Business related information for the education industry. Our focus is on education and entrepreneurship, and how we can support education entrepreneurs use techniques like Lean Startup and Agile development.
Making the jump from where you are now, to where you want to be as an entrepreneur, requires making changes to start thinking like an entrepreneur. But what does it mean to think like an entrepreneur? Do entrepreneurs think differently from teachers, managers, homemakers, or paramedics? While there is no cookie-cutter mentality for being an …
Congratulations! You’ve finally gotten the chance to make your pitch to some VCs and you can sense the opportunity to scale your business is just around the corner. So, what do you do next? Surely there must be some kind of expectations that the VCs have for startup pitches, right? They’ve been doing startup pitches …
In the spirit of full disclosure, LeanEducationLab.com is not a strong advocate of the traditional “Plan long and hard before trying anything” methodology that continues to dominate mainstream thinking in both education and business. Though we are firm believers that entrepreneurs and startups should have an understanding of the Strategic Cycle, we are nonetheless experimenters …
The essence of strategy is in the activities:Choosing to perform activities differently or to perform different activities than rivals. Michael Porter In its simplest form, strategy consists of only three things: Information, Choices, and Actions. Similar to how a game of chess only has three sets of objects (a board, white pieces, and black pieces). …