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The Lean Startup

Breaking the reality distortion field

by justingibbs on June 2, 2009

I’m a big fan of a concept Eric Ries calls shadow beliefs. Of course they aren’t something to strive for. Shadow beliefs are shared assumptions that are widely believed in the start-up but never spoken. For example:

We know what customers want.
We can accurately predict the future.
Advancing the plan is progress.

They can also be unique to [...]

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The first Lean Startup workshop

by justingibbs on May 29, 2009

Today I had the privilege of attending the first Lean Startup workshop put on by Eric Ries. I came across Eric’s teachings and consequently Steve Blank’s Customer Development while working at Vivaty. At the time it seemed everything we were doing was the exact thing Eric and Steve advised against. Needless to say I became [...]

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Emerging technologies give us a lot of opportunity when it comes to entertainment and much more than just as a distribution channel. You only have to look at Xtranormal to see some of the potential. This is machinima on steroids and just the beginning really. I can’t wait till Xtranormal is integrated with an real [...]

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To start a start-up, a real time story start-up?

by justingibbs on April 8, 2009

I saw Eric Ries speak about The Lean Startup at the Web 2.0 conference last week and I have to admit, I’m beginning to dream of my own start-up focused on real time story. Of course what’s holding me back isn’t just the huge amount of work but a paralyzing fear that today real time story [...]

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