What is it? Trello is a collaboration platform for managing tasks. What sets Trello apart is its dedication to a kanban focused system for helping people get work done. What is kanban? Kanban is a Japanese (Fun fact: Kanban means billboard in Japanese) productivity system created by Toyota in their vehicle manufacturing process. At its core, it’s a visual way of tracking…
In today’s article, we’ll be talking about 4 reasons why you should be using the business model canvas for your startup. We’ll talk about why many successful companies have used it, why being testable is one of it’s greatest benefits and lastly, we’ll look at how it allows your startup to be agile, by only dealing with the essentials needed to get…
A minimum viable product has many benefits as opposed to the traditional development method. In this article, I’ll share with you 7 benefits that will hopefully convince you to start with an MVP. #1 No Wasted Time The first of the these reasons is that you won’t waste your time. As a startup founder you don’t have precious time to waste. From…
Steve blank mentions two types of risk that every startup has in his book, The Startup Owners Manual. One of these risks has to do with WHAT you building, while the other has to do with WHO you’re building it for. 1. Invention Risk When building a startup naturally you’ve come up with something to sell to someone. This might be a…
1. Set a goal date for the MVP It’s important you set a goal date to avoid Parkinson’s law, which says work expands to fill time allotted. But be generous and don’t underestimate the amount of work involved. Make sure you are moving toward your MVP and NOT a full-featured production product. This will save you money and reduce the risk of…
When was your last design or redesign? Maybe not the best, but definitely a good starting place is when was the last time you had your website designed? I say this first because there have been major design improvements overall in the last 5 to 10 years. If your site was designed many years ago, it’s likely your website is out of…
Rule #1: Don’t forget customer development What is customer development? Customer development is the process of codifying the set the guesses you’ve made about your startup and turning them into concrete testable hypotheses. Steve Blank breaks the customer development model into 4 steps, 2 for figuring our and validating your customers and then 2 for testing your ability to create these customers…
It is foolish to only desire to express our opinion – Proverbs 18:2 When starting your own company, every belief you have about who your customer is and what they really need is only a set of guesses. Now, if you have been working in an industry for 15 plus years there’s a chance you probably have more than just guesses. But…
