Posts Categorized: Lean Startups

Last updated by Patrick at September 30, 2012.

Apple Maps Debacle and Minimum Viable Products

Posted September 30th, 2012 by Patrick & filed under Customer Development, Lean Startups.

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… Read more »

How not to get f*cked by an investor’s lack of value-add.

Posted August 31st, 2012 by Patrick & filed under Crowdfunding, Data, Investment, Lean Startups.

“We aren’t losing deals to other VCs, we are losing deals to startups that continue to bootstrap.” -anonymous venture capitalist lamenting the state of affairs to me We’re now long into a new startup reality. One that will be characterized… Read more »

Is your advice killing startups?

Posted July 25th, 2012 by Patrick & filed under Data, Epistemology, Lean Startups.

Today, the 500 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… Read more »

A Bit About The Lean Entrepreneur

Posted July 2nd, 2012 by Patrick & filed under Black Swans, Crowdfunding, Customer Development, Epistemology, Lean Startups.

TL;DR: Brant Cooper & I have a new book coming soon. Go buy The Lean Entrepreneur AppSumo Bundle while you can. It is 96% off, has a bunch of apps + pre-order of The Lean Entrepreneur.     It has… Read more »

Next LeanLA Meetup & Henry Ford

Posted September 1st, 2011 by Patrick & filed under Epistemology, Lean Startups.

I really should update my blog more often — but, until I do…. 1) 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… Read more »

10 Reasons to NOT be a Lean Startup

Posted May 19th, 2011 by Patrick & filed under Customer Development, Lean Startups, Presentations.

Top 10 Reasons to Not be a Lean Startup for Momentum Michigan

I see dead startups

Posted May 11th, 2011 by Patrick & filed under Black Swans, Customer Development, Epistemology, Lean Startups.

My buddy, Dave Binetti of Votizen came down this last Monday to present on False Prophets at LeanLA.com’s last meetup (a meetup I co-organize).  In his talk, about the subject of False  Negatives and False Positives came up. In the… Read more »

The #SXSW Lean Challenge

Posted March 10th, 2011 by Patrick & filed under Lean Startups, SXSW.

So, I am heading off to SXSW today – I will be speaking in a Core Conversation titled “Conference Startups: Grassroots Innovation Rocking the Event World“.  I will be staying with my friend Noah — you might know Noah as… Read more »

The “Shu, Ha, Ri” of Lean Startups

Posted February 26th, 2011 by Patrick & filed under Customer Development, Epistemology, Lean Startups, Presentations.

I wanted to clarify Slide 18 “There are no rules” from Top 10 Reasons to NOT be a Lean Startup – which apparently has caused some confusion. I also referenced “there are no rules” in an earlier post, which Andrew… Read more »

Top 10 Reasons to NOT be a Lean Startup

Posted February 25th, 2011 by Patrick & filed under Lean Startups, Presentations.

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