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THE STATE OF LEAN STARTUP

Published on Jul 29, 2019

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

INSIGHTS & STRATEGY

MANAGing INNOVATION IN UNFAMILIAR TERRAINS

innovation is a long journey

full of risks and excitement
I come from a background where only limited mid-course adjustment is allowed.

Failure was and still is economically and politically costly.

We were trained to plan thoroughly, and leave no room for error.

This resulted in excessive planing and an extremely expensive process of design, production, launch and operation.
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reimagining the future

ADRENALINE RUSH
I come from a background where only limited mid-course adjustment is allowed.

Failure was and still is economically and politically costly.

We were trained to plan thoroughly, and leave no room for error.

This resulted in excessive planing and an extremely expensive process of design, production, launch and operation.
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Limited Mid-Course Adjustments

Failure is Economically and Politically Costly
I come from a background where only limited mid-course adjustment is allowed.

Failure was and still is economically and politically costly.

We were trained to plan thoroughly, and leave no room for error.

This resulted in excessive planing and an extremely expensive process of design, production, launch and operation.
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YOU HAVE ONE SHOT, ONE OPPORTUNITY

ENTREPRENEURSHIP IS NOT ROCKET SCIENCE

-   you have more control over outcome   -
Luckily, for most of us in the room, entrepreneurship is not rocket science.

If you ever watched the mission control room
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A STARTUP AS AN ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO CREATING NEW PRODUCT OR SERVICE UNDER CONDITIONS OF EXTREME UNCERTAINTY.

Luckily, for most of us in the room, entrepreneurship is not rocket science.

If you ever watched the mission control room

LOST AND OVERWHELMED, MANY ENTREPRENEURS DECIDE TO FOLLOW THEIR GUT

-       LET'S START BUILDING        -
Luckily, for most of us in the room, entrepreneurship is not rocket science.

If you ever watched the mission control room
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MISSING THE BIG PICTURE?

IT'S EASY FOR ENTREPRENEURS TO DELUDE THEMSELVES THAT THEY ARE ON THE RIGHT TRACK
Luckily, for most of us in the room, entrepreneurship is not rocket science.

If you ever watched the mission control room

STEER TOWARDS CLARITY

FOCUS ON WHAT MATTERS THE MOST TO YOUR CUSTOMER
Instead of making complex plans, and cross your fingers that things go right, you can make constant adjustment with Lean Startup's steering wheel, called "Build-Measure-Learn"

ELIMINATING WASTE

VALUE CREATION - VALUE DELIVERY - VALUE CAPTURE
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WASTE IS WHAT THE CUSTOMER WON’T PAY FOR

IN THE SEARCH FOR WASTE, YOU NEED TO LOOK FOR ANYTHING THAT ‘CAN’T BE INVOICED’

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IN THE SEARCH FOR WASTE, YOU NEED TO LOOK FOR ANYTHING THAT ‘CAN’T BE INVOICED’
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LEAN INNOVATION

‘do the right thing’ - ‘do it right’ - ‘do it better’
And this is exactly what lean innovation is all about. It helps you do 3 fundamental things:
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INNOVATION

INSIGHT + IDEA + VALUE
Innovation is a new idea, based on user insights that creates new value for the user that was never delivered before.

INSIGHT

HIDDEN MEANING
Innovation is a new idea, based on user insights that creates new value for the user that was never delivered before.

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INSIGHTS HAVE NEVER BEEN FOUND HIDDEN UNDER A DESK IN THE OFFICE
Go an see for yourself.
Real location, real thing

SCIENTIFIC EXPERIMENTS

TEST THE RISKIEST ASSUMPTIONS FIRST
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VALUE HYPOTHESIS

IS YOUR SOLUTION REALLY DELIVERING VALUE TO YOUR CUSTOMER?
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“Enlightened trial and error succeeds over the planning of the lone genius.”

-                                          TOM KELLY, IDEO                                             -
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VALIDATED LEARNING

A TRUE MEASURE OF STARTUP PROGRESS

ZAPPOS

minimum viable product
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DO NOT BE AFRAID TO PIVOT

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RECORD STORE THAT ALSO SOLD JEANS

STATIONARY STORE

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NOKIA STARTED OFF SELLING PAPER PRODUCTS

TRADING CARDS

GROWTH HYPOTHESIS

HOW WILL THE BUSINESS GROW IN THE NEAR FUTURE? 

SUSTAINABLE GROWTH

New customers come from the actions of past customers
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GROWTH ENGINES

PAID - VIRAL - STICKY
You do not have to turn on all engines. But if the right engine halts, it can be the start of an end.

VALUE-CREATION ECONOMY

THE COMPANY THAT continuously create the most value within a market winS
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Whether you are a startup or a big business, or somewhere in between. Whether you are B2B or B2C, you are at the mercy of the Value-Creation Economy.

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constant innovation

To succeed, grow and thrive, you must be focused on continuously creating real value for real customers.
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YOU MUST BE FAST, AGILE AND QUICK TO ACT

SHADOWING YOUR OPPONENT, ANTICIPATING MOVES, AND REACTING FAST
You must be fast, agile, quick thinking and quick acting. You must constantly improve your output along with your output process. You must be a leader and a fast follower. You must be like a basketball point guard, shadowing your opponent, anticipating moves, and reacting fast.
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POINT GUARD

YOU MUST BE A LEADER AND A FAST FOLLOWER
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Most growth companies fall behind the curve before they reach their full potential

NEED to keep growing: creatE new products or services, develop new markets, scalE operations, develop talents, and attract the right investors
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Every successful business model matures; it’s only a matter of when and how quickly

Founders rarely anticipate the speed at which customer expectations evolve, technology advances, competitors move in, and the business outgrows the skills of the organization

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Falling off the curve

  • Market saturation - Cell phones
  • Competitors move in - Noise Cancelling HP
  • Price Erosion - Mobile line
  • Customer Acquisition Cost
  • Customer support - OPEX increase to serve the growing customer base
  • New scale, new skills - Scale brings complexity
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-       Vanity Metrics       -

$6 bn google acquisition offer (2010)

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TODAY VALUED AT $250 Mil

you must be able to innovate sustainably and disruptively

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When the core business of a single-product company matures, there are fewer options remaining for management to drive growth.

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FINDING THE NEXT S-CURVE

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STRETCHING S-CURVE

ONLINE RETAIL + ACQUISITION (AUDIBLE + WHISPERSYNC)
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THE NEXT S-CURVE?

SW & HW DEVELOPMENT - CLOUD COMPUTING - AI
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YOU MUST BE FAST, AGILE AND QUICK TO ACT

Learn to be a leader and a fast follower

CUSTOMER XP IS THE NEW IP

YOU SHOULD DESIGN, AND NOT ENGINEER SOLUTIONS
A designed solution will help you stretch your s-curve.

This will give you time to innovate at the inflection point.

Use incremental innovation to finance the next s-curve, your next disruptive innovation.
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CUSTOMER Centric

Use your validated learning to find your next s-curve
A designed solution will help you stretch your s-curve.

This will give you time to innovate at the inflection point.

Use incremental innovation to finance the next s-curve, your next disruptive innovation.

innovation is LIKE A GAME OF CHESS

"CUSTOMER IS KING"
A designed solution will help you stretch your s-curve.

This will give you time to innovate at the inflection point.

Use incremental innovation to finance the next s-curve, your next disruptive innovation.

innovation is LIKE A GAME OF CHESS

A designed solution will help you stretch your s-curve.

This will give you time to innovate at the inflection point.

Use incremental innovation to finance the next s-curve, your next disruptive innovation.