Pivoting to Put Customers First
About a year and a half ago, Sahil Lavingia moved from San Francisco to Provo, Utah—which he says is “the most unique thing” about him at the moment. He did so after his company Gumroad…
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FastWorks: Reflecting on its Origin and Evolution
In a recent fireside chat, Eric Ries sat down with Viv Goldstein and Janice Semper to discuss FastWorks, the innovation platform they co-founded at GE. What followed was a compelling and insightful conversation about their…
Your Lean Startup Organizational Transformation
You’ve read Eric Ries’ The Lean Startup and have become a true believer, i.e. the path to transforming your company and developing an effective culture of innovation involves empowering small teams to create new products…
How ING Increased the PACE of Innovation
Learn from Ignacio Julia Vilar, Chief Innovation Officer at ING Banking, during a fireside chat titled, “Beating Corporate Inertia to Win Big in Innovation.” Here are some key takeaways from the discussion. Interviewer Stephen Liguori…
Steering Enterprise Toward Innovation
The very qualities you can count on in large enterprise, such as stability and predictability, can have the unintended effect of holding back innovation, says Geeta Wilson, Vice President of Consumer Experience and Enterprise Transformation…
Harness the Human Element to Improve Team Performance
Janet Brunckhorst, a principal project manager at Carbon Five, and Courtney Hemphill, a partner and software developer also at Carbon Five discussed how to use a Lean approach to improve team performance. Both Courtney and…
How Intrapreneurs can Align Innovation Strategies Within a Big Company
At Lean Startup Week, in November, 2017, Dr. Tendayi Viki spoke about how intrapreneurs can increase their chances of succeeding by aligning their work to the corporate strategy. Many big companies bring in Lean Startup…
Five Lessons Entrepreneurs Can Learn From Government
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…
Three Practical Approaches to Leadership Buy-In (Part 2)
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…
From Founding to Scaling
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…