6. A startup is a temporary
organisation designed to search
for a repeatable and scalable
business model
Steve Blank
A startup is a human institution
designed to deliver a new product
or service under conditions of
extreme uncertainty.
Eric Ries
Odeo = platform for podcasting >> Twitter
The Point = business model based online collective action and fundraising, failed to get traction. pivoted and launched Groupon, which took his original idea for collection action and applied it to local deals. Two years later, the business blew past $100 million in sales.
Game Neverending = Social game >> Flickr
Burbn, HTML5 app that mimicked Foursquare’s concept of “checking in”, learned from competition, differentiated themselves, focus on square fotos, 2010 after 1 week of launch, no. 1 in App Store, $ 1 Bio in 2 years!
Structure thoughts and develop ideas into business ideas, “nail” the:
Top 3 problems that are worth solving
Customer segments that would be willing to pay
Top 3 benefits customer would derive
Put yourself into the shoes of the customer:
Job to be done?
Pain points & gains?
Identify benefits that customers would derive:
Gain creators & pain relievers?
Products/value prop?
Test the riskiest assumption by defining:
The most efficient method
Early adopters to target
Deliverables of the test
Minimum success criterion
Document progress of lean startup project
Document customer & problem hypothesis
List core assumptions & identify riskiest assumption to validate/ invalidate
Pivot/Persevere