Ask Atma

MAY 5, 2012

You have a great business idea but you are not sure how to develop it. Should you follow conventional wisdom and write-up a thirty-page business plan? I first encountered the idea of developing a one-page business model in 2007 when I came across the Osterwalder model on the web. In my management 3.0

Business Model 93

Business Model Ries Agility Entrepreneur 93

Harvard Business Review

JULY 11, 2011

Yet several of them — Seth Godin, Eric Ries, and Gary Vaynerchuk — have recently published traditional, paper books. But these serial-entrepreneurs-turned-authors think that they can also make their traditional books compelling to tech-savvy readers by using 21st-century production, distribution and marketing strategies.

Ries 10

Ries Godin Marketing Strategy Brand 10

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 26, 2013

In my eyes, the work Steve Blank, Eric Ries, and others have done to provide a cogent, accessible frame around the academic concepts of emergent strategy is one of the most important contributions to the innovation movement over the past few years. I love Lean. That''s not right. Create mechanisms to enable experiments.

Ries 8

Ries Telecommunications Business Model Competitive Advantage 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 9, 2012

A movement originating from the United States' West Coast has sought to transform the creation of new businesses from an art to a science. The intellectual leader of the movement is Steve Blank , a serial entrepreneur who now teaches at Stanford and the University of California at Berkeley.

Productivity 15

Productivity Products Ries Mintzberg 15

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 7, 2012

The Lean Start-Up movement, as exemplified in Eric Ries' book The Lean Start-Up , has appropriately focused a great deal of attention on the hard decisions and techniques required to create a company from nothing. So instead, I am picking a few companies with less well known stories that may resonate with today's entrepreneurs.

P&L 14

P&L Lewin EBITDA Ries 14

Harvard Business Review

MAY 30, 2013

In 2010, one of us was sitting in a room at the Harvard Business School with Eric Ries and a number of budding entrepreneurs. One of these young entrepreneurs in particular stood out. He had developed an extensive plan, and had the promise of grant money behind him.

Company 9

Company Ries Maturity Innovation 9

Harvard Business Review

MAY 13, 2014

That includes learning from the outside and striving to adopt certain start-up practices, with a focus on three key management processes: (1) resource allocation that nurtures future businesses, (2) faster-cycle product development, and (3) partnering with start-ups. Resource allocation: i ncubating a protected class of ideas.

Six Sigma 8

Six Sigma Incubator Payback Period Ries 8