Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 20, 2020

I’ve long been an advocate of using Lean Startup principles to advance non-profits and philanthropic organizations, whose work is so urgently needed at this moment in history. In this blog post, I want to share the story of a lean pop-up organization called HelpKitchen. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Cars line up at a drive-thru food pantry.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 19, 2011

He tells the story of how he was out of cash, stressed out, nobody in LA or Silicon Valley would give him money, he had finally found an investor in Minneapolis but his venture bank was going to shut him down for breaking a “covenant&# in their agreement by not having enough cash in the bank.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 23, 2011

We struggle with this issue every year, because we strongly encourage everyone who can to participate with their local entrepreneurship community. All I ask in return in that you pre-order the Lean Startup Book (on lean.st Strengthening ties between entrepreneurs is one of our most important values.

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 10, 2021

Minneapolis voted to defund but then no one could agree on what that actually meant. If they can’t figure it out in Minneapolis, I’m not quite sure how they’re ever going to figure it out in New York. 100% Have I heard one single transition plan from anyone with data to back it up on something I trust will work?

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Jeff Hilimire

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

That was the year that Dragon Army was really hitting its stride as a digital experience agency (for the first few years we were a mobile game studio, then a mobile development shop), and it was the year that 48in48 really started to grow significantly (we put on four events that year: Atlanta, New York, Boston, and Minneapolis).

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Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 1, 2012

One of the most important things we do with The Lean Startup Conference is make a livestream of the plenary talks available for free to groups around the world, supporting entrepreneurship communities everywhere. The number of hosts has grown annually, and this year, we have 200+ groups joining us on Monday, December 3.

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