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  • From Napkin to Prototype Workshop | Lincoln Startup Week Recap

    From Napkin to Prototype Workshop | Lincoln Startup Week Recap

    Keep reading to learn more about how to build a prototype following Lean methodology — regardless of whether you consider yourself “technical” or a “product person”.

  • Reiser: Startups should ditch the surveys and talk to customers

    Shane Reiser talks about customer development at Startup Weekends all the time, but it was his first time schooling startups at an accelerator like Straight Shot. The Lean Startup movement is hot on the minds of startups across the nation, and it was no different for the group of seven startups. Most had read “Lean…

  • Justin Wilcox preaches on Lean Startup movement in Lincoln

    Justin Wilcox learned the hard way how to fail fast.  He worked for Microsoft for five years, helping to create technology behind its Vista operating system before venturing out on his own with Nimbus, a health startup he created that lasted a year and a half. It took him 18 months to realize he built…

  • Lateef Johnson: ‘How I did it. From nothing to prototype in three weeks.’

    This is a guest post by Lateef Johnson, founder and CEO of Lincoln-based Deckerton, a software as a service referral automation system. | For first-time entrepreneurs the first step is always the hardest. This is a story about that step. When I decided to start my own company I was thrilled at the possibilities. We…

  • Omaha meetup with Eric Ries – Saturday, August 14, 1:30 p.m.

    We’re excited that Eric Ries (left) of Startup Lessons Learned and Lean Startup fame is in Omaha for the next few days. He was kind enough to want to schedule a meetup, so tomorrow, Saturday, August 14, we’re gathering a group of folks to meet and chat with Eric on all things related to startups,…

  • Tune in now: Startup Lessons Learned conference live-streaming

    A top-notch, day-long conference is underway in San Francisco today. Hosted by Eric Ries, the Startup Lessons Learned conference is the first event focused solely on learning how to build lean startups. And although its speaker lineup and background has tech startup theme, Ries opened up the conference with an introduction that encouraged other…

  • Startup Lessons Learned viewing party at BrightMix, Friday, April 23

    This Friday there’s an amazing conference taking place in San Francisco called the Startup Lessons Learned conference. Hosted by Eric Ries, the Startup Lessons Learned (SLL) conference is the first event focused soley on learning how to build lean startups. From its site: Startup Lessons Learned is the first…