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How Lean Startup helped a Skateboard Company

How Lean Startup helped a Skateboard Company

An entrepreneur named Nick Jones recently reached out to me after reading The Entrepreneur s Guide to Customer Development Nick is the founder of Lavish Longboards Skateboards you might be asking yourself Yes I might answer you skateboards You might then ask But don t Lean Startup and Customer Development...
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Apple Maps Debacle and Minimum Viable Products

Apple Maps Debacle and Minimum Viable Products

I am taking a quick creative break from editing The Lean Entrepreneur and as I poke my head into my Twitter stream I invariably come across tweets drawing an equivalency between the Apple Maps debacle and the concept of Minimum Viable Products This is a mistake one that demonstrates misunderstanding...
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You’re a Growth Rookie, not a Growth Hacker.

You’re a Growth Rookie, not a Growth Hacker.

The mania and confusion about the concept of a Growth Hacker is now getting ridiculous As one of the three people who helped to define but I am certainly NOT a Growth Hacker in over mint juleps let s set the record straight PatrickFoley leanstarter danmartell I was first to...
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Is your advice killing startups?

Is your advice killing startups?

Today the Startups Mentor thread has had some very interesting back and forth about how to mentor startups and more importantly how to measure mentor quality and advice While I cannot share the previous thoughts on the thread I can share my two cents A lot of thoughtful comments on...
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A Bit About The Lean Entrepreneur

A Bit About The Lean Entrepreneur

TL DR Brant Cooper amp I have a new book coming soon Go buy The Lean Entrepreneur AppSumo Bundle while you can It is off has a bunch of apps pre-order of The Lean Entrepreneur nbsp nbsp It has been too long since I last blogged This blog post will...
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Next LeanLA Meetup & Henry Ford

Next LeanLA Meetup & Henry Ford

I really should update my blog more often but until I do If you re in the Los Angeles area come by the next LeanLA meetup and see Jason Calacanis interview Eric Ries All attendees also get a copy of the The Lean Startup You should RSVP ASAP I wrote...
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The #CustDev T-shirts are here.

The #CustDev T-shirts are here.

FYI your life is now complete The Entrepreneur s Guide to Customer Development t-shirts have arrived Steven of CargoHawk has put together a suite of startup-themed t-shirts that I suggest you check out For example One of my favorite analytics tools Crazy Egg has it s own shirt Notable investor...
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