At Lean Startup Conference this past November, Kara DeFrias moderated a panel with Marina Martin, Vivian Graubard, Eduardo Ortiz, and Tiffani Ashley Bell on what the private sector can learn from government. Even though most…
When you want to drive change, getting buy-in from senior leaders is a must. But figuring out where to start can be tricky when they don’t yet “get it,” and when their focus is on…
At the Lean Startup Conference this past November, Lean Startup Co. Founder, Eric Ries, Jeff Jordan, a general partner at the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, and JP Mangalindan, senior correspondent for Yahoo Finance, sat…
“Failure is the key to success; each mistake teaches us something.” -Morihei Ueshiba “Never be afraid to fail. Failure is only a stepping stone to improvement.” – Tony Jaa “The greatest teacher, failure is.” -Master…
1) The Acqui-hire The big company acquires a startup for their DNA. They hope the DNA will spread in their organization giving them an edge over the competition. How it fails: The special DNA that…
Leaders are almost always looking for new ways to incorporate more innovation into their organizations. Who doesn’t want to motivate and inspire their employees to bring forth new ideas to propel the business forward? As…
The Lean Startup is a methodology that helps increase our odds of success when working on a venture under conditions of extreme uncertainty. Through systematic, rapid experimentation, we attempt to validate our biggest assumptions before…
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…
At Lean Startup Conference this past November, Anil Dash, CEO of Fog Creek Software, discussed the importance of building products and companies that are humane and ethical. Anil began by reminding the audience that “most…
Written by Jordan Rosenfeld, Contributor for Lean Startup Co. At our Lean Startup Conference this past November, Bennett Blank, Innovation and Transformational Change Leader at Intuit, discussed how companies can apply what Intuit learned about…
In the innovation process, one of our earliest activities is ideation, i.e. collecting many ideas so we have several viable alternatives for solving the problem. A common practice is to schedule a brainstorming session where…