Lean 10 Dec 2019 · 4 min read Avoid The Overwhelm Of Validating The Product By Using Design Sprints A design sprint is a framework perfect for helping startups answer business questions. It’s a process that spans five days. In that time, you brainstorm, prototype and test ideas Read more
Lean 9 Dec 2019 · 4 min read How Zappos Built a Product By Faking It OK, it wasn’t really faking it because there was a lot of work involved. It all started in 1999 when Nick Swinmurn, a software engineer from California, couldn’t Read more
Audience 4 Dec 2019 · 4 min read LeverageYour Existing Audience To Have a Successful Launch Have you heard of software engineer and writer Joel Spolsky? He’s one of the people who inspired me back in the day to get into software development. Recently, he’ Read more
MVP 3 Dec 2019 · 3 min read Build An Educational Product as Your MVP Multiple kinds of MVPs exist, and each serves its own purpose. A fake door MVP allows you to test interest with only an ad. A smoke test MVP will provide Read more
Lean 25 Nov 2019 · 4 min read How to Validate Your Idea with an Educational Product In a previous article [https://www.alexponomarev.me/articles/why-your-mvp-probably-shouldnt-be-a-software-product/], I explained why it doesn’t make sense to build a software product as an MVP if you have limited Read more
MVP 22 Nov 2019 · 4 min read The Three Biggest Misconceptions About MVPs Throughout the years, as I’ve built products for startups — each of which started as an MVP — I’ve worked with many founders who had major misconceptions surrounding what MVPs Read more
MVP 20 Nov 2019 · 4 min read Why Your MVP Probably Shouldn’t Be a Software Product More often than not, it’s not a good idea to build software as your minimum viable product. Building software is risky. It’s time-consuming. It’s expensive. Especially if Read more
MVP 19 Nov 2019 · 3 min read Four Myths About What “Viable” Means In Minimum Viable Product The goal of any business is to provide value to your customers. And the only trustworthy indication of whether you’re doing that — of whether your minimum viable product is, Read more
Lean 11 Nov 2019 · 4 min read The Key Difference Between Lean and Agile Strategies Being confused about the distinction between lean and agile strategies is common; their goals overlap (both aim to eliminate inefficiency and value individuals and their contributions) and so many lean Read more
MVP 8 Nov 2019 · 3 min read Minimum Viable Product Isn’t What You Think It Is To fully understand what minimum viable product means, let’s first dissect the term, word by word. Minimum refers to the least amount of effort required to create something. Viable Read more
Startups 18 Dec 2018 · 5 min read How to find out what you want to build If you read The Four Steps to the Epiphany by Steve Blank, you’re probably familiar with his idea of customer development. It’s entirely different from traditional product development approach used for decades. Read more
Lean 7 Nov 2018 · 4 min read Kaizen: Art of continuous improvement The word “Kaizen” in Japanese means “improvement” or “change for better”. The word itself refers to any improvement, but the “Kaizen” practice popularised by the Toyota Corporation typically describes the Read more
Lean 5 Nov 2018 · 4 min read The Five Whys If you’re into entrepreneurship and management you’ve probably heard about Lean, Kanban and Kaizen. These techniques were originally developed by Toyota corporation in 1950s as part of larger Read more
Agile project management 3 Oct 2018 · 4 min read How to organise development process using Kanban board Software development process that is transparent is essential for every team. Tasks and goals have to be clear both for developers and stakeholders. Everyone should know where the team is Read more
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