SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

There are a few cases where you somewhat need to see the system operating to have a sense of the value. Again, putting something down on paper (wireframes, graphic comps) and getting feedback from potential users can tell you most of what you would learn from a working MVP.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 29, 2017

by Quan Heng Lim, Cyber-Operations Consultant at Horangi. Agile Methodology.”. Let’s take the typical conditions, looking at cybersecurity both within the product and the environment it is operating in. Is agile & secure development a mismatch? Quan Heng Lim is a Cyber Operations Consultant for Horangi.

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The Startup Magazine

MARCH 8, 2020

Chief amongst these mistakes is the belief that your company can maintain a sluggish, sordid presence on popular platforms instead of needing an agile, fresh-faced approach. Do you have an agile social media policy? How to improve social media agility. Here’s how to determine if you’re making the best of social media.

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The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 13, 2024

Understanding the Need for Workflow Efficiency In the dynamic landscape of modern businesses, the pressure to enhance operational efficiency and effectiveness is unrelenting. Whether you’re a startup or a multinational corporation, the need for agile and streamlined workflows is universal.

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Technical Review Software Review Agile Operations 167

The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 25, 2024

Using Agile Methodology a Flexible Framework for Challenges The Agile technique is a guiding light for entrepreneurs looking for flexibility in project management. By dividing projects into smaller, more manageable chunks, agile becomes the compass that teams need to navigate uncertainty.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 30, 2014

And just this past April, Apple announced its plans to release its next OS X operating system in public beta. Sam Bahreini, a seasoned operations officer and agile entrepreneur, is co-founder and COO of VoloForce , a company that helps enterprise retail brands understand organization implementation through automation and simplification.

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Customer Development Team Review Cofounder Agile 231

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. Team Neurosmart – Optimizing Performance of Special Operators. Team Salus – Patching Operational Systems to Keep them Secure. Stay tuned.

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The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

Businesses also demand flexibility, choice, agility, and cost-effectiveness from these enabling technologies to ensure that business capabilities can change with demand, market, trade mission, and more. The creation of Unix operating systems prompted a standardization of hardware and software into more focused and manageable systems.

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Technical Review Software Review Technology Architecture 158

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

agile sales process? how should a VC do due diligence on sales operations? getting past the assistant. when to call. is it OK to call an exec on his mobile phone. how to handle intros. What is your sales process? call high or call low? how do you forecast? how do you do pipeline reviews? Telesales versus field sales?

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Software Review Sales Due Diligence Startup 300

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 15, 2019

These processes reduce risk to an overall organization, but each layer of process reduces the ability to be agile and lean and – most importantly – responsive to new opportunities and threats. And by product, I mean the creation of new hardware, services, software, tools, operations, tradecraft, etc.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 17, 2017

Some are strategic peers, some are near peers in specific areas, some are threats as non-state disrupters operating with no rules. Army’s Rapid Equipping Force on the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan finding and deploying technology solutions against agile insurgents. Newell ran the U.S.

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The Startup Magazine

JUNE 29, 2023

The integration of technology into various aspects of business operations has become essential for organizations to remain competitive, deliver exceptional customer experiences, and drive innovation.

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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.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 30, 2012

The class teaches founders how to dramatically reduce their failure rate through the combination of business model design, customer development and agile development using the Startup Owners Manual. It doesn’t take equity and just has a small fee that varies by city ($140 to $299), to cover event operations and expenses.

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The Startup Magazine

MAY 3, 2024

Set Boundaries, Respect Them As Pavel Perlov states, setting boundaries goes beyond choosing work hours; it involves creating explicit operational rules for oneself, one’s team, and clients. Automate repetitive tasks, develop standard operating procedures, and empower your team with the autonomy to own their responsibilities.

Technical Review 166

Technical Review Startup Agile Software Review 166

YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Marketing automation software will help to create logical buyer journeys, provide data insights that drive targeting the most valuable customers and prospects, and enable agile development and optimization of marketing campaigns that ensure that you are maximizing your marketing investment to drive revenue. Project management tools.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Operating the systems within your business is surely second-nature to many. If done sensibly and securely, remote working can be incredibly advantageous for any flexible and agile business. Essential Solutions. But don’t let surprising technical issues put a dent in your team’s productivity!

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Technical Review Software Review Security Agile 246

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 27, 2013

He has grown our US operations from 1 employee (him) to a global organization of 75 employees that will finish the year with 8-digit revenues (90+% recurring) and more than 350% year-over-year growth. The Agile Board. What Rob wrote in his post is right. Rob is one of the most driven and successful CEOs I work with. Board Meetings.

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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.

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Incubator Startup Software Developers Software Development 188

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.); Sandberg had been the vice president of global online sales and operations.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

Lean was designed to inform the founders’ vision while they operated frugally at speed. This allowed startups to build Minimal Viable Products (MVPs) – incremental and iterative prototypes – and put them in front of a large number of customers to get immediate feedback. The result?

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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.

Technical Review 132

Technical Review Agile Startup Software Review 132

Steve Blank

MARCH 15, 2017

It dawned on me that we had a department full of people with titles describing process-centric execution while we were in environment that required relentless agility and speed with urgency. But what I wanted was an agile marketing team capable of operating independently without day-to-day direction.

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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.

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Cloud Software Review Agile Technical Review 162

The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

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.

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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.

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Campaign Startup Agile Technical Support 158

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

SEPTEMBER 14, 2017

It seemed to make sense to have have all the parties represented at the committee, so lots of people attended – program managers who controlled the budget, the developers responsible for maintaining and enhancing the current product and building new ones, and representatives from the operating divisions who needed and would use these products.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 29, 2020

By disrupting the Service Provider space, DriveNets effectively offers operators many more solutions to cost effectively scale up and achieve organizational goals. Varada’s mission is clear: ‘… Bring agility to any data-driven business and enable ad hoc, interactive analytics on any data without friction.’

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Cofounder Software Review Israel Technical Cofounder 147

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.

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The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

This change has presented a challenge for the news and media companies to adopt digital technologies for their business operations. Staying agile and adapting to changes. This can be seen from the rapid rise of media outlets such as Amazon, Netflix, and YouTube among others.

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API Media Agile Technical Review 141

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.

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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. Tech Integration: Adopt the latest technologies that can streamline operations and enhance customer experience.

Technical Review 146

Technical Review Agile Audience Employee 146

Steve Blank

JANUARY 30, 2013

It’s hard to get ideas outside of a company’s current business model get traction (given that the projects have to get buy-in from operating execs) – encouraging spin-offs is a tactic worth considering to keep the ideas flowing. Lessons Learned.

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Programming Technical Review Incubator Intellectual Property 273

The Startup Magazine

MARCH 7, 2024

Companies are turning to AI to streamline their operations, notably in areas like customer service, cybersecurity, and fraud prevention. What’s more, organizations equipped with scalable AI solutions are more agile in navigating unexpected changes and industry fluctuations. Guest Author: Danish Ahmed, Founder of startuptools.ai.

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Artificial Inteligence Entrepreneur Algorithm Cofounder 155

Hearpreneur

JANUARY 29, 2023

By gaining insight into their customer’s behavior and preferences, businesses can identify which technologies will have the most impact on their current operations and help them to stay ahead of their competitors. Business owners have had to pivot their operations quickly to stay competitive while adapting to the ever-changing environment.

Artificial Inteligence 133

Artificial Inteligence Entrepreneur Agile Technical Review 133

Steve Blank

JUNE 12, 2020

All the teams used the Mission Model Canvas , (videos here ) 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. Jeff Decker a Stanford social science researcher. Jeff served in the U.S.

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