Steve Blank on Lean Startup at Ann Arbor

I attended Steve Blank’s presentation on Customer Development at the Ann Arbor New Tech Meetup last night. His talk was entertaining and very insightful. Even though I have read his book several times and followed the Lean Startup practically since the beginning, it still was worth the 5 hour round trip to hear the message Read More …

Rodney Dangerfield’s interpretation of the Lean Startup!

I happened upon this video the other day and could not help but think about the popular Lean Startup and Eric Ries. Eric is ever mindful of getting your product/service into the real world as quickly as possible. He laughs at the notion of creating this full fledge business model and structure that are institutions Read More …

Uncertainty in the Lean Startup

Good video with Eric Ries talking about startups of course but with a slightly different slant, “Stop Wasting Peoples Time.” He takes the Lean Startup to a different level talking a little more about entrepreneurship management. He claims that it needs to change because of the level of uncertainly that exist. He goes on to Read More …

Stanford Entrepreneurship Center: Evangelizing for the Lean Startup

Eric Ries of the Startup Lessons Learned Blog gives a great performance on this audio podcast. It looked like a VIDEO BUT HE NEVERS MOVE,   Related Posts: If the facts don’t fit the theory, change the facts! Key Marketing Concepts from the Korean War Using Agile Marketing in real life Boyd’s Law of Iteration: Read More …

Why a Lean Startup is hot and Lean Six Sigma is not

Disclaimer: I have participated in many of these threads and really are using them for a little twisted humor of mine. What Continuous Improvement Consultants are talking about: One Lean group is arguing about whether to start with 5s or not. I mean seriously after we clean the floor what else is there? A Six Read More …

Is Eric or Mario the Icon of the Lean Startup?

The key to the Lean Startup craze we have been talking about the last few months may be just generational. The reason it maybe taking off is that the supporters grew up with Mario as their Icon. You remember Mario don’t you?  Mario was created by Shigeru Miyamoto in his attempts to produce a best-selling Read More …