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Eric Ries shocks, reveals his very first job was at Microsoft… previews some of the ideas of his upcoming book, The Lean Startup

Like Lean Canvas - concept and real useful app

Based on Alex Osterwalder’s Business Model Canvas.
Optimized for Lean Startups.

Lets face it, the reason we all decided to go and see Eric Ries is because of his reputation for playing the protagonist in a software company. We were not disappointed. Eric got straight to the point - How startups can stop wasting time.

Eric Ries management science is based on recognizing startups are solving the  unknown equation:

Problem Unknown
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Solution Unknown

Waterfall metrics such as forecasting and Gantt charts work to solve

Problem Known
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Solution Known

Global competition drives speed, even at established business, the Solution tends to the Unknown. Hence Agile in corporate teams solve.

Problem Known
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Solution Unknown

The leanstartup solution: Build - Measure - Learn from a Minimum Value Product (MVP). For more, try and catch @ericries speak live. If you’re involved with a startup (or even new innovation or research at an established company) I think you’ll benefit from his upcoming book http://lean.st/