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Do More Faster, Part 1 – Idea and Vision
How can you accelerate your startup or new product? Ship it, share it and get feedback. “Many entrepreneurs are hesitant to share too much about what they’re doing and, even when they do, they hold back some of their thoughts even when talking to people who could be incredibly helpful to them.” So say Nate…
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The Original iPhone was a Minimum Viable Product (MVP)
In 2007 Steve Jobs introduced the original iPhone. I wasn’t a big fan of Apple at the time and didn’t notice the iPhone until iPhone 3 was released (I was using Palm phones at that time). But yesterday I happened to come across the original iPhone release keynote and it was eye opening. The original iPhone was…
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Jeff Bezos: Think Long Term
It’s a couple of years old, but I love this short talk by Amazon.com’s CEO Jeff Bezos. In it he presents four things he knows: Obsess Over Customers Invent Think Long Term It’s Always Day 1
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Visa is looking for someone to head up their Innovation Incubator
I noticed this job posting on the wire today (copied below). Looks like VISA is setting up an Innovation Incubator. VISA refers to their larger R&D group as VISA Labs, and this group would be known as the Incubator. VISA Labs doesn’t seem to have a dedicated website (but it looks like their design contractor…
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Applying Lean Startup in an Enterprise with Steve Sanderson
I had the pleasure of hearing Steve Sanderson speak at the Austin Lean Startup Circle last night. Although I’m a big fan of the Lean Startup, with a working wife and two little kids it’s rare that I prioritize a Meetup over some family time before the kids go to bed. But I really wanted…
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JPMorgan Chase to set up an Innovation Lab
I noticed a new job announcement this morning from JPMorgan Chase seeking a Head of Chase Labs: The Head of Chase Labs will lead a new team focussed on digital product innovation across banking, credit and consumer payment product groups. This team will operate within the overarching product and business strategies, and will drive new…
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People Lab: The Next New Thing in HR
A while back Nordstrom Innovation Lab posted a great video of the team working inside a Nordstrom store to rapidly prototype and iterate on a iPad app for sunglass shopping: When I went back to re-watch recently I noticed an interesting thing on their website: Interested in checking out our new People Lab? Apply here. This…
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Kauffman Foundation joins the Lean Startup Movement
The venerable Kauffman Foundation has jumped on the Lean Startup bandwagon. They just launched the Kauffman Founders School, “an online educational resource dedicated to entrepreneurship.” The school is organized as a series of topics, each presented by an expert in a handful of short videos. First topic is Startups, presented by Steve Blank. If you’ve already…
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Why People Hate New Ideas
“Don’t worry about people stealing your ideas. If they’re any good you’ll have to ram them down people’s throats” – Howard Aiken There are many bad reasons why people hate new ideas – and a few good ones. Scott Berkun explores both in his book The Myths of Innovation. In the chapter “People love…
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Revealed: The 4 Reasons Amazon Web Services Got Approved
In the summer of 2003 Amazon was a fast-growing online bookstore. Nine years old, it had pioneered many innovative components of e-commerce that we take for granted today: customer reviews, a personalized shopping experience, relevant product recommendations, and frictionless buying. Jeff Bezos had founded the company in 1994 and began selling books online. His advantage,…
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