This site is in pre-alpha, please bear with us. Thank you.
technews.am is a new community for breaking news across the technology sector. We are still in Alpha, so please bear with us.

Lean startups aren’t cheap startups

VentureBeat  Nov 03 09

(Editor’s note: Serial entrepreneur Steve Blank is the author of Four Steps to the Epiphany. This column originally appeared on his blog.)

At an entrepreneurs panel last week questions from the audience made me realize that the phrase “Lean Startup” was being confused with “Cheap Startup.”

For those of you who have been following the discussion, a Lean Startup is Eric Ries’s description of the intersection of Customer Development, Agile Development and (if available) open platforms and open source.

A Lean Startup is not about the total amount of money you may spend over the life of your startup. Full story...

More stories from venturebeat »

ITunes music: Higher prices result in slower sales growth

VentureBeat  2 hours ago

On this morning’s earnings call for Warner Music, CEO Edgar Bronfman, Jr said that the company’s $1.

U2 gets behind carbon trading, raises money for geothermal

VentureBeat  2 hours ago

Known for its international relief efforts, rock band U2 is now raising funds in Turkey to pay for the country’s Dora-1 geothermal plant.

How Sergey Brin uses Google Buzz as a business product

VentureBeat  3 hours ago

Google Buzz, the social sharing tool that Google just announced at a press event in Mountain View, isn’t just for the fun.

Google socializes Gmail with Google Buzz

VentureBeat  3 hours ago

Google announced the previously rumored social networking features in Gmail today with a new product called Google Buzz.

A giant table of Super Bowl ads ranked by online results

VentureBeat  4 hours ago

Gomez is a division of Compuware that does website performance measurement for businesses. Like me, they like to hammer the point that a slow site loses a lot of business.

AMD releases details on its graphics-microprocessor combo chip

VentureBeat  5 hours ago

Advanced Micro Devices showed off the progress it has made designing a chip that combines graphics and a processor in a single chip.

Yodle launches Organic to optimize web traffic and leads for small businesses

VentureBeat  6 hours ago

Shortly after announcing a $10 million fourth round of financing and alluding to a new product launch, Yodle, a company that helps businesses advertise online, today launched Yodle Organic, a new product to help local businesses increase web traffic and search engine optimization (SEO).

Speedbit building new service to identify viral videos sooner, personalize web video streams

VentureBeat  6 hours ago

SpeedBit, the folks behind Video Accelerator and Download Accelerator, is developing another service centered around web video.

Nvidia’s Optimus adjusts your laptop graphics to fit the app

VentureBeat  7 hours ago

Nvidia is launching its Optimus technology today in an effort to match your laptop’s graphics horsepower to fit a  given application.

Electronic Arts makes a huge bet with Dante’s Inferno

VentureBeat  7 hours ago

Fresh off the success of Mass Effect 2, Electronic Arts is launching one of its big bets on a brand new video game as it debuts Dante’s Inferno.



Most read today »

Most read this week »

What's New on TechNews.AM