Metrics China Intellectual Property 330

Gust

SEPTEMBER 16, 2012

Presenting your startup vision as a founder to a potential investor, or presenting an idea as an employee to an executive, requires that you effectively communicate, or “translate”, the value proposition into terms that the receiver can fully understand and appreciate. Implicit in agility is increased productivity on change initiatives.

Technology 162

Technology Agile Architecture Distribution 162

Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 11, 2016

Mark Raheja, founding partner at August , a consultancy focused on organizational development, will be speaking as part of the enterprise learning track at Lean Startup Week about agility at scale. In thinking about the future of corporate agility and management, what modern practices are most vital to today’s leaders?

Agile 60

Agile Lean San Francisco Technical Review 60

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 27, 2020

Everything from customer service, technical support, to back office operations are able to be outsourced as a way to reduce costs, keep up with the evolving consumer expectations, and drive a faster return on investment. Even with today’s advanced remote technology, some communication just can’t be provided via video link.

Dominican Republic 165

Dominican Republic Offshore Costa Rica Jamaica 165

The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 8, 2013

I also want to explain that it is possible to have a truly agile work environment based on small, autonomous teams. Four years ago we had around 20 employees and now there are more than 250 employees from 40 nations all working in our Berlin office. 70% of employees are working in a game team. That works very well.

Software Review 146

Software Review Agile Analytics SCRUM 146

Steve Blank

MAY 18, 2009

We agreed that all her founding CEOs seemed to have the same set of personality traits – tenacious, passionate, relentless, resilient, agile, and comfortable operating in chaos. It’s why all of you operated so well in the unpredictable environment that all startups face.”

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Founder Silicon Valley RSS China 312

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Recent research estimates that one in five employees will have an artificial intelligence (AI) system as their coworker by 2022. AI should be viewed not as a one-time fix for all operational problems, but as a tool to be leveraged only when it will be cost-effective, efficient, and culturally valuable to do so.

Artificial Inteligence 165

Artificial Inteligence San Diego Leadership B2C 165

YoungUpstarts

MARCH 12, 2012

Agile Management. On this blog, you’ll read about great ideas for becoming a more agile manager. The Agile Executive. Find out how you can take good employees and make them great ones with posts from Never Mind the Manager. Hospitality managers can find great ideas and insight for improvement through this blog.

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Management Leadership Agile Lean 178