Posted by: altabel on: March 26, 2012
The real entrepreneur is usually viewed as “someone with a big vision, and a stubborn determination to charge straight ahead through any obstacle and make it happen”. Is that so in reality? The vision part looks fine, but stubbornness is of a specific kind. Mature and successful entrepreneurs know that due to the extreme uncertainty [...]
Posted by: altabel on: March 19, 2012
Almost the first word coming to one’s mind in relation to “start up” notion is risk. The sad reality is that very few products are successful, despite of all the perseverance, hard work and creativity of their producers. At the same time, some start-ups’ stories sound like modern-time rags-to-riches stories. What’s the formula for success [...]
Posted by: altabel on: November 21, 2011
The value of a lean start-up approach is that you are not heavily investing upfront in unnecessary/unneeded expenses. Your budget/funds should be allocated toward developing a prototype/product to test against a small/large group and see whether or not your target audience love it or hate it. This will give you a more accurate idea of [...]
Posted by: altabel on: July 26, 2010
For years, startups and their founders first built their products, and only then searched for their markets and prayed for the best. But if you want to build a successful business, then it is now the right time to learn about the Lean Startup approach. The Lean Startup has evolved into a movement that is [...]
Posted by: altabel on: June 29, 2010
No surprise that ideas change with the time. The same is happening to Lean Startup concept in IT. In the times of first Agile Manifesto we have valued: – Individuals and interactions OVER processes and tools, – Working software OVER comprehensive documentation, – [...]
