Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

Based on my years of experience as a new business advisor, I always find leadership to be more important to business success than any new technology or innovative solution. The challenge is to adequately define leadership in terms of everyday activities. The most effective and satisfying leadership comes without a title to lean on.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 31, 2021

Cohen in his classic book, “ Just Ask Leadership: Why Great Managers Always Ask the Right Questions ,” as leaders advance, they tend to oblige by asking fewer questions and providing more answers. Cohen provides specific insights to seek in particular situations, while also explaining how to create a culture of question-based leadership.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 6, 2013

Guest post by Lisa Regan On August 20, Eric will sit down with developer and Hut8Labs co-founder Dan Milstein for a webcast you can join to discuss “Getting Engineers Into the Lean Startup Cycle.” This conversation will be a great opportunity for engineers and engineering managers to learn more about implementing Lean Startup ideas.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

For those of you who have been following the discussion, a Lean Startup is Eric Ries ’s description of the intersection of Customer Development , Agile Development and if available, open platforms and open source. Over its lifetime a Lean Startup may spend less money than a traditional startup.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 13, 2022

That often involves working long hours and keeping your costs lean. But there comes a time when bringing on executive leadership is the reasonable and right next step. Another benefit of filling executive leadership roles is that doing so will likely free up time you can spend on other things. What does the C-suite look like?

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

Guest post by Jennifer Maerz, contributing editor of Lean Startup Co. The Lean Startup team has been hard at work finalizing the details of this year’s Lean Startup Week. Welcome to Lean Startup Week 2016 TL;DR: Before you dive into the details, here’s a quick look at what you can expect during your week with us: On Oct.

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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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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Now they are starting to use the Lean Innovation process (see here and here ) to turn ideas into solutions. Test if the Lean Innovation process actually accelerates technology adoption and an innovation ecosystem. Lean Innovation is a Process. The Lean Innovation process is a self-regulating, evidence-based innovation pipeline.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 3, 2019

Leadership requires braving uncharted waters and choppy seas. As a leadership coach, I often witness well-developed plans collapse shortly after they’re born. A purpose-driven leadership style. Purposeful leadership involves: Knowing why you’re doing what you’re doing. Boldness: The Good Versus the Bad.

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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. The Lean Innovation process is a self-regulating, evidence-based innovation pipeline.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

They find themselves in a leadership role without much guidance and they aren’t sure how they can “skill up.” Every leader has to find their own way of doing the work of leadership. It is lonely being a leader, and leadership is lonely work. Your staff will be amazed by your engaging leadership, and will be more empowered.

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ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 15, 2022

For example, Lean Startup offers many benefits to emerging organizations, especially considering its focus on crafting a minimum viable product (MVP). However, quickly determine other sectors worthy of interest and try to hire leadership and tech talent experienced in those areas. Manage Agency Growth to Expand at a Proper Rate.

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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. Training is typically based on Lean Six Sigma and uses a system of belts based on Karate colours. Project Management Professional (PMP).

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

MARCH 2, 2023

Interestingly, this weight loss journey is similar to the entrepreneur’s strategy for building and growing a lean business. So, What Exactly Is the Lean Method? Lean thinking begins with our vision. Fortunately, and perhaps luckily, failure is an acceptable and essential component of the lean methodology.

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ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Leadership Experience. It should be no surprise that great startup leaders also have some kind of past leadership experience, but this doesn’t have to come from a startup. You can get leadership experience in any context where you’re in charge of other people. There are many different viable leadership philosophies.

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SVPG

OCTOBER 13, 2011

I held off a little on this because he has been working on a book which has just recently been published, called “ The Lean Startup ” and in this article I’d like to discuss the key concepts in the book and provide that mapping.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 2, 2014

It’s why I’m such a big proponent of Eric Reis’s Lean Startup movement and of virtually anything written by Steve Blank – the latest is The Startup Owner’s Manual written with Bob Dorf. This is exactly where leadership comes in. Leadership Startup Lessons' This happens on 100% of projects.

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Board Effect

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Management is doing the things right; leadership is doing the right things: This Peter Drucker quote is one of Ellen Glasgow’s greatest inspirations. It is a reminder that leading with purpose differs from other kinds of leadership. Glasgow finds cohesion when considering leadership as a path to walk alongside your team.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 29, 2016

We tend to associate the government with words like bureaucracy rather than lean innovation. Department of Defense by adopting Lean Methodology inside their agency. The good news for the country is that the leadership of the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency has decided to turn the ship now. The Innovation Insurgency.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 29, 2016

We tend to associate the government with words like bureaucracy rather than lean innovation. Department of Defense by adopting Lean Methodology inside their agency. The good news for the country is that the leadership of the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency has decided to turn the ship now. The Innovation Insurgency.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 23, 2020

When it comes to promoting the flow of value to the customer, an excellent methodology is the LEAN approach, in other words, through two guiding tenets: continuous improvement and respect for people. What is the LEAN approach? What is the LEAN approach? As businesses continually evolve, so too does the LEAN approach.

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 8, 2013

I know that women are a minority in leadership positions in government and business. So, when I found myself sitting at the Harvard Club in Boston listening to Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg talking about her new book Lean In , I told myself that I know what she is talking about. I know things. What Did I Understand? Not A Damn Thing.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 30, 2020

Corporate leadership will soon face new challenges with adhering to social distancing policies and the potential for continuing lockdowns, as well as responding to an anxious audience of both employees and customers. Let go of the 9 to 5 mentality. Make no mistake, this won’t be a single battle. It will be an ongoing war.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

Implementing the Lean Startup in any company is hard. Now compound that level of effort with trying to put a Lean Startup culture in place in Japan. According to Takashi Tsutsumi and Masato Iino, Japanese companies tend to be technology centric, obsess over quality and have weak leadership.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 31, 2014

Workplace cultures differ around the world, and not surprisingly, leadership styles tend to also vary as shaped by the different cultural norms in a particular society. From autocratic style management to more egalitarian ones, there are specific overarching philosophies that drive leadership styles in different countries.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 15, 2019

These processes reduce risk to an overall organization, but each layer of process reduces the ability to be agile and lean and – most importantly – responsive to new opportunities and threats. Process helps ensure that you can deliver solutions that scale without breaking other parts of the organization. Process Versus Product.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2017

It didn’t help that “innovation” was the new hot-button buzzword from senior leadership, and incubators were sprouting in every division of their company, it just made their job more unmanageable. A canonical Lean Innovation process inside a company or government agency would look something like this: Curation. Lessons Learned.

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 21, 2015

I was in New York last week teaching my annual 5-day version of the Lean LaunchPad class at the Columbia Business School. Women founders already had leadership roles in the industries they’re about to disrupt? Filed under: Family/Career/Culture , Lean LaunchPad , Venture Capital. —— Entrepreneurship at Columbia.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 25, 2015

I’ve spent this year working with corporations and government agencies that are adopting and adapting Lean Methodologies. Several pockets of innovation in his agency have begun to look to startups and have tried to adopt lean methods. —– What Have We Lost? Yet today at dinner his frustration just spilled out.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 3, 2013

by Vickie Milazzo, author of “ Wicked Success Is Inside Every Woman “ The release of “ Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead “, the new book by Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg (pictured), has sparked a firestorm of attention from the media and folks around conference room tables throughout the country.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 11, 2019

If you lack leadership skills or poorly manage your company’s time and resources, it is likely your business will be left behind. Organizational and leadership management (Enhance your management capabilities). To ensure you create a successful, profitable and long-lasting brand, read the six biggest challenges businesses face today.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 26, 2017

Based on my years of experience as a new business advisor, I always find leadership to be more important to business success than any new technology or innovative solution. The challenge is to adequately define leadership in terms of everyday activities. The most effective and satisfying leadership comes without a title to lean on.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

The idea of exploitation versus exploration was central in my own work in building the lean methodology for start-ups. Today, lean is the de facto method for building new start-ups. Recognizing the need for ambidexterity and building an ambidextrous organization are tests of corporate leadership. Companies that survive do both.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 12, 2012

Follow Weekly Leader to find the latest in leadership news and best practices for improvement. This blog offers great advice for transforming yourself into a lean and mean manager. Read Jamie Flinchbaugh’s blog about transformational leadership to find out how you can get to your ideal state as a manager. Managing Leadership.

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YFS Magazine

JULY 29, 2017

It is incumbent upon women in leadership positions to capitalize on this “perfect storm” moment in the feminist movement.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

AgileFall is an ironic term for program management where you try to be agile and lean, but you keep using waterfall development techniques. We’re helping them convert one of the critical product lines inside an existing division from a traditional waterfall project management process into Lean. All good Lean basics.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

My good friend Alexander Osterwalder , the inventor of the business model canvas (one of foundations of the Lean Methodology) has written a playbook (along with his associate partner Tendayi Viki ,) From Innovation Theater to Growth Engine to explain how to build and implement repeatable innovation processes inside a company. .

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