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…
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…
Justin Rosenstein, co-founder of Asana, spoke at Lean Startup Week this past November on thinking about your startup’s culture from the ground up. A great company culture doesn’t just happen, explained Justin. Just like great…
You’ve probably heard this quote before: “Fall in love with the problem not the solution.” But what does “falling in love with the problem” really mean? Aren’t problems just irritations we’d like to be rid…
Build things that matter. Build things that people love. Create value. This is your job as a product owner. The way to do that is through empathy and customer centricity. I am convinced of it….