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Episode Summary
Today on Ask an Innovator we discuss the Lean Startup Methodology. We get into what is is, how to use it, and why it’s so dang important to us here at CIL.
We talk through company examples – who has used it and why? And what role the customer plays, how it could save you money, and how it ties into the way software should be developed.
Visit cityinnovations.com/ask-an-innovator for some helpful links and the full transcript.
Helpful Reading on Lean Startup
Lean Startup by Eric RiesThe Startup Owner’s Manual4 Steps to EphiphanyA Guide to Lean Development5 Ways You Can Use Lean Startup in Your BizThe Skateboard Methodology – we discuss at 03:07
Software shouldn’t be built in one huge push, it should be built in iterations to gather feedback and move to collect revenue for the client faster.
Timestamps
Brief Overview of Lean Startup – 00:23Why Lean Startup is important to us – 01:40 Why use Lean Startup to build software? – 02:59What are all these acronyms? What is a product validation cone? – 04:37Can we implement the Lean Startup Methodology? Rewire your brain! – 09:54Real-life companies that built an MVP – 12:22We don’t want to waste your money – 16:22How does customer discovery play into it? – 18:59Is there a reason not to build software this way? – 20:30What and WHO are early adopters? – 22:045 Things to Learn – 23:29
Lean Startup Methodology Full Transcript
Erin Srebinski: [00:00:16] Hi, I’m Erin
Josh Barker: [00:00:18] and I’m Josh.
Erin Srebinski: [00:00:19] We’re from City Innovation Labs. Today we’re discussing Lean Startup. The methodology created by Eric Ries. We as a company, use it all the time. We’ve read the book. We swear by it internally and externally. So today that’s what we’re going to be talking about. So Josh, can you give me a brief overview of what the Lean Startup methodology is?
What is the Lean Startup Methodology?
Josh Barker: [00:00:37] Yeah, that’s a great question. Lean Startup, like you said, when I was out in Silicon Valley, they almost referred to it as their Bible. They constantly reference it. They constantly talk about it. Everything is in the context of Lean Startup. And so a lot of people say they’ve read lean startup or they know Lean Startup. I can kind of differentiate who has and who hasn’t beca...
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By Ask An InnovatorEpisode Summary
Today on Ask an Innovator we discuss the Lean Startup Methodology. We get into what is is, how to use it, and why it’s so dang important to us here at CIL.
We talk through company examples – who has used it and why? And what role the customer plays, how it could save you money, and how it ties into the way software should be developed.
Visit cityinnovations.com/ask-an-innovator for some helpful links and the full transcript.
Helpful Reading on Lean Startup
Lean Startup by Eric RiesThe Startup Owner’s Manual4 Steps to EphiphanyA Guide to Lean Development5 Ways You Can Use Lean Startup in Your BizThe Skateboard Methodology – we discuss at 03:07
Software shouldn’t be built in one huge push, it should be built in iterations to gather feedback and move to collect revenue for the client faster.
Timestamps
Brief Overview of Lean Startup – 00:23Why Lean Startup is important to us – 01:40 Why use Lean Startup to build software? – 02:59What are all these acronyms? What is a product validation cone? – 04:37Can we implement the Lean Startup Methodology? Rewire your brain! – 09:54Real-life companies that built an MVP – 12:22We don’t want to waste your money – 16:22How does customer discovery play into it? – 18:59Is there a reason not to build software this way? – 20:30What and WHO are early adopters? – 22:045 Things to Learn – 23:29
Lean Startup Methodology Full Transcript
Erin Srebinski: [00:00:16] Hi, I’m Erin
Josh Barker: [00:00:18] and I’m Josh.
Erin Srebinski: [00:00:19] We’re from City Innovation Labs. Today we’re discussing Lean Startup. The methodology created by Eric Ries. We as a company, use it all the time. We’ve read the book. We swear by it internally and externally. So today that’s what we’re going to be talking about. So Josh, can you give me a brief overview of what the Lean Startup methodology is?
What is the Lean Startup Methodology?
Josh Barker: [00:00:37] Yeah, that’s a great question. Lean Startup, like you said, when I was out in Silicon Valley, they almost referred to it as their Bible. They constantly reference it. They constantly talk about it. Everything is in the context of Lean Startup. And so a lot of people say they’ve read lean startup or they know Lean Startup. I can kind of differentiate who has and who hasn’t beca...