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Category Archives: Experiment
Just Do It!
Just Do It seems the theme of product development: effectuation, agile development, probe and learn, or organic. Continue reading
Posted in Co-creation or User collaboration, Customer Research Methods, effectuation, experiential innovation, Experiment, Slow Burn Entrepreneurship
Tagged agile development, effectuation, Gary Gilmore, just do it, lean startups, Let's Do It!, market research, marketing, Nike, probe and learn, product innovation, Stage-Gate
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Pioneers get arrows in their backs…
Pioneers don’t always win: in fact they don’t usually win! The keys to success are luck, persistence, and continual innovation. Continue reading
Is “Lean Startups” a misnomer?
Lean startups as Probe and Learn entrepreneurship! Continue reading
Before “Lean Startups” there was “Probe and Learn”
The innovation process underlying lean startups, as described by Eric Ries, seems eerily similar to the Probe and Learn process described by Gary Lynn and colleagues 15 years ago. Continue reading
Posted in Co-creation or User collaboration, Customer Research Methods, effectuation, entrepreneurship, experiential innovation, Experiment, Slow Burn Entrepreneurship, Uncategorized
Tagged effectuation, entrepreneurship, Eric Ries, Gary Lynn, probe and learn, rapid prototyping, Stephan t, Steven Gary Blank, Thomke
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Lean Start-ups or Slow-burn entrepreneurship
Lean startups and slow burn startups permit the effectuation process of entrepreneurship to continue for a longer period of time. Continue reading
Posted in Co-creation or User collaboration, experiential innovation, Experiment
Tagged Carilion Clinic, David Catalano, David Poteet, Doug Juanarena, effectuation, entrepreneurship, Frederick Cook, Heyo, Lars Graf, Lean start-up, Modea, NCTC, New River Valley, Nomad Mobile guides, NRV, Rackspace, Radford University, technology council, Virginia, Virginia Tech, VitalLink
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Catch the Wave
How do you catch the wave of technology? Why is Apple so good at it? Ideas from effectuation, Lead Users, probe and learn are considered. Continue reading
Effectuation in Action: Consulting as Search
Effectuation in action: one way for firms to employ effectuation in a new market is to enter through consulting and custom projects. Continue reading
Catch a Wave: Innovate life surfers!
The world of surfing shows the power of Lead User innnovation. Catch a wave and you’ll be innovating at the edge of the world… Continue reading
Innovation Week 2/19/2011: Users in innovation?
Do users have a role to play in really innovative new product development? A disccussion of pros and cons that draws on the ideas of von Hippel, Sarasvathy and others. Also discussions on the clout of Klout, and social media marketing. Continue reading
Contextual Knowledge and Sticky Information
For innovation the contextual knowledge and sticky information of users may be the most important data: data that can only be accessed with invasive research techniques such as probe and learn, ethnograhic, experimentation, and effectuation. Continue reading