Frank Tisellano: “Business First” Product Management
Frank Tisellano gave a briefing on his “Cynical PM Framework” at Lean Culture, advocating for a “business first” approach to product management.
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How Founders Should Should Manage Startup Runway
Using 14 Ways B2B Entrepreneurs Can Extend Their Startup Runway to Go the Distance as a point of departure, Etienne Garbugli and Sean Murphy offer practical advice to entrepreneurs on how to manage startup runway.
How Do I Find Clients For My Consulting Business?
Whether you are just getting started or have done consulting for many years, the best way to find new clients is through referrals. If you have been in business for many years, satisfied customers are a great source of referrals. However, if you are a new consultant, you may have yet to satisfy customers but …
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Entrepreneurship’s Ups and Downs
Michael Risich – Entrepreneur turned technologist, turned technology founder with an exciting journey building a SaaS business scaling to 10M in ARR with an exit to a PE firm!
Holly Hester-Reilly: Lean Product Principles in B2B
Holly Hester-Reilly offers a briefing on how to apply continuous product discovery and lean product principles in a B2B environment.
Mike Krupit on Network Density and Fluidity
In the video below, Mike Krupit, founder of Trajectify, shares some interesting insights on density and fluidity your network. Mike Krupit on Network Density and Fluidity An edited transcript for readers: Mike Krupit on the importance of your network The other thing I will say is having a network. When we’re starting a business, we’re …
Peer Advice and Support for Startup Founders
Entrepreneurs benefit from peer advice that provides knowledgeable perspectives, highlights blind spots, and lifts them out of ruts.
Q: Can you recommend an accountant for business taxes?
Need an accountant for business taxes? Here are accountants recommended by Bootstrappers Breakfast members for startups and small businesses.
Startup Lessons Learned with Adam Verhasselt
We recently interviewed Adam Verhasselt, founder and creative director at Vlux Visual. He creates music visuals and augmented reality experiences to build brands from the ground up.
Lean Canvas – Experimentation (Video Available)
Lean Canvas Experimentation is part of a five part series by Ed Ipser where he explains how to use the Lean Canvas and what it is good for. Focus Marketing Operation Finances Experimentation In this Lean Startup Canvas session on Experimentation, Ed Ipser shares how to use your lean startup canvas to design and conduct experiments …
Micro-VC / Angel investor Thomas Ahn on the Effective Investor Pitch
An extract from a highly interactive session with Thomas Ahn at the Lean Culture Meetup on Mar-25-2021 where he answers “what makes for an effective investor pitch?”
Lean Canvas Finances
Lean Canvas Finances is part of a five part series by Ed Ipser where he explains how to use the Lean Canvas and what it is good for. Focus Marketing Operation Finances Experimentation In this Lean Canvas – Finance session, Ed Ipser shares how to identify your own revenue and cost structure and how to create …
Lean Canvas Operations
Lean Canvas Operations is part of a five part series by Ed Ipser where he explains how to use the Lean Canvas and what it is good for.
Lean Canvas Marketing
Lean Canvas Marketing is part of a five part series by Ed Ipser where he explains how to use the Lean Canvas and what it is good for. Focus Marketing Operation Finances Experimentation In this Lean Canvas – Marketing session, Ed Ipser shares how to identify your own early adopters, unique value proposition, and marketing …
How We Picked Our Tagline “Early Customers and Early Revenue”
In Ed Ipser’s recent Lean Canvas workshop I shared how we picked our tagline “early customers and early revenue.”
Customer Discovery Framework
SKMurphy’s bootcamp provides a proven Customer Discovery Framework for validating your idea with prospects to determine the real market need.
xMentium Reframes Contract Management as Faster Deals
xMentium Reframes Contract Management as Faster Deals What follows is a quick look at xMentium’s current positioning and some lessons I have learned from their realization of the customer’s true need–or at least the need that emerged once you have contracts under revision control in a searchable repository. SKMurphy has been an advisor since February …
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Getting More Customers – A 90-day Plan
Let’s face it, finding customers can be quite a challenge. In this interactive course, we will cover a variety of proven marketing techniques for growing your business: attendees will select one or two that fit their style and develop a plan to implement them in their business in the next 90 days.
Customer Discovery Bootcamp for Market Exploration
Customer Discovery Bootcamp for Market Exploration Customer Discovery is critical if you want to create a product or service that serves potential customers’ needs, pain points, and challenges. Entrepreneurs can use Customer Discovery at any point in a startup’s journey; however, the early-stage discovery step is the most important. Spending time, money, and energy …
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3D Negotiation: Pricing for Early Customers
Pricing for early customers must compensate them for the risks of adopting early. Startups need revenue, references, and case studies