Ask Atma

MAY 5, 2012

model, startups will have more success if they adopt lean and agile business development principles, where failing fast is the premium strategy and the lean business model reigns supreme. I first encountered the idea of developing a one-page business model in 2007 when I came across the Osterwalder model on the web.

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Business Model Ries Agility Entrepreneur 93

Harvard Business Review

MAY 25, 2012

The widespread adoption of Eric Ries 's work beyond Silicon Valley has been a godsend for innovators. The Lean Startup has crystallized many of the ideas fundamental to successful innovation and provided companies with additional ways to understand and make room for rapid iteration, agile development, and in-market testing of new ideas.

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Ries Business Model Entrepreneur Agility 14

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 18, 2012

They're what Eric Ries, author of The Lean Startup , calls "vanity metrics.". That's what Ries calls an "engine of growth.". These metrics are valuable because they measure success at your core business. Seek out what Ries refers to as "actionable metrics." Those metrics are the most common false idols of analytics.

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Metrics Media Ries Reference 16

Harvard Business Review

JULY 11, 2011

Yet several of them — Seth Godin, Eric Ries, and Gary Vaynerchuk — have recently published traditional, paper books. For now, many people still prefer to read long-form content on a collection of printed pages, and there is probably some healthy overlap between that group and the cohort that needs advice on technology.

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Ries Godin Marketing Strategy Brand 9

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 1, 2012

So how do you empower your corporate innovators to bring their ideas to market? In his seminal work, The Innovator's Dilemma , Clayton Christensen made the point that for disruptive innovations to be pursued effectively, they require autonomous business units. The business then becomes unprofitable and goes belly up.

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Innovation Company ROI Disruptive Innovation 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 3, 2012

There's no doubt technology entrepreneurship is becoming its own kind of celebrity. Eric Ries has recently become fond of saying, "Entrepreneurship is not cool, it's not sexy and it's totally uncomfortable. Or maybe he's a self-proclaimed "business model and monetization expert" fresh off the MBA assembly line.

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Entrepreneur Ries Hammer Technology 16

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 3, 2012

There's no doubt technology entrepreneurship is becoming its own kind of celebrity. Eric Ries has recently become fond of saying, "Entrepreneurship is not cool, it's not sexy and it's totally uncomfortable. Or maybe he's a self-proclaimed "business model and monetization expert" fresh off the MBA assembly line.

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Entrepreneur Ries Hammer Technology 16