The Lean Startup Newsletter - September 22, 2014

The Lean Startup Newsletter - September 22, 2014 by Eric Ries

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9/22/2014

I’m always eager to hear stories about teams’ experiences putting the Lean Startup methodology in practice and so I enjoyed IBM’s Bill Higgins’ firsthand account of how his team moved from “on premise” software to the cloud using an MVP approach. Here's what else I've been reading this week:Talking to humans“Getting out of the building” is one of those concepts that sounds easy enough, but anyone who’s done qualitative customer interviews knows that the process is about more than just asking people what they want. Neo’s Giff Constable talks about some of the ideas in his new book, Talking to Humans, in a short interview with Govlab. 

"How the hell is this software dude going to have anything to say to us?"

For those of your following GE’s ongoing efforts to become more entrepreneurial, here’s a brief account of their FastWorks Initiative from advanced technology guru Mark Little: "We're looking at young Eric and thinking how the hell is this software dude going to have anything to say to us?" 

Cross-functional collaboration from Day One

Lean UX author Jeff Gothelf talks about the importance of collaboration in the design process: “Lean UX opens up the design process by encouraging cross-functional collaboration from the moment a project starts.” 

Boost your entrepreneurship skills without getting out of the building

Over at my blog, Lisa Regan posted about Bob Sutton’s free online course on scaling your business as well as the free webcasts the Lean Startup Conference team is offering in the run-up to the main events in December. Cheers,Eric

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