Lean Startup et Customer Development résumé par Sébastien Sacard L’Open Coffee Club autour du Lean Startup présenté par Sébastien Sacard J’ai participé à l’Open Coffee Club de Paris organisé par Eric Dubois sur le thème du Lean Startup. A cette occasion, Sébastien Sacard (@ssacard), concepteur agile de services Web innovants, est intervenu pour partager son expérience sur l’atelier Lean Startup Machine. Je me propose donc de vous faire part d’un article qui approfondit ce qui a été dit au cours de la présentation brillamment menée par Sébastien Sacard. La Lean Startup Machine est une société américaine qui organise des ateliers afin d’appliquer des méthodes plus « scientifique » à la création d’entreprise. - le Minimum Viable Product (MVP) qui consiste à produire la solution à un problème sous son aspect le plus simple afin de valider une ou plusieurs hypothèses rapidement et à moindre coût. - le « Customer Development » qui consiste à trouver le moyen de valider ou d’invalider vos hypothèses le plus rapidement en dépensant le moins possible.
What a Private Attorney Could Do to Help Avoid Potential Pitfalls Filing a trademark application at the USPTO starts a legal proceeding. Most applicants hire an attorney who specializes in trademark matters to represent them in the application process and provide legal advice. While a USPTO trademark examining attorney will try to help you through the process even if you do not hire a lawyer, no USPTO attorney may give you legal advice. A private trademark attorney can help you before, during, and after the trademark application process, including policing and enforcing any trademark registration that may issue. How to Find a Trademark Attorney To locate an attorney, consult your local telephone listings or contact the attorney referral service of a state bar or local bar association (see American Bar Association’s Consumers’ Guide to Legal Help). Attorneys generally charge a fee for their services, but some attorneys and bar associations may offer free or greatly reduced services to financially under-resourced individuals and small businesses.
10 Business Card Mistakes You Might Be Making Everyone should have a business card, right? Whether you have a business, a nonprofit, a local organization or are looking for a new job, you need a way to leave people with important information. But most make big mistakes on their cards. Do you? To write this post, I grabbed ten random business cards from a stack I received last week. So you can see I didn’t have to look far for examples. So if you are ready, pull out your business card, lay it on the desk near your computer, pull out a pen or highlighter and be ready to identify the mistakes you are making Here are the 10 business card mistakes people make: #1 Small font size – Some of us have perfect vision. #2 Glossy paper – One way I can make your card more usable and memorable is to make some notes on it before I leave you. #3 Light font color – I mentioned font size up above. #6 No email/web address or bad email – Amazingly, I found two cards without an email address. So what other mistakes are people making? Need some new cards?
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Entrepreneurial Revolution Women's Business Resources SBA and the Office of Women's Business Ownership collaborate with many organizations to make the best possible resources available to women entrepreneurs. Whether you are a woman interested in starting a business, applying for a business loan, finding government contracting opportunities, or improving an existing business, this page is a good point of reference for you. Major Partners National Women's Business Council The National Women's Business Council (NWBC) is a federal advisory council created to serve as an independent source of advice and counsel to the President, Congress and the U.S. Other Useful Resources Make Mine a Million Gives access to creative women who are dedicated to helping other women succeed in business. Women Impacting Public Policy Association of Women's Business Centers Provides women business owners and entrepreneurs with a variety of support and services, including help in securing rounds of venture capital. National Association of Women Business Owners
Facebook Debuts Facebook For Business - Resources Businesses, especially those led by tech-savvy entrepreneurs, have long been using Facebook to promote their brands and interact with customers. But now the social-networking giant is formalizing the relationship with the introduction of Facebook for Business. Unveiled Tuesday, Facebook for Business is a webpage that gives directions on everything from how to create a profile to how to communicate effectively with customers. The Facebook page seems to target small businesses especially, since they don't have the marketing budgets to outsource the social-media function. The suggestions range from the obvious, like how to choose a photo to represent the business: “Use an eye-catching, recognizable photo of your business’s name, storefront, or popular product,” to the more complicated, like how to build up a community or develop a strategy for your page. It also advises companies to make sure that they have a “consistent voice for your page, so your fans know what to expect.”
50 Useful Open Lectures for Business People Professional development is a key component to achieving success in a business career. However, because of the hefty price tags associated with business development courses and lectures, many professionals shoo away. Forget about breaking the bank—the internet is a massive, untapped resource for professional business development compliments of Ivy League schools and other influential academic institutions. We have collected a list of videos that showcase the best. Our list spans a wide range of business topics, including: economics, management, finance, marketing, technology, personal development, entrepreneurship, leadership, international relations and business law—and all provide essential material to color and add to your business skills and knowledge. These lectures will augment your Accounting degree; Management degree online or on campus, and many other business-related educational paths, so you are at the top of your game professionally. 1. 2. 3. 4.
1% for the Planet | Home Accelerator - an Entrepreneurs' Organization program | Home OverviewIn a series of quarterly, high-impact learning events, Accelerator gives you tools, knowledge, and skills to grow your business to more than $1 million (US) in annual revenue. This comprehensive program also connects you to the most influential network of entrepreneurs on the planet. Through the multiple learning and networking opportunities Accelerator provides, you sharpen your skills both as an entrepreneur and as a leader. Participant Criteria Sounds good — right? To qualify for the Accelerator Program you must be the owner or founder of an operating business with gross annual revenues between US$250,000 and US$1 million. Learn more about applying to the Accelerator Program What is the Accelerator Program? As a participant in the Accelerator Program, you will: If you are accepted to the Accelerator Program, you will receive the content to grow your business and the context to learn from others who have faced similar opportunities and challenges.
How can I protect my business, my brand name, my domain name, or published material from being copied on the Web? You should be aware that some matters are not protected by patent or copyright laws. These are know-how, commercial secrets, and ideas (i.e. ideas are for free development). The above are difficult to protect, except by means of a confidentiality agreement. 5 Ways You Are Turning Your Customers Away This article by VerticalResponse CEO and founder Janine Popick originally appeared on Inc.com. When it comes to running our companies, we all get into a rut from time to time. One big rut is not having enough time in the day to really assess all of the ways our customers are interacting with us, whether it’s digital or good old face-to-face. With all the access customers have to products and services other than your own, it’s extremely easy to lose opportunities to make them happy. Take a look at your business and see if any of these pitfalls could be turning your customers away: Employee Chatter How many times have you walked into a store and you hear employees talking to each other about their shifts, the fact that they hate working today, or how they can’t wait to get off work to go clubbing tonight? Phone Tree Hell Have you ever called your own business phone number to see what the customer experience is like? Mobile Mania Inconsistencies Welcome! © 2012, VR Marketing Blog.
Form an LLC: Which state should I form in? - MyLLC.com, Inc. Wyoming is most famous for its national parks, geysers, expansive prairies and cheap land, but this state is always ready to lead the pack when it comes to business issues. It’s a wonder that it hasn’t exploded yet, but just wait…it will happen. Wyoming is also a tax haven and has many of the same benefits that Nevada has - including no business or franchise taxes of any sort. Officers are also allowed to maintain their privacy and remain anonymous, like in Nevada. But there’s more! Wyoming isn’t as popular as Nevada and I am not certain for the exact reason; however I have a sneaking suspicion that Las Vegas, “The Entertainment Capital of the World” has something to do with it.