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Born to fail

Originally published in Idealog #27, page 12

Eric Ries has watched promising companies burn, accidental ideas succeed and bad products turn good. Working out why has led him to his own methodology, the Lean Startup. It’s all about shipping early, observing the response, learning and being ready to change quickly (the ‘pivot’). If it doesn’t work, at least you’ll fail faster—and cheaper. But will Silicon Valley’s rules work in Enzed?

This is an excellent interview of Eric Ries in New Zealand that goes over some of the general ideas and benefits of lean startup.

Turning on your Reality Distortion Field « Steve Blank

Turning on your Reality Distortion Field

I was catching up over coffee and a muffin with a student I hadn’t seen for years who’s now CEO of his own struggling startup.  As I listened to him present the problems of matching lithium-ion battery packs to EV powertrains and direct drive motors, I realized that he had a built a product for a segment of the electric vehicle market that possibly could put his company on the right side of a major industry discontinuity.

But he was explaining it like it was his PhD dissertation defense.

This post is a bit near and dear to my heart, as I’m working through the same situation. It is tough for engineers to skip over the fine points and give that Wow explanation that just grabs the listener.

Goldenhook.fr: a start-up that where YOU choose the grannies to knit your stuff.

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Paris-based start-up that will knit you anything! And YOU choose the grannie you want to make it!

Think of it as a more authentic Etsy!

Interesting idea but reading their site I have a filled an A4 with jokes 😉