HOW I LEARNED TO STOP PROCRASTINATING AND START REALIZING THAT NOW IS THE BEST TIME TO LAUNCH OR PIVOT A NEW PRODUCT OFFERING OR STARTUP – YES, DESPITE THE PANDEMIC. Were you in the middle of...
https://blog.leanstack.com/vitamins-dont-have-a-triggering-event/
I often get asked if one can or should model a non-profit using a Lean Canvas. The answer is a resounding yes. A nonprofit is essentially…
https://blog.leanstack.com/why-and-how-to-model-a-non-profit-on-the-lean-canvas/
On his drive back to the office, Steve can’t help but replay his last conversation with Mary in his mind.
Here’s an updated version of the Customer Forces Canvas that I first introduced here:
https://blog.leanstack.com/the-customer-forces-canvas-updated/
Before you can build the “right” solution for your customers, you have to understand the “right” problem. In my first book, Running Lean, I…
https://blog.leanstack.com/the-updated-problem-interview-script-and-a-new-canvas/
What is the one thing that investors and entrepreneurs want? The answer is traction.
https://blog.leanstack.com/traction-is-the-one-metric-to-rule-them-all/
A Minimum Viable Product is the smallest thing you can build that delivers customer value (and as a bonus captures some of that value back…
I’m sure you’ve run into Simon Sinek’s TED talk on the Golden Circle where he made the case for how great leaders communicate differently —…
https://blog.leanstack.com/a-3x3x3-perspective-for-getting-your-vision-strategy-and-product-aligned/
It was almost 8:45am as we pulled into the Birrfeld airstrip just outside Zurich, Switzerland. I was meeting Fabian Riesen (Fabi) who had…
https://blog.leanstack.com/vrmotion-an-invention-to-innovation-case-study/
GOLEAN? No this isn’t some blatant battlecry for going lean. It’s a mnemonic for a growth framework I created for my last book: Scaling…
When I started this blog, I often spent upwards of 8 hours on a single blog post. A number of my entrepreneur friends and advisers asked…
I recently got asked about the most common pitfall that trips up entrepreneurs. Top on my list is:Falling in love with your solution. I’ve…
https://blog.leanstack.com/love-the-problem-not-your-solution/
I spend a lot of time at the intersection of “business modeling” and “lean startup” and have been looking for the right category label to describe this type of work. It’s not enough to ...
An archetypical pattern to the entrepreneur’s journey…or not?
Lesson 1: Right Action, Right Time
https://blog.leanstack.com/my-3-biggest-lessons-on-entrepreneurship/