May 1st 09

The Lean Startup Era?

Steve Blank and Eric Ries presented their lean startup approach to a very receptive crowd at last night’s Startup2Startup dinner in Palo Alto.   Here’s a link to the must watch video.

Highlight’s of of the presentation include:

  • Startups fail from lack of customer – not product failures
  • Fail fast and often on the path to success
  • Decide on a business model early
  • The correct customer development approach changes by market type

Following the presentation each table discussed the topics over dinner.  I was pleasantly surprised that  the entrepreneurs at my table had all implimented some form of customer development and agile development.

Posted in Customer Development, Lean Startup Entrepreneurs.

1 Response to “The Lean Startup Era?”

  1. Martin
    Jan 14, 2010 7:59 am

    I liked the part with “Startups fail from lack of customer – not product failures” – can not agree more! Great tips, thanks for sharing!