Moves the Needle

AUGUST 14, 2018

Lean Innovation Definition At Moves The Needle, we define lean innovation as “reducing waste in the discovery, creation, and delivering of new value to customers." We base Lean Innovation principles upon the 3 E’s of Lean Innovation : Empathy, Experiments and Evidence. Where design thinking ends, Lean Startup begins.

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Moves the Needle

MARCH 1, 2023

The memo that started it all sounds more like modern product marketing than product management, but your mileage may vary. It was their job to ensure all aspects of the product development process were aligned and working together. The primary function was to serve as the bridge between Engineering and Marketing.

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Mike Shipulski

OCTOBER 12, 2016

The best known method is the Lean Startup method. The process is repeated until a winning concept finds a previously unknown market segment and the money falls from the sky. The Lean Startup is also quite good when money’s tight. And then there’s the VC/Lean Startup combo.

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Moves the Needle

JUNE 3, 2016

*This post originally appeared on Mind the Product. The market is changing faster than ever, and an organization’s ability to move at the speed of the Internet is the only chance at surviving and thriving. The average lifespan of an S&P 500 company has decreased from 67 years (1950’s) to about 15 years (today).

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Moves the Needle

JUNE 3, 2016

*This post originally appeared on Mind the Product. The market is changing faster than ever, and an organization’s ability to move at the speed of the Internet is the only chance at surviving and thriving. The average lifespan of an S&P 500 company has decreased from 67 years (1950’s) to about 15 years (today).

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Michael Roberto

SEPTEMBER 29, 2018

I'm a big fan of the concept of testing, prototyping and experimenting during the product development process. However, new research suggests one very important limitation to testing that involves going to market with a minimal viable product (MVP). CLS Bank International, made patenting software less effective.

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Matthew Griffin

MARCH 23, 2015

The billion dollar startup was once the stuff of myth but now they’re everywhere, backed by a bull market and founded on new, disruptive digital technologies and business models which make their speed of operation, rate of innovation and reach that much greater. Their idea solves an existing, mass market problem. They put design first.

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