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国际通用IQ测试(第1版):国际标准的IQ在线测试,看看你的智商如何? Windows7系统IPV6“无视长城”穿墙术. :.: Zanthus › Market Dynamics. Abernathy-Utterback Model of Product & Process Innovation In a series of articles published from the mid to late-1970s, William Abernathy and James M.

:.: Zanthus › Market Dynamics

Utterback laid out a model of the dynamics of innovation. This model hypothesizes that the rate of major innovation for both products and processes follows a general pattern over time. As the figure below indicates, the rate of product innovation in an industry or product class is highest during its formative years. During this period, called the ‘fluid phase,’ considerable experimentation with product design and operational characteristics takes place. Abernathy-Utterback Product & Process Innovation Model Download PowerPoint version The period of fluidity, according to the model, typically gives way to a ‘transitional phase’ in which the rate of major product innovation slows down and the rate of major process innovations speeds up.

Source Utterback, James M.; Mastering the Dynamics of Innovation; Harvard Business School Press; 1994. Founders Block » Blog Archive » A Weekend Experiment with The Lean Startup – Part 2: “We did more of a jumpstep than a pivot” For those of you who haven’t read Part 1, here it is Part 1. For those of you who don’t want to read part 1, we’re taking part in a 54 hour lean startup contest that is similar to Startup Weekend called The Lean Startup Machine. Now, let’s get more specific. You might find my presentation video somewhere on the Lean Startup Machine Website over the next few days or weeks, but here were some of our key assumptions. 1.) Marketing students are highly motivated by money. 2.) Sidenote: Customer development is hard. I’ve been reading about lean startups and customer development for the last eight months, and I assumed I was doing it. So, back to our project. Mistake! Guess what, both our basic assumptions were wrong and we had to pivot.

Pivoting is not easy, especially when you find that two of your most basic assumptions are wrong. Founders Block » Blog Archive » A Weekend Experiment with the Lean Startup – Part 1. I’m taking part in The Lean Startup Machine. It’s similar startup weekend that’s specifically designed with lean startup principles. Steve Blank would be proud! Eric Ries is proud (he was at the event via online video to speak and answer questions) The goal of the event is to teach rapid customer development and to build working CD/Lean principle prototypes as fast as possible to get feedback, pivot, and eventually build an awesome product. The night started with a few talks, speeches, and need to knows. There were some great pitches. CrowdMarkUp.com – Crowdsourcing Marketing Ideas for Startups. 99Designs or Crowdspring for marketing advice.

Project owners give a dollar amount when they sign up, and 85% goes to the advisors, and 15% goes to us. I’ve made the mistake of starting a company with no more of a marketing plan than “I’ll tell people on facebook and twitter and it will spread exponetially”. Lean Startup Machine / CHICAGO. The Startup Pyramid. Every six months I rethink the optimal startup go to market approach based on new insights gained at recent startups.

The Startup Pyramid

Lately I’ve been using a pyramid to represent the process I’m using. Startups require a solid foundation of product/market fit before progressing up the pyramid and scaling the business. Achieving Product/Market Fit Product/market fit has always been a fairly abstract concept making it difficult to know when you have actually achieved it. Yet many entrepreneurs have highlighted the importance of creating a product that resonates with the target market: I’ve tried to make the concept less abstract by offering a specific metric for determining product/market fit. You should measure your product/market fit as soon as possible because it will significantly impact how you operate your startup. Race up the Pyramid Once you have achieved product/market fit, it’s time to accelerate through the next steps of the pyramid and then begin scaling your business.

Why I Became an Entrepreneur (the Long Story) « The Metamorphosis. This is a post about growing up.

Why I Became an Entrepreneur (the Long Story) « The Metamorphosis

My parents are an old school latin couple: My mom (b. 1938) grew up in a small town in Argentina. My dad (b. 1929) grew up bouncing from village to village in the deserts of southern New Mexico. They met at UCLA in the late 1950s and got married in 1963. Yes, I am 29; and yes, I was a total accident. (I think that they thought the machinery had stopped working by 1980.) Anywho, my parents are Catholic––my mom more so than my father––and like my 3 elder siblings, I spent my childhood and adolescence getting a Catholic education, first at St. Obviously, little has changed. Yet despite my protestations at the time and the fact that I had renounced my Catholicism in 7th grade, some of these lessons stuck. Internet Marketing Advice, Internet Business Blog, Work From Home Blog. 经济笔记 - 华尔街日报. 王二卖粮和住房分配的难题. 王二减肥与欧洲债务危机.