Why The Mom Test is still one of the best startup books
Recently, we worked together with author Rob Fitzpatrick to translate The Mom Test into Dutch. It’s one of the first books that we recommend to
Lean Startup
How to turn your risky assumptions into Experiments
Once you have filled in your NEXT Canvas, you are stuck with a pile of stickies filled with assumptions. Do they all need to be
Why we stopped building MVP’s
At NEXT we decided to drop the word MVP and use solution experiment, prototype, or first version instead.
How to apply Agile to validate business models: the Lean Sprint
Most startups are familiar with agile development sprints of 1 or 2 weeks. They try to plan work that ‘belongs’ together and release a new
10 Lean Startup Experiment examples
An important part of Lean Startup is running experiments. Experiments turn assumptions into learnings. Learn and Confirm experiments There are two types of experiments: Learn
Doing customer interviews: how to get to the actual value
This is Part 4 of our Lean Startup series. One of the most important tools or experiments you can do throughout the search for your
Continuous experimenting in innovation
In the last post, I talked about the importance of validated learning. Trying to validate your way to a working business model. You don’t validate
Validated Learning: The ‘Build, Measure, Learn’ loop
In the previous post, I introduced the lean startup methodology by Eric Ries. He defines two phases in a startup. There is a Customer Discovery
An introduction to Lean Startup: How it all started
The Lean Startup, Running lean, The four steps to epiphany, we have all read the books. We use the Business Model Canvas and build MVP’s.
