Lean startups
BY Tim Berry
Your business plan must be ready to accommodate rapid changes so that your company can follow suit. Here are five ways to make your business plan as lean and effective as possible.
5 Quick Tips for Better Bootstrapping From SXSW
BY Bryan Keplesky
The founders of popular image-hosting service imgur on what it takes to launch a tech startup without seeking outside investors.
In Colombia, Vive La Revolucion Emprendedora
BY Bob Dorf
The 'lean startup' movement heads to South America, where teams of entrepreneurs in Bogota are learning how to build scalable business models, writes serial entrepreneur Bob Dorf.
How to Operate in All-Out Survival Mode as a Young Entrepreneur
BY Matthew Toren
If the holidays weren't as kind to your startup as you would have liked, here are some tips for helping you withstand leaner times.
Play Video Steve Blank: Inside the Lean Startup (Video)
BY Colleen DeBaise
The professor who popularized the "lean" movement describes his Lean LaunchPad course.
Lean Startups Need Business Plans, Too
BY Tim Berry
Lean business planning doesn't mean no business planning. The formal written business plan has long been obsolete. A real business plan should grow organically, with regular review and revision.
Simple Sales Tips for Growing Your Customer Base
BY Steve Blank and Bob Dorf
In this book excerpt, Steve Blank and Bob Dorf outline lean methods to get customers to spend more, and to send referrals your way.
How a Lean Startup Can Keep Customers
BY Steve Blank and Bob Dorf
You have customers for your new mobile app or retail website. Here's how to fight churn.
Startup Owner's Manual: How to 'Get' Customers
BY Steve Blank and Bob Dorf
Now that you've launched a mobile app or retail website, it's time to 'pull' customers toward you. Here's how.
Why Innovation Dies
BY Steve Blank
Author Steve Blank argues that the road for innovation does not go through committee.
How to Build a Billion-Dollar Startup
BY Steve Blank
Professor Steve Blank says the quickest way to create the next Instagram is to move basic human social needs -- like friendship, dating and sex -- into the digital world.
Play Video Starting Lean: Selling a Vision (Video)
BY Colleen DeBaise
Mark Hirsch of CreativeWorx tells how he used prototypes to win clients, plus tips from experts on using 'minimum viable products' to test the market.
The One Simple Task That Will Help Your Startup Succeed
BY Carol Tice
Many startups fail because their founders don't take the time to talk to potential customers before opening. Here are a few tips on getting feedback effectively.
Play Video Steve Blank and the Big Picture at SXSW 2012 (Video)
BY Colleen DeBaise
Entrepreneurship professor Steve Blank describes the startup scene at the South By Southwest Interactive festival in Austin, Texas.
Steve Blank on the Era of the Lean Startup
BY Bryan Keplesky
People are starting to realize that startups are not merely small versions of large corporations. And that's exciting, Steve Blank says.
Spreading the Gospel on a Lean, Mean Startup Strategy
BY Jennifer Wang
Eric Ries talks about the ideas behind his new book 'The Lean Startup.'
Pivot or Persevere? The Key to Startup Success
BY Eric Ries
Perseverance can be overrated as an entrepreneurial trait. Knowing when to change course to test out a new approach might be even more important.
Lean LaunchPad: A Crash Course in Startup Success
BY Carol Tice
A new class created by serial entrepreneur Steve Blank puts a focus on testing ideas before jumping in.




