Steve Blank
NOVEMBER 13, 2012
The Japanese edition of The Startup Owner’s Manual hit the bookstores in Japan this week. I asked Tsutsumi-san to write a guest post for my blog to describe his experience with Customer Development in Japan. After my reading The Four Steps to The Epiphany several times, my Customer Development conviction got stronger.
Steve Blank
AUGUST 3, 2012
In December and January we met with ten customers in Korea, Japan, and China. Two years after release, product market share was up by 30% to 70%. The team followed these rules: Cardinal Rules of Synchronous Customer and Product Development. We were a team, convinced by a shared experience, that we knew what to do.
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Startup Lessons Learned
APRIL 26, 2009
Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Sunday, April 26, 2009 Product development leverage Leverage has once again become a dirty word in the world of finance, and rightly so. But I want to talk about a different kind of leverage, the kind that you can get in product development. Its a key lean startup concept. Great post!
Steve Blank
NOVEMBER 12, 2019
It’s not that these companies are smarter than Defense Department employees, but they operate with different philosophies, different product development methodologies, and with different constraints. At times this means startups operate at speeds so fast they appear to be a blur to government agencies. Startups can do anything.
Steve Blank
JANUARY 14, 2013
Government funding of research started in World War II driven by the needs of the military for weapon systems to defeat Germany and Japan. There they would be tasked to develop military weapons systems and solve military problems to defeat Germany and Japan. The weapons were then manufactured in volume by U.S. corporations.).
Startup Lessons Learned
SEPTEMBER 22, 2008
Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, September 22, 2008 Thoughts on scientific product development I enjoyed reading a post today from Laserlike (Mike Speiser), on Scientific product development. I agree with the less is more product development approach, but for a different reason. Now that is fun.
ReadWriteStart
MAY 26, 2022
In Japan, a large segment of companies has been in business for more than 100 years. This, in turn, leads to the sharing of new ideas and concerns that might have otherwise gone unheard and can push your company forward. Prioritize Longevity Above Growth. One ingredient to their long-lived success is a focus on continuation above growth.
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