Category: Lean startup
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Why I only need 1000 True Fans
Regular readers of this blog might know that I am interested in cryptocurrencies. I have finished a four year contract as CIO at Dulwich College and after 25 years I have my own start-up again. Cryptostar.money will be the #1 Business Directory for UK Crypto I am a huge fan of the Business Model Generation…
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Quirky: crowd-sourcing product development
Quirky is a remarkable company and I cannot believe that I have missed them for so long. They crowd-source product development of their products. So far they have created 299 products and have a community of 826,000 users. Ten percent of the gross revenues of a product is contributed to its Community Cash Pool (my caps). This is the invisible hand…
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Pulling together The Lean Startup and Business Model Canvas
Regular readers will know that my two favourite books on innovation are the The Lean Startup and Business Model Generation. Here is a great article that pulls them together. http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140114154846-95015-do-pivots-matter?trk=eml-ced-b-art-Ch-4&ut=2FQNAYVKvSs641
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Books on innovation
Continuing my theme of useful books. Here a couple of very valuable books about managing innovation. The Lean Start-up Business Model Generation
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Why bootstrapping a start-up does not work
I have been thinking recently about why my own boot-strapped* start-up keyapt.com has not been as successful as we would like. The answer lies in the “fail fast” mantra. When you have a start-up it is necessary to try lots of different ideas out on your customers. Some of these fail but if you are smart…
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How Target Figured Out A Teen Girl Was Pregnant Before Her Father Did – Forbes
Lean Startup advocates like myself are fond of letting the numbers drive the business. I found this amusing… How Target Figured Out A Teen Girl Was Pregnant Before Her Father Did via How Target Figured Out A Teen Girl Was Pregnant Before Her Father Did – Forbes.
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Lean software development: Minimum Marketable Feature and Minimum Viable Product
In an earlier post I talked about Eric Reis’ game changing book The Lean Start-up and Minimum Viable Product. This excellent blog post from Jeff Patton provides another layer of detail. [Agile] Stories must be minimal marketable features The term “minimal marketable feature” was first used in the book Software by Numbers. This book placed…
Dr James Bayley 