crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 27, 2013

We write often about ways small business can reduce expense, increase productivity, and operate more efficiently through a lean approach to marketing, technology, and operations. According to the United States General Service Administration (USGSA) study , 218 rentable square feet per employee is a reasonable benchmark.

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 11, 2022

Joe Felter , Raj Shah and I designed the class to give our students insights on how commercial technology (AI, machine learning, autonomy, cyber, quantum, semiconductors, access to space, biotech, hypersonics, and others) will shape how we employ all the elements of national power (our influence and footprint on the world stage).

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Steve Blank

MAY 23, 2016

National Science Foundation adopted this class, now called the Innovation Corps, as the basis of commercializing science in the Unites States. This unorthodox idea has become a movement …called The Lean Startup – and has led to entirely new ways to start companies, commercialize science, and think about innovation.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 26, 2009

Our friends who run the state park surrounding our ranch will join all of us for Thanksgiving dinner. So no post today on entrepreneurship, Secret History of Silicon Valley, Customer Development, Lean Startups, etc. Theme: Digg 3 Column by WP Designer. Just a reflection on my family and hopes for our children.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 31, 2016

The cross-disciplinary class brings students from widely divergent backgrounds together in teams of three to five, each aiming to tackle a gnarly international problem vexing Foggy Bottom in just 10 weeks by applying Lean LaunchPad methodology. State Department and see what products you can come up with to solve them.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 22, 2010

The United States is locked in a new arms race for that most precious resource -- the future entrepreneurs upon whom economic growth depends. The United States is locked in a new arms race for that most precious resource -- the future entrepreneurs upon whom economic growth depends. Expo SF (May.

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 8, 2023

of purchases were made via mobile devices in the United States, as Statista reported. Here is a list of my favorite publications worth following: Practical E-commerce and Digital Commerce 360 provide an overview of the e-commerce industry and its direction, whether in marketing, design, or analytics. Only in 2021, 72.9%

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Steve Blank

APRIL 27, 2009

In December 1941, the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor, and Germany declares war on the United States. So they systematically designed electronic devices called “jammers&# to shut down each part of the German air defense system. That led me back to the history of radar in World War II – and a story you may not know.

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

Botanical Bounty needs to establish its reputation as a highly-efficient, high-potency medicinal herb grower, and one effective and inexpensive way to do that would be to lean on loyal customer testimonials in the company’s marketing strategy. Customer testimonials. Sales channel relationships. About the company. About the company.

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

This philosophy comes from The Lean Startup methodology , which relies on testing hypotheses to better understand your customers’ pain points and goals. Such as UK-based money app Cleo’s expansion into the United States : Cleo’s marketing team might test actions like: Regional or global expansion. Designing your experiment.

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Steve Blank

JULY 28, 2011

The cultural tolerance for failure and experimentation, and a financial structure which balanced risk, return and obscene returns, allowed this system flourish in technology clusters in United States, particularly in Silicon Valley. And Stanford’s Lean LaunchPad class could do just that. Yet this system isn’t perfect.

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Steve Blank

JULY 25, 2011

In the 1950’s the groundwork for a culture and environment of entrepreneurship were taking shape on the east and west coasts of the United States. Starting this Thursday, scientists and engineers across the United States will once again set the rules. Filed under: Lean LaunchPad , Venture Capital.

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Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

Last May, I shared the news that long-time Lean Startup advocates Brant Cooper and Patrick Vlaskovits were working on a new book called The Lean Entrepreneur featuring illustrations by FAKEGRIMLOCK. LitMotors approach to using Lean Startup to create a new vehicle category. That new book is about to hit bookstores everywhere.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

Here’s her story of the Lean innovation accelerator she’s built for the Marines. If you asked 100 people to describe a United States Marine , they would probably use words such as “Warrior,” “Fierce,” “Patriot,” “Honorable,” and “Tough.”

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

Here’s her story of the Lean innovation accelerator she’s built for the Marines. If you asked 100 people to describe a United States Marine , they would probably use words such as “Warrior,” “Fierce,” “Patriot,” “Honorable,” and “Tough.”

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

The Lean Startup is a process for turning ideas into commercial ventures. While the Lean Startup gave us a process for turning ideas into businesses – what’s left unanswered was, “Where do the ideas come from? Its premise is that startups begin with a series of untested hypotheses. How do you get them?”

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 29, 2020

A company had trademarked our brand name under our product category with United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). However, out of this experience, I learned two important lessons: First, I learned how to build a website using a web design platform. Although the products were entirely different they had us pinned.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 4, 2016

State Department and asks students to use Lean Methods to test their understanding of the problem and deliver rapid-fire innovative solutions to pressing diplomacy, development and foreign policy challenges. The State Department has four main foreign policy goals: Protect the United States and Americans.

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Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

He’s been designing the Social Media Marketing World experience for over a decade. It's been designing the social media marketing world experience for over a decade, drawing from over 25 years in creating customized events. And when you've got a bunch of meaningful moments, it's been designed for you. This is John Jantsch.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 11, 2012

———– The Lean LaunchPad class for the National Science Foundation (NSF). Over the last 6 months, we’ve been teaching a version of the Lean LaunchPad class for the National Science Foundation Innovation Corps. In an incubator, the Lean LaunchPad develops angel or venture-funded startups. Lessons Learned.

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Occam's Razor

OCTOBER 14, 2020

I've come to understand that IiB has a very specific design language, texture, and philosophy that has come to define them. For this, he has my eternal gratitude on behalf of those who society and politicians don’t usually listen to in the United States. It was probably designed by the Doctors in TMA. Obamacare).

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

One of our Bplans writers described going into business in cannabis as a “ once-in-a-generation opportunity ,” with the product rapidly becoming legal for recreational as well as medical use in many states. If you simply want to map out the aspects of your business for internal use, you can consider a Lean Business Plan. Conclusion.

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ConversionXL

AUGUST 8, 2018

LinkedIn’s May 2018 Workforce Report revealed a 230,000-person shortage in the United States for marketing skills, with demand highest in major cities. Still, robust, quantitative ROI models, though more persuasive in the c-suite, lean on qualitative components, too. “Hiring top talent” was immediately below, at 22%.

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Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

My visit took place courtesy of the Young Transatlantic Innovative Leaders Initiative (YTILI), a State Department program implemented by the German Marshall Fund of the United States. Early adopters, especially those who are willing to pay for novel services, are the lifeblood of lean startups.

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Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 15, 2013

As with everything new that grows quickly, it’s a chaotic system with lots of innovation, creative destruction, and rapid change and learning that – if done well – is a great example of the power of the Lean Startup approach to entrepreneurship. Provide some sort of seed capital to their founders.

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Hearpreneur

JULY 8, 2017

The daily program encourages a balanced eating plan of fruit, vegetables, lean protein, and complex carbohydrates while monitoring portion sizes. Physical activity recommendations gradually guide our members from simple walking, on to vigorous strength and cardiovascular training that helps replace excess fat with lean muscle.

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ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

The two options aren’t mutually exclusive: If you hire an agency, you can lean on them to help you build and run (or speed up) an in-house CRO program. Experts are hard to source, and expensive—an average of $76,000 in the United States , according to Payscale. No one to implement changes. Communicating everything is key.”.

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Steve Blank

MAY 29, 2019

Lean LaunchPad class developed for Stanford. My contribution has been, “Why don’t we design classes more closely modeled to what innovators and entrepreneurs actually do.” And the Lean LaunchPad class I developed at Stanford was the first such class. And the Lean LaunchPad class I developed at Stanford was the first such class.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 4, 2016

State Department and asks students to use Lean Methods to test their understanding of the problem and deliver rapid-fire innovative solutions to pressing diplomacy, development and foreign policy challenges. The State Department has four main foreign policy goals: Protect the United States and Americans.

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Steve Blank

MAY 3, 2011

The Stanford Lean LaunchPad class was an experiment in a new model of teaching startup entrepreneurship. Last week the team did mass interviews of city officials across the United States to understand the project approval process inside a city. Filed under: Business Model versus Business Plan , Lean LaunchPad , Teaching.

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Up and Running

MARCH 9, 2016

Luckily, I’ve done the research for you and picked out the top small business-friendly cities in the United States. Cities with engaging, information-packed sites lean more toward being small business-friendly than those with poorly built, spammy-looking websites. Note: These are selections based on my personal opinion.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 21, 2010

Theme: Digg 3 Column by WP Designer. Translation: They write checks for $100 Million dollars a year.) The Churchill Club , Silicon Valley’s largest public affairs organization, invited Carl Schramm , president and CEO of the Kauffman Foundation and I to talk about entrepreneurship. Blog at WordPress.com.

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The Next Web

JANUARY 4, 2014

The Next Web, for one, started out as a conference and now hold annual events in Europe, United States, and Latin America. Lean Startup Conference. He runs the Lean Startup Conference. Digital Life Design conference. However, we know travel and tickets can be costly, both in terms of actual dollars and time spent.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 19, 2009

The idea is to enable up to 10,000 people per year to enter the United States if they are here to found a company that will employ US citizens. The EB-5 visa is designed for foreign investors to get a green card if they are willing to bring capital to the US and create at least ten full-time jobs. The Geeks are doing their part.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Many tools designed for B2B marketing in general are also relevant to investors. For our content creation, we use tools such as Canva (graphic design) and GoToStage (webinars platform) to create and share content for prospects to find.”. It sounds simple; however, very few asset managers actually do it.” 3) Raise capital.

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Up and Running

MARCH 1, 2016

You can do this on your own too using the lean planning methodology. Not only will this impact how you design the product, but also where you distribute it, and how you market it. I’m not just talking about a 3D-printed mockup of your product, but a real-life working design. See Also: 10 Tools to Design Your Best Product Yet.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

The United States is the 3rd most startup-friendly nation in the world, behind Germany and Japan, according to US News, but startup entrepreneurs in America still need to keep operating costs under tight control in order to build their companies and make them profitable.

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