Salim Virani, entreprenerd. Creator of Leancamp.
Salim Virani, entreprenerd. Creator of Leancamp.
Sometimes you see it coming totally miss it. We’ve buried our heads in the sand regarding 3 pervasive trends: what people actually want from their mobile device the failing rules of intellectual property (IP) the shift of early adopters to emerging emerged markets I think … Continue reading
Short version: Think of your brand as two parts: the customers’ expectation at the core, and the surface elements that signal that expectation. Usually, it’s less wasteful to get the expectation right first (through conversation and low-fi prototypes), then invest … Continue reading
Ask a founder to describe what their startup does. Then ask their customer.Think they’ll say the same thing? Probably not. How badly to you think this slows down the founder? When I co-founded a business providing business centres to hotels, … Continue reading
Ever caught yourself spinning your wheels on a decision, letting it hold you back from progress? We see this all the time with startups since so many decisions are complex and involve a lot of unknowns. Seemingly simple things homepage … Continue reading
Agile is associated with speed. The promise of Agile is working code faster, but how does this happen in practice? Though practices like Test-driven Development (TDD,) Continuous Integration (CI) and Continuous Deployment (CD.) These are easier to understand when you … Continue reading
I’ve seen this lead to painful attempts. Non-technical people often buy into Agile and Lean as a faster way to build what they want. They try to employ developers without seeking to understand the process of developing software. Frustration results. At … Continue reading
This makes Leancamp work – Leancamp creates bridges from Lean Startup to other disciplines so we all find faster ways to get market traction. The business model innovation and user experience design communities have joined us, and sharing our apparatus and experiences … Continue reading
Since the beginning of Leancamp, I’ve been looking for a way to make the unconference model financially-independent – with the goal of synthesizing its community values with a commercially-viable way to grow. An interesting problem, because by Lean Startup measures, Leancamp has problem/solution fit – … Continue reading
tl;dr Split-testing doesn’t verify your numbers, it only verifies which option is better. If one of the options tested is a clear winner, you’ll know with small amounts of data. So, Myth – Split-testing requires a large sample size to … Continue reading
Every process a startup uses operates at one stage of the feedback loop. But lean startup practices have the effect of optimizing the total time through the loop. Practices that are harmful are the ones that optimize our ability to … Continue reading
