Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 26, 2015

Business agility is defined as the ability to adapt rapidly and cost efficiently. Moving forward, you should expect the market volatility to increase, driven not only by customers, but by new technology, changing government regulations, and a surge in new competitors. It all starts with agile leadership.

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Board Effect

JANUARY 15, 2020

Depending on the average age of the board directors and senior executives, organizations may have top corporate leadership teams that are primarily digital conservatives. It’s important for organizations to develop best practices for digital governance, especially in industries that are highly regulated. What Is Digital Governance?

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 18, 2022

The Hedge Strategy – Create “the small, the agile, and the many”. In a world where the large and the complex are either too expensive to generate en masse or potentially too vulnerable to put at risk, “the small, the agile, and the many” has the potential to define the future of Navy formations. ONR’s plan is to move boldly.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 17, 2011

Not only is the private sector suffering, but huge budget deficits mean the government sector is feeling the pain as well. Yes, budget battles in state and local governments have led to extreme, never-before-seen cuts in education budgets — thousands of teacher layoffs and the slashing of music, athletic, gifted, and other programs.

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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?

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Occam's Razor

APRIL 15, 2019

Even with the limitations of tools, government regulations, and the astonishing fragmentation of everything (attention, devices, consumption sources, identities and more). Four Negative Data Leadership Archetypes. I had an opportunity to spend time with him and his leadership team. Long-term…. : (. Paul Polman.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Agile is widely using in software development and is especially suitable for projects where requirements are uncertain at the start. Black Belt training builds on these techniques but includes project management skills such as meeting management, team management, business cases and leadership skills. Governance themes.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 18, 2011

Smart entrepreneurs are making changes now, to be more agile in defining strategy, making organizational changes, and analyzing markets for change. Look for new volatility, caused by inflation or deflation, new government regulations, and of course new technology and even more determined competitors. Proactive pursuit of new markets.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

As a business and entrepreneur advisor, I have no trouble getting owners and managers to agree that change is happening faster and faster in the consumer and technology world, requiring them to keep their business more agile , just to keep up. Crisis-driven agility is not enough today.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 19, 2012

Smart entrepreneurs are making changes now, to be more agile in defining strategy, making organizational changes, and analyzing markets for change. Look for new volatility, caused by inflation or deflation, new government regulations, and of course new technology and even more determined competitors. Proactive pursuit of new markets.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 6, 2009

Forty years before Agile Development methodologies became popular, ESL had analysts from its &# customer&# sitting side-by-side with ESL engineers designing new equipment together. The Arms Factories that Won the Cold War Were Semiconductor Factories Who was the government official pushing all of this?

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The Startup Magazine

MAY 9, 2024

Corporate governance expert Nygina Mills discusses the critical role of compliance in building resilient businesses that can withstand regulatory and market changes. Effective compliance programs not only detect and prevent violations but also position a company to react agilely to legislative changes.

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The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Corporate governance goes beyond mere terminology; it forms the very backbone of any thriving enterprise. In the ever-evolving arena of modern business, emphasising strong governance is indispensable. Let’s delve into the pivotal factors currently shaping corporate governance.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 13, 2021

We have taken time as a community and leadership team to reflect and set short and long-term goals and build programs to support and grow member success over time. 8-Stay agile. 2020 was a year of many lessons, but if I had to pick one takeaway, it would be the importance of agility. Photo Credit: Calista Redmond.

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 31, 2018

Getting the blessing of department heads and other leadership gives staff freedom to participate fully in the process. We’re super lean and agile,” says Ortiz Shields, who works with two researchers in the city’s Office of Design & Delivery. Her advice: start top down with each office and get buy-in.

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 23, 2020

I take these ideas into my leadership style and I know as long as I am growing, I am living life to the fullest. This process helps me to think differently, giving me the agility to think fast on my feet. I thrive on building a strong team and working dynamically together. Thanks to Ivy Slater, Slater Success ! #20-

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 16, 2010

Smart entrepreneurs are making changes now, to be more agile in defining strategy, making organizational changes, and analyzing markets for change. Look for new volatility, caused by inflation or deflation, new government regulations, and of course new technology and even more determined competitors. Proactive pursuit of new markets.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 20, 2023

17:50] Is there a correlation between leadership inside of an industry by how digital it is? [19:02] And there's a bit of a sense that digital was a bit sort of the wild west in terms of, oh, it's all about agile and people improvise the method and you can't measure things as well. Do you really have a proper agile operating model?

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David Teten

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

We assume it will be a 2-3 day discussion, but may be much longer, because of the CR (Continuing Resolution) to fund the government overall. Dickinson: If government shuts down, only political appointees can work. We’ve revectored to an agile development methodology. We got new leadership coming in. confusing I.B.M.,

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 12, 2012

We write often about a focus on iteration and agility in startups. At the heart of today’s cynicism about our government and out leaders in Washington is their seeming intractability and their inability to compromise and cooperate. Politicians adjust.

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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. Rapid implementation also allows leadership to make quicker decisions on where, when, and how to apply resources. Always Be Measuring. To think differently…be different.

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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. Rapid implementation also allows leadership to make quicker decisions on where, when, and how to apply resources. Always Be Measuring. To think differently…be different.

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

APRIL 16, 2024

Sustainability reporting, particularly about environmental, social, and governance (ESG) criteria, has burgeoned as a fundamental vehicle through which companies can reflect their operations’ social responsibility and commitment to sustainable development practices. It’s a benchmarking tool that can foster competitive advantages.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 29, 2016

We tend to associate the government with words like bureaucracy rather than lean innovation. But smart people within government agencies are working to change the culture and embrace new ways of doing things. The National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA) is a great example. The NGA, an organization within the U.S.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 29, 2016

We tend to associate the government with words like bureaucracy rather than lean innovation. But smart people within government agencies are working to change the culture and embrace new ways of doing things. The National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA) is a great example. The NGA, an organization within the U.S.

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Steve Blank

MAY 29, 2019

With the nature of work changing, the core skills entrepreneurs need to know to become practitioners are actually core skills that everybody will need to know to get a job: creativity, agility, resilience, tenacity, curiosity. But this type of innovation requires leadership who understands that is their goal.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 12, 2019

Past leadership success is definitely a competitive advantage. Many markets, including government and education, are especially difficult to penetrate, and connections to public leaders are very valuable. Promote any inside relationships or customer base.

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Board Effect

MARCH 17, 2021

Nonprofit boards that are performing marginally will find it difficult to attract and retain quality talent for the board and executive leadership positions. BoardEffect’s goal is to simplify and streamline governance processes so your board can focus on getting the important work done.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 7, 2009

You don’t get grades for having resiliency, curiosity, agility, resourcefulness, pattern recognition and tenacity. There’s a big difference between being an employee at a great technology company and having the guts to start one. You just get successful. Steve Blank [.] Midas Oracle.NET , on August 30, 2009 at 11:53 pm Said: [.]

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 7, 2020

While the government in nations like the UK moved swiftly to offer various financial support schemes, when these are withdrawn in the coming months and businesses are left to their own devices, it’s unclear which will sink or swim. To say that the Covid-19 pandemic has been challenging for businesses is a massive understatement.

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Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

PayPal, under the leadership of David Marcus and Bill Scott, re-defining and re-engineering itself by embracing Lean Startup to improve the product experience. Struggling to explain the successes and failures of those companies, I discussed principles like continuous deployment, customer development, and a hyper-accelerated form of agile.

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Board Effect

DECEMBER 23, 2020

Best practices for non-profit governance suggest that you comprise an executive committee that consists of your officers, board chair, and executive director. By design, executive committees were developed to help boards be more agile and prioritize the most important issues for boards to address.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 15, 2019

The type of disruption most companies and government agencies are facing is a once-in-every-few-centuries event. Ultimately, companies and government agencies need to stop doing this or they will fail. By process I mean all the tools that allow companies and government to scale repeatable execution. Process Versus Product.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 19, 2013

Markets, governments, and cultures are shifting. Adaptive Action – as described in our book to help big corporations, slow-moving school systems, and government agencies mired in bureaucracy move from where they are to where they need to be – is as simple as it is powerful. Many people desperately need to hear this message.

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Steve Blank

MAY 12, 2015

After seeing the results of 500+ teams through the I-Corps, the NSF now offers all teams who’ve received government funding to start a company an introduction to building a Lean Startup. small businesses to turn Government-funded research into commercial businesses. Here’s Edmund’s description of the I-Corps Lite program. Eleven U.S.

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Board Effect

JULY 14, 2022

If you have all the right qualities and leadership characteristics for an animal rescue nonprofit but don’t own any pets and aren’t crazy about animals, it’s not the best fit. Fiduciary duties are a central part of good governance. Be flexible, agile, and available for however long it lasts.

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Board Effect

APRIL 14, 2021

Funding from governments and donors is competitive and scarce. Leadership succession planning. It takes a skilled, results-oriented board that’s agile and adaptable to changing conditions and is committed to leveraging the right digital tools to make their vision come to life. Adaptability. Strategic planning. Create Value.

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