Steve Blank

APRIL 4, 2011

The Stanford Lean LaunchPad class was an experiment in a new model of teaching startup entrepreneurship. by modeling wind speed, energy costs, homeownership density and green energy incentives. Filed under: Business Model versus Business Plan , Customer Development , Lean LaunchPad , Teaching. This post is part four.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Lean Six Sigma. Whereas Six Sigma is focused on achieving consistent results, Lean Six Sigma aims to increase flow by reducing wastage and shortening cycle times. Whereas Six Sigma is focused on achieving consistent results, Lean Six Sigma aims to increase flow by reducing wastage and shortening cycle times.

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Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 22, 2009

May 16, 2009 1:52 PM Todd Green said. You can find out more at: manning.com/sande Many thanks in advance, Todd -- Todd Green Manning Publications Co. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. Amazing lean startup resources Is Entrepreneurship a Management Science? Hello Eric, Great post. Good Post. Expo SF (May.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2011

When he tells his stories from the 1990′s your realize that he was probably the original “lean startup.&# If there was, they would green light the project and if not they were likely to shut it down & move on to the next project unless the team was super passionate about continuing.

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Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 8, 2008

For those of you with some background in lean manufacturing, you may notice that integration risk sounds a lot like work-in-progress inventory. Generally, if all tests pass, its happy (a green build) and if any tests fail, it will notify you by email. As with many lean startup practices, its getting started thats the hard part.

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Steve Blank

JULY 25, 2023

Now at Imperial College Business School and Co-Founder of the Wicked Acceleration Labs , Cristobal and I wondered if we could combine the tenets of Lean (get out of the building, build MVPs, run experiments, move with speed and urgency) with the expanded toolset developed by researchers who work on Wicked problems and Systems’ Thinking.

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The Startup Magazine

JULY 26, 2021

Here are a few cost-saving rules all manufacturers need to follow today: Adopt lean manufacturing. Lean Startup Feedback Loop from lean.st. With all that in mind, we can see how important it is to reduce costs to stay afloat. One of the main benefits of this measure is that it can boost efficiency while reducing invested resources.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

Guest post by Lisa Regan, writer for T he Lean Startup Conference. We’ve posted the full program for The Lean Startup Conference , and it includes more than three days of events for Gold pass holders and six days of events for VIP pass holders. On the evening of December 8, Ignite Lean Startup kicks off the conference.

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Up and Running

MARCH 11, 2020

Create a lean business plan . Green products and services. Why businesses related to green products are trending. Green products have gained popularity in this landscape, by offering quality goods that have low environmental impacts. . Growth projections for businesses selling green products and services.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 7, 2014

You’ve heard it before and it’s still true: going green saves green. For more information on greening your spaces, check out Energy Star, a program run by the U.S. “Lean is in. So go out and buy those compact fluorescent bulbs already- they can save you three quarters of your lighting bill per year!

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 12, 2012

This blog offers great advice for transforming yourself into a lean and mean manager. Find Kevin Meyer and Bill Waddell’s thoughts on lean enterprise leadership on the Evolving Excellence blog to find out how you can execute a lean enterprise strategy to become a better manager. Recommended Post: Born/Made – Yes! ).

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 5, 2013

It’s been fun watching a 20th Century entrepreneur learn new tricks as he builds his next startup, FindTheBest using Lean Methodology. Lean Start-up Connection: Business Model Canvas. By leaning on our technology, we knew we could build cheaply, we just didn’t know how cheaply. Lean Start-up Connection: Agile Development.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 15, 2013

Lean Business: Capacity Management, Overhead, and Your Business – [link]. Lean Business: Capacity Management, Overhead, and Your Business – [link]. Marc Andreessen: Not every startup should be a Lean Startup or embrace the pivot | Gigaom – [link]. Crowdsourced Workforces Rising | Xconomy – [link].

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Steve Blank

JULY 20, 2009

Looking at the green and yellows of the farms, I realized that my life lacked the same colors. With the Pacific ocean on my right and the Santa Cruz Mountains on my left, Highway 1 cut through mile after mile of farms in rural splendor. There wasn’t a single stop-light along 2-lane highway for the 45 miles from Half Moon Bay to Santa Cruz.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 24, 2009

The biggest lost opportunity of all, though, is this one: we no longer need to rely on scarcity or status-oriented measures to filter which projects should get the green light. If they don’t, there are a new breed of lean startups who understand this deep in the bones ready to take their place. 12comments: Dougvs said.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 7, 2012

Today, the first half of the Stanford Engineering Lean LaunchPad Class gave their final presentations. It’s hard to believe it’s only been a year since we taught the first 10 teams in the Stanford Lean LaunchPad class. We’ll teach over 175 NSF Innovation Corps teams in the Lean LaunchPad course in 2012. Here are the first five.

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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 12, 2013

Lean Business: Pivot Point – [link]. Lean Business: Pivot Point – [link]. The Lean Analytics Cycle: Metrics > Hypothesis > Experiment > Act – [link]. The Beautiful Design of 34 Green Business Cards | iBrandStudio – [link]. The video above is a fun look at home animals eat their food.

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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 18, 2013

Empower Your Small Business: trust & loyalty, marketing insight, lean business – [link]. crowdSPRING’s Small Business Spotlight: Rent A Green Box – [link]. Lean UX: Getting Out Of The Deliverables Business | Smashing UX Design – [link]. 25 Creative Bookmark Design Ideas for Readers – [link].

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

There’s no team to brainstorm with, no coworkers to share the workload, and no one to lean on during tough days. For instance, offering green cleaning services could appeal to environmentally conscious clients. While it’s empowering to be your own boss, it can also feel isolating. Networking can provide invaluable support and advice.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 2, 2012

Kickstart Your Lean Startup With Effective Feedback – [link]. 25 Healthy Examples of Green Themed Business Cards – [link]. Why Tech Entrepreneurs in Developing Countries Struggle to Raise Funds – [link]. 3 things entrepreneurs need to know about patent law reform – [link].

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 17, 2020

But particularly when you’re running lean and mean, you may not have native expertise in every aspect of managing a startup. In addition, using more specific keywords such as “green enchiladas,” “spicy enchiladas,” or “big fat enchiladas” can increase your chances of appearing higher in search results. Marketing is one such function.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 8, 2023

Photo Credit: James Green. Thanks to James Green, Cardboard Cutouts ! #22- Companies are now leaning toward providing a better work environment while increasing employee satisfaction. Thanks to John Myers, Myers & Myers Real Estate, Inc ! #21- 21- More outsourcing roles. 22- Wearable technology market will boom.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 12, 2016

A variety of government entities have regulations that affect manufacturers: The Department of Transportation (DOT) regulates shipping and product handling requirements , especially for hazardous materials, and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) oversees sustainability and green processes. Continuous Improvement.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

Guest post by Lisa Regan, writer for The Lean Startup Conference. In building the program for this year’s Lean Startup Conference , we’ve tried to strike a balance. To give you a sense of these practitioners, we asked some our new speakers to talk about how they use Lean Startup methods. Below are three of their takes on MVPs.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 28, 2019

Want to learn lean marketing tips for your small business? They feature content for small business owners of all stripes, as well as special feature sections for women entrepreneurs, franchisees, and green business owners. And, they write with that audience in mind. Look no further. Small Business Trends.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 3, 2014

— Its been three and a half years since I first designed and taught the Lean LaunchPad class and lots of water has gone under the bridge since then. And they were absolutely convinced what the world needed was an auto-driving lawn mover for institutions with large green spaces. Customer Development Lean LaunchPad Teaching'

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crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 10, 2013

How a 1-Page Business Model Will – and Won’t–Help Your Lean Startup | by Kevin Dewalt – [link]. Creative Showcase of Green Theme Logo Designs | Dzinepress – [link]. It’s difficult to fake corporate culture | Business Insider – [link]. 10 Myths about Startups – [link].

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 5, 2020

DeLuzio, author of “ Flatlined: Why Lean Transformations Fail and What to Do About It “ What’s the key to transforming an enterprise? If that solution is Lean — and I recommend that it is — you can’t also be riding the Six Sigma train (or any of the other tools that get confused with Lean). Going all-in.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 21, 2022

But – once put Anastatica in the water, it comes back alive, turning green, releasing leaves, and even blooming small pink flowers. Despite the drought, it can survive rough environmental conditions by rolling in a dry ball and rolling through the desert. In 2021, our business was quite similar.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 14, 2013

The startup accelerator also announced that it will incorporate lean startup methodology as a key aspect in its upcoming program, and will be the first in Europe to do so. ” Applications for the second year of the Rockstart Accelerator program are open now through January 20, 2013.

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ConversionXL

MARCH 19, 2020

Greater discipline during boom times offered more flexibility during lean years. And getting it right during the lean years, Bain reports , has a massive impact on companies’ growth rate after things improve: ( Image source ). As the recession wrapped up, they had to remind consumers of lean times.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 26, 2012

through the Lean Launchpad class. He wanted to fly out to Stanford and sit in the Lean LaunchPad class about to start in the engineering school. SwiftVax – A Green Manufacturing Platform for Faster, Cheaper, and Scalable Vaccine Manufacturing. Filed under: Customer Development , Lean LaunchPad , Technology.

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Brendan Sterne , who unearthed the above articles on Amazon’s process, notes that Amazon differs from the model advocated in Lean Startup, which “aims to put a concrete prototype in front of consumers to validate the product.”. Product Hunt and Kickstarter darlings are pre-planned, not miraculous.

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Occam's Razor

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

The reason Direct traffic is a beloved of mine is that it represents (checkout the sweet contextual – red and green – numbers above): 1. Make your pages as lean as you can, especially campaign landing pages. People familiar with your brand. If you use Google Analytics you are in a little bit of luck.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 15, 2011

Our new Stanford Lean LaunchPad class was an experiment in a new model of teaching startup entrepreneurship. Customer Segment : Owners/administrators of large green spaces (golf courses, universities, etc.) Filed under: Business Model versus Business Plan , Customer Development , Lean LaunchPad , Teaching. Part one is here.

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Occam's Razor

OCTOBER 14, 2020

The colors in the graphic are related to the intensity of the risk, green is low and red is high. You were leaned-in questioning the data, being curious. Note that IiB also had some of these factors, forceful exhalation is an addition here (unsurprising that the doctors brought that to the fore). Simple, direct, effective. A good sign.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 5, 2010

Generally, my picks lean toward “investor friendly” high technology ones, but since these are not so cheap and easy to start, I’ll add a few more, like Internet website and software products, that can be started on a shoestring these days: Smart-phone applications.

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