Steve Blank

OCTOBER 17, 2017

Together Pete, Joe Felter and I created Hacking for Defense , a nationwide program to teach university students how use Lean methodologies to solve defense and national security problems. Solution 2: Use the McKinsey Three Horizons Model to differentiate among the three types.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

Guest post by Lisa Regan, writer for The Lean Startup Conference. Our fall webcast series concluded on a high note with three extraordinary conversations about the origins and implications of Lean Startup. Our final webcast of the season was organized in response to intense interest from our community around Lean Startup in education.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 19, 2013

Guest post by Lisa Regan, writer for The Lean Startup Conference. As we’ve mentioned before , this year’s Lean Startup Conference features a lot of speakers who have incredible expertise to share but are new to our event. There are two questions that I recommend startups use to differentiate between being liked versus being loved.

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Up and Running

JULY 6, 2016

Establish technology as a differentiator, when it is. Even if technology isn’t the driving force of your business or your main differentiator, these days, almost all businesses have to manage technology as part of branding, marketing, and communications. For business owners, I recommend a lean business plan as a dashboard and GPS.

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Up and Running

MAY 28, 2015

We recently had Tim Berry, Palo Alto Software founder and business planning expert, present our Bplans audience with his latest advice on lean business planning. Start your lean business plan today: Download our Free Lean Plan Template one-page-pitch-download.pdf. I’m going to start with what’s a lean business plan.

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Growth marketing borrows a concept from the lean startup methodology. They work to improve top-of-funnel metrics like brand awareness and identify opportunities to improve customer activation, retention, and referral efforts. If your campaign works and your brand awareness metrics improve, you win. What are “pirate metrics?”.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 25, 2009

When we looked at the color graphics board market, our competitors had defined the market as one measured by technical metrics: screen resolution, number of bits of color, screen refresh rates, acceleration, etc. It didn’t take much imagination to realize that what we had to do was to tell our story around one key metric performance ?

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 6, 2020

The days of creating amazing content, paying for advertisement, and then leaning back on your chair to get great results are essentially over. Having this content on your landing pages and social media accounts will help you differentiate your ideas and solutions to those of other brands. Place the form in the upper right corner.

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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. To truly differentiate your brand, center your growth strategy around creating unique and personalized customer experiences. Failing fast is different from failing often. Image source.

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ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

We can’t rely on install metrics alone to substantiate success. Otherwise, you’ll live in an inflated metrics loop that doesn’t reflect true, long-term value. Stand out from the crowd with brand differentiation. Everyone wants their app to stand out, but you can’t differentiate on features alone.

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Up and Running

MAY 23, 2016

Step 1: Start with a lean plan. It’s the fastest way to get your idea onto paper, and it’s the very first step in the lean planning process, which is much easier and more iterative than traditional business planning methods. Introducing Lean Planning: How to Plan Less and Grow Faster. How to Write a Traditional Business Plan.

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Is it differentiated from other products in its competitive set? But particularly when you’re running lean and mean, you may not have native expertise in every aspect of managing a startup. Time spent on-page is a related metric you may also want to track. Is there a well-defined, sustainable market for your product?

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Key metrics: Average View Duration, Click Through Rate, & Views 3. Refine titles, thumbnails, and content to increase those metrics — Eric Bandholz (@bandholz) November 24, 2020. I lean on these YouTube channels for info on the YouTube algorithm: Little Monster Media Co ; Derral Eves ; Roberto Blake ; Tim Schmoyer.

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Up and Running

APRIL 9, 2019

Just like the Lean Planning approach to business planning, less is more. In another session, we realized, as a group, that our key differentiator was the know-how and how-to built into our software. . Our SWOT sessions took only an hour or two. We used a whiteboard and worked on bullet points.

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ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

The ad that performed the best on average , especially for quantitative metrics, delivers your typically inoffensive McDonald’s spot—the safety scissors of the ad world. We’re not afraid to lean into hostile brand territory—especially because completing a Minidegree or learning A/B testing statistics does take commitment.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 27, 2013

But when you look at it through the framework you just laid out, they’d been working for years already at the Italian, very differentiated coffee shop concept and they were very invested in it, and you can imagine them feeling like, “What if we end up just being another bland American coffee purveyor and we miss a chance?”

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 18, 2010

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Sunday, April 18, 2010 Four myths about the Lean Startup Myth: Lean means cheap. Lean startups try to spend as little money as possible. Truth: The Lean Startup method is not about cost, it is about speed. Myth: The Lean Startup methodology is only for Web 2.0/internet/consumer

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

If you simply want to map out the aspects of your business for internal use, you can consider a Lean Business Plan. With the rise of new cannabis companies, it is important to differentiate your cannabis company from the competition, whether you are opening a farm, extraction operation, or dispensary. Milestones and metrics.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 21, 2014

Given the number of funding resources available today, you shouldn’t have too much of a problem getting that initial start-up cash, especially if you focus on a lean business model or MVP route to market. If nothing else, familiarize yourself with your key financial metrics from the start. You can do it even if you start from home.

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crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2018

There are three parts to a good competitive analysis: (1) defining the metrics and identifying the competitors you’re comparing, (2) gathering the data, and (3) the analysis. Your brand positioning explains how your company differentiates in the marketplace and how you are different from your competitors. How do you begin?

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ConversionXL

MAY 29, 2019

For the SaaS 250, the strongest correlation (0.87) between subscribers and any other key metric (videos, views, channel age) was with the quantity of videos published. Ultimately, the primary success metric for a YouTube channel is subscribers, not views. Briggs narrows the long list down to one key metric: watch time.

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Brandanew

OCTOBER 13, 2015

Some of the quantitative metrics that companies use to measure their Content Marketing success include: a) Traffic. As I shared earlier, social media trends for 2016 are leaning towards videos. It is your sole brand differentiator and just like age old branding, it will continue to be key. b) Sales lead quality/ quantity.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 15, 2010

Do they have metrics and a methodology they use for early stage companies that differs from companies that have already found a business model? Lean Startups ? What metrics are they going to use to measure progress in a board meeting? Ask potential investors, how will they measure progress for the company and you as a CEO?

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Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

John Jantsch: So you in the Value Builder System kind of lean on these drivers of salability kind of the things that people use to determine or demonstrate that a company has value. I love looking at cost per account acquired as a key metric to share with potential acquirers. So it’s important.

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betashop.com

OCTOBER 8, 2012

Very hard to do, but it’s what differentiates great companies from good companies. Find one person, make them your sherpa, and lean on them. I’ve leaned on Allen Morgan for the last 8 years through 4 companies and all sorts of ups and downs and twist and turns. Jason is also an investor in and Board Member at RJ Metrics.

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The Startup Magazine

APRIL 12, 2023

By understanding your competition and the methods they use to succeed in the market, you can identify opportunities for differentiation and improvement in your business strategy. By understanding your competition and its strengths and weaknesses, you can identify areas for differentiation and improvement in your business strategy.

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www.women2.org

MARCH 8, 2012

What differentiates FounderDating is the quality of our members: they excel at what they do, are passionate about innovation, and are committed to starting a new company in the very short-term. The Alchemist Series: Customer Development and Metrics. FounderDating brings together super talented, handpicked entrepreneurs with different.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 27, 2009

What differentiates this model from "free serves paid" is that the free users dont need to consciously do anything special to be valuable. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. Amazing lean startup resources Is Entrepreneurship a Management Science? Expo SF (May. Conference streaming, sponsors, discounted tickets.

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 9, 2016

. “Growth hackers have a passion for tracking and moving a metric. Without metrics or data, a growth hacker can feel out of place and uncomfortably exposed. This strong bias towards data drives a growth hacker away from vanity metrics towards metrics that will make or break the business.” ” Creativity.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

In future posts I’ll describe how Eric Ries and the Lean Startup concept provided the equivalent model for product development activities inside the building and neatly integrates customer and agile development. Not All Startups Are Alike There’s an urban legend that Eskimos-Aleuts have more words to describe snow than other cultures.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 1, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Friday, May 1, 2009 Lean Startup webcast post-game Wow, what an incredible turnout for webcast this morning, right on the heels of a phenomenal crowd at startup2startup last night. Its been a great twelve hours for the lean startup! wogsland : Still not understanding the "lean" aspect. What a thrill.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 20, 2015

Money when you find product / market fit is an extreme differentiator. I know in my bones that there is a magic moment where capital plays a hugely differentiating role. I’ve seen many a VC firm argue that “if we give them $10 million then they will massively pull away from competition and we crowd out the market.”

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Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 11, 2009

Identity value - This is the strongest source of value of all, and its a little tricky to differentiate from the preceding two sources. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. Amazing lean startup resources Is Entrepreneurship a Management Science? For example, take your average Mac fanatic. Expo SF (May.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 12, 2015

You need to think of business planning from a lean perspective, and it’s just enough to get you to the right place. It is lean. Why do I talk about it as being a process, and lean. The whole idea is to actively plan, and to engage in a lean-planning process, which is all about making sure that you keep on track.

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ConversionXL

MARCH 24, 2016

Equally valuable is finding activities that correlate with higher customer success – whether that be RPV, LTV, or whatever metric you’re optimizing for. But how do you find these correlative metrics? What’s a Correlative Metric? But it does act as a predictive metric that you can explore with testing.

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Up and Running

JULY 12, 2016

For lean business plans, operational plans, and strategic plans to be used by startup founders, owners, and management team, company history may be overkill. That might be with strategy, tactics, milestones, metrics, or projected sales and spending. In a lean plan, for owners and management team, history is rarely relevant.

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Aymeric Gaurat-Apelli

JULY 1, 2010

Out of the box, Clicky gives you actionable metrics, rather than a awful lot of useless data. Something that differentiates MixPanel from other solution is the ability to track server side events too. when you are not outside the building interviewing them) Other articles you might like Lean startups, beware the social debt! (3)

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