How technology and Minimum Viable Product tests can (and can’t) help a fashion company succeed. By Julia Kastner (Founder & CEO, Eva & Paul) My final year at Harvard Business School, just weeks before graduation, I got into a debate with Eric Reis, author of The Lean Startup, about whether or not I could make [...]
Posts Tagged "Lean Startup"
The Lean Startup: But Lean Doesn’t Mean Lazy
March 26, 2013 – 12:49 pm
Lean methodologies offers a structure where you can perform a series of tests, measure the results, review what contributed to success or failures before moving on… By Poornima Vijayashanker (Founder, Femgineer) Seems like everyone has heard the buzz about the Lean Startup movement, which was started over three years ago by Eric Ries. Yet I’m [...]
Validating Startup Ideas With Lean Startup Machine Los Angeles
October 10, 2012 – 10:00 am
After attending Lean Startup Machine L.A., I can say that the LSM model provides some of the most practical and focused guidance on how to define and launch a business that I’m likely to ever receive. By Kelsey Greenberg (Co-Founder, Difference Lab) My Lean Startup Machine (LSM) team was formed of two separate MuckerLab companies [...]
Partner Event: Minimum Viable Startup (October 10 In Palo Alto)
September 21, 2012 – 3:32 pm
Generate your business model hypothesis and validate. The Minimum Viable Startup (MVS) on October 10, 2012 in Palo Alto is a custom all-day event to help entrepreneurs take the leap from viable product to viable startup and, along the way, avoid the most common mistakes made by entrepreneurs, which invariably leads to the same result [...]
My Latest 8 App Development Mantras
July 2, 2012 – 7:00 am
During a hackathon, we’re constantly evaluating whether “it’s worth it” on any given problem. By Anna Billstrom (iOS & Facebook App Developer, Self) Maybe, perhaps because I’m an English major, I tend to notice patterns in my speech. I noticed recently that I keep saying the same phrases in discussions regarding mobile app development: secret [...]
How To Raise Money For Your Startup (Infographic)
June 5, 2012 – 1:43 pm
Build your first web startup prototype with Wix, Weebly, WordPress, etc. By Anna Vital (Founder, Funders & Founders) Over the last three years I have seen over a thousand startups in their early stages. I witnessed many of them go from an idea to funding within several months. I have also seen some of them [...]
Win A Ticket To Lean Startup Machine (April 20-22 In San Diego)
April 13, 2012 – 3:00 pm
The Lean Startup Machine (April 20-22, 2012 in San Diego, CA) is a workshop where attendees use customer development and lean startup principles to validate an idea for a new product or service. Think you’ve got the next big idea? Come to the Lean Startup Machine workshop and test it out! Bring your team, or [...]
PITCH 2012 Conference: Women Talk About Shipping Products, Not Shopping For Products
February 16, 2012 – 12:33 pm
By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) On February 14, Caterina Fake delivered the opening keynote at Women 2.0′s PITCH Conference stating the need and opportunity to “humanize technology before it dehumanizes us.” She underlined that “the Internet is built on a culture of generosity” and fear of missing out, urging the audience to [...]
3 Tips for Entrepreneurial Women Starting High-Growth Companies
December 6, 2011 – 3:12 pm
By Shaherose Charania (Co-Founder & CEO, Women 2.0) Always wanted to be your own boss? Want to be part of the solution and create jobs to boost our economy? Entrepreneurs are America’s greatest asset. Only by thinking and big with your idea can you build a mammoth company that will create hundreds of much-needed jobs. [...]
“I Have An Idea, Now What?” (Resources For New Entrepreneurs)
November 8, 2011 – 5:00 am
By Hadiyah Mujhid (Co-Founder, Black Founders) I often receive emails or view posts of the flavor, “I have an idea, I don’t know how to code, now what?” This is my response for those who are curious about starting an web-based or software startup. (in no particular order): Start Building: Startup Weekend Find a local [...]
