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This Program Uses Lean Startup Techniques to Turn Scientists into Entrepreneurs
Entrepreneurship Digital ArticleAnd it’s changing the way they do science. -
What the Lean Startup Method Gets Right and Wrong
Entrepreneurs and founders Digital ArticleIt puts a premium on customer experience, but undervalues strategic thinking. -
Lean Doesn't Always Create the Best Products
Innovation & Leadership Digital ArticleEmpathetic design takes more time but delivers better results. -
Getting Physicians to Buy in to Lean Health Care
Change management Digital ArticleEditor’s note: For more on the future of health care visit the HBR Insight Center on Health Care Innovations. In the April issue of HBR, Tom Lee describes the story of Gary Kaplan applying lean methodologies he learned from Boeing executives to improve performance at Seattle’s Virginia Mason Health Center. As much as health care […] -
How GE Applies Lean Startup Practices
Operations and supply chain management Digital ArticleThey’re reinventing their appliance business with rapid prototyping. -
Four Lean Advertising Campaigns That Went Viral
Sales & Marketing Digital ArticleInexpensive videos can sell products, but you've got to know what works (and what doesn't). -
Lean Knowledge Work
Operations and supply chain management Magazine ArticleThe “Toyota” principles can also be effective in operations involving judgment and expertise -
The Secret to Lean Innovation Is Making Learning a Priority
Innovation Digital ArticleSuccess can skyrocket when lessons are systematically captured and made available to everyone. -
NewTV Is the Antithesis of a Lean Startup. Can It Work?
Innovation & Leadership Digital ArticleHow entrepreneurship changes when cash is abundant. -
In Big Companies, Lean Is Only One Piece of the Puzzle
Innovation & Leadership Digital ArticleAt mature companies, it's tougher to turn on a dime. -
Why the Lean Start-Up Changes Everything
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleIn the past few years, a new methodology for launching companies, called "the lean start-up," has begun to replace the old regimen. Traditionally, a venture's... -
Transient Advantage
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleFor decades, the business world has been fixated on achieving sustainable competitive advantage, a position within an industry that allows a company to... -
A Lean Startup Approach to International Development
Innovation & Leadership Digital ArticleLarge-scale planning isn't the answer. -
"Lean In" Messages and the Illusion of Control
Leadership & Managing People ResearchResearchers found a downside to messages of empowerment. -
Lean Strategy
Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleStart-ups need both agility and direction. -
The Barriers Big Companies Face When They Try to Act Like Lean Startups
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Looking to Join the Lean Start-up Movement?
Innovation Digital ArticleThree pointers for using the theory in practice. -
To Make Lean Startups Work, You Need a Balanced Team
Innovation & Leadership ResearchResearchers found educationally diverse teams perform better, but adding MBAs to the mix has both negative and positive effects. -
The Limits of the Lean Startup Method
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleToo much testing can backfire. -
How to Profit from “Lean Advertising”
Advertising Magazine ArticleOnline video offers a way to achieve higher engagement with consumers for far less money.
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Academic Entrepreneurship: Navigating Commercialization Challenges
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details In September 2015, Pooja Viswanathan, a post-doctoral research scientist, emerged perplexed after a meeting with her post-doc supervisor. The purpose... -
Meesho (A): Exploring Hyperlocal Fashion
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details Meesho is a three-part case that highlights the ups and downs, and the twists and turns, of a typical entrepreneurial journey. It follows the experiences... -
The Unicorn Within: How Companies Can Create Game-Changing Ventures at Startup Speed
35.00View Details Imagine if the multinational hotel groups had founded Airbnb, or the big auto companies had launched Uber and Tesla, or Blockbuster had created Netflix.... -
EDTechWorx: An Education Technology Start-up
Management Case Study11.95View Details This case study follows a series of events over the first two years of EdTechWorx, a Pakistan-based education technology start-up that labels itself as... -
Xbox Game Pass: Business Model Optimization and Transformation
Management Case Study11.95View Details Microsoft launched the Xbox gaming console on November 15, 2001. For years, Microsoft used the "razor-razorblade" business model for Xbox by subsidizing... -
Lee Valley Tools: Oversized Challenges
Management Case Study11.95View Details Nick worked as the weekend shift leader at the fulfillment center of Lee Valley Tools. in Ottawa. The company operated three shifts-a day and night shift... -
A Scientific Approach to Creating a New Business: MiMoto
Management Case Study11.95View Details The case describes the scientific approach taken by the founders of Mimoto - an electric scooter-sharing company offering dockless, keyless scooters available... -
A Scientific Approach to Creating a New Business: MiMoto (Abridged Version)
Management Case Study11.95View Details The case describes the scientific approach taken by the founders of Mimoto - an electric scooter-sharing company offering dockless, keyless scooters available... -
EcoMatcher: Daring to Make a Difference
Management Case Study11.95View Details This case tells the story of Bas Fransen, who evolved from a senior executive at Fortune Global 500 companies to founder of EcoMatcher - a socially responsible... -
Dropbox: 'It Just Works'
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details Dropbox is a venture-backed Silicon Valley startup, founded in 2006, that provides online storage and backup services to millions of customers using a... -
Meesho (C): Empowering India's Women Entrepreneurs
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study5.00View Details Meesho is a three-part case that highlights the ups and downs, and the twists and turns, of a typical entrepreneurial journey. It follows the experiences... -
GRID: Disrupting the Real Estate Industry with Blockchain
Management Case Study11.95View Details In February 2023, Irene Cameron was preparing to launch her property technology (proptech) start-up Geo-Registry Integrated Datachain Inc. (GRID) in eastern... -
A Brief Note on Hoshin Kanri: Strategy Deployment
Technology & Operations Case Study8.95View Details Hoshin kanri (HK), or strategy deployment, has been an integral part of the company management practices of some of the most successful Lean-practicing... -
Danimal in South Africa: Management Innovation at the Bottom of the Pyramid
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details The case focuses on management innovation in the South African dairy industry, describing how an innovative new yoghurt product, Danimal, was created... -
Product-Market Alignment
Technology & Operations Case Study8.95View Details The ability to achieve product-market alignment (PMA) differentiates businesses that will thrive from those that will fail. Yet many find it difficult... -
Hypothesis-Driven Entrepreneurship: The Lean Startup
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Firms that follow a hypothesis-driven approach to evaluating entrepreneurial opportunity are called "lean startups." Entrepreneurs in these startups translate... -
Continuous Design Using Hypothesis-Driven Development
Management Case Study8.95View Details This technical note introduces readers to two important concepts involving design in the digital sphere: continuous design and hypothesis-driven design... -
Re:Build Manufacturing-Reimagining the Conglomerate
Management Case Study11.95View Details In October 2021, Miles Arnone, CEO of Re:Build Manufacturing (Re:Build), was thinking about Re:Build's next acquisition. Arnone contemplated the pros... -
EcoMatcher: Beyond the Triple Bottom Line
Management Case Study11.95View Details This case tells the story of EcoMatcher - a green and socially responsible enterprise that has found a scalable and profitable business model planting... -
Essent: From a State-Owned Utility to a Commercial Company
Technology & Operations Case Study11.95View Details Patrick Lammers, Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) for the Dutch energy company Essent NV, once a state-owned company, was pleased with the progress Essent's...
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This Program Uses Lean Startup Techniques to Turn Scientists into Entrepreneurs
Entrepreneurship Digital ArticleAnd it’s changing the way they do science. -
What the Lean Startup Method Gets Right and Wrong
Entrepreneurs and founders Digital ArticleIt puts a premium on customer experience, but undervalues strategic thinking. -
Lean Doesn't Always Create the Best Products
Innovation & Leadership Digital ArticleEmpathetic design takes more time but delivers better results. -
Academic Entrepreneurship: Navigating Commercialization Challenges
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details In September 2015, Pooja Viswanathan, a post-doctoral research scientist, emerged perplexed after a meeting with her post-doc supervisor. The purpose... -
Getting Physicians to Buy in to Lean Health Care
Change management Digital ArticleEditor’s note: For more on the future of health care visit the HBR Insight Center on Health Care Innovations. In the April issue of HBR, Tom Lee describes the story of Gary Kaplan applying lean methodologies he learned from Boeing executives to improve performance at Seattle’s Virginia Mason Health Center. As much as health care […] -
Meesho (A): Exploring Hyperlocal Fashion
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details Meesho is a three-part case that highlights the ups and downs, and the twists and turns, of a typical entrepreneurial journey. It follows the experiences... -
The Unicorn Within: How Companies Can Create Game-Changing Ventures at Startup Speed
35.00View Details Imagine if the multinational hotel groups had founded Airbnb, or the big auto companies had launched Uber and Tesla, or Blockbuster had created Netflix.... -
EDTechWorx: An Education Technology Start-up
Management Case Study11.95View Details This case study follows a series of events over the first two years of EdTechWorx, a Pakistan-based education technology start-up that labels itself as... -
Xbox Game Pass: Business Model Optimization and Transformation
Management Case Study11.95View Details Microsoft launched the Xbox gaming console on November 15, 2001. For years, Microsoft used the "razor-razorblade" business model for Xbox by subsidizing...