Lean Startup Co. is Teaching Companies to Fish
“Give a man a fish, he eats for a day. Teach a man to fish, he eats for a lifetime.” As the world accelerates toward the iconic year of 2020, I’d like to hit pause…
Author: Heather McGough
12 Tips For Managing a Remote Team (And Loving It)
The future of work is both near and far. It’s near because things are changing right in front of you, but far because that’s where the remote workers are. Not only are more people working…
The Complications of Oversimplifying Lean Startup
Do you know what people are really talking about when they say “lean operations” or “running lean?” More importantly, do you know how those methodologies differ from Lean Startup? Many people seem to use those…
The Values Series, Part II: Transforming How We Build Community in the 21st Century
In part one of this series, we looked back at the growth of Lean Startup thinking and its influence over the past decade. From the very beginning concepts relating to: open source models, free, shareable…
The Values Series, Part I: Transforming How We Think and Work in the 21st Century
I can hardly believe it myself, but this year marks the 10th anniversary of the modest proposal Eric Ries first posted on his Startup Lessons Learned blog. Reactions to his observations were swift and enthusiastic,…
The Joy of Unlearning and the Dangers of Business As Usual
Updated August 10th, 2018. The tears of children everywhere ran in rivers when Toys R Us shut down operations earlier this year. It wasn’t for a lack of consumers wanting to buy toys – the…
Leverage Lean Startup Methods to Support Paths to Climate Action
Originally published on December 10, 2017 at HuffPo.com. Lean Startup methodology and the climate walk into a bar. . . it sounds like the setup for a niche joke only meteorologists and product managers will…
Lean Startup’s Cofounder Shares Why Failure Is Crucial
This is the final post in our 13-part Lean Startup Co. Education Program series. A curated collection of pieces designed to cover topics ranging from cross-functional teams, to embracing failure, complete with real-world stories from our…
Lean Startup As A National Security Imperative
Originally published by HuffPost on October 27th, 2017. This is post nine in our 13-part Lean Startup Co. Education Program series. A curated collection of pieces designed to cover topics ranging from cross-functional teams, to embracing…
What We Can Learn From How Netflix Mastered 24-Hour Disc Shipping
Originally published at Forbes.com on October 17th, 2017. This is post four in our 13-part Lean Startup Co. Education Program series. A curated collection of pieces designed to cover topics ranging from cross-functional teams, to embracing…