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2024

Don't miss The Floop

Some kind of parent

2023

Exploring Istanbul: Beyond the conference bubbles

Conjuring Alice and Bob: Cryptographic Deities

Menus and kitchens

Retreats for remote teams

What do you need right now?

2022

Making sense of DAOs

An Agile starter pack for DAOs

2021

Building ecosystems with grant programs

Safe spaces make for better learning

Choose happiness

Hello web3 world

2020

I got COVID - now what?

Разболях се от COVID-19 - Сега какво?

Working 'Remote' after 10 years

Emotional Vocabulary

To beat COVID, we need to think Antifragile

Project portfolios

Accepting weakness

2019

2018

Amperage - the inconvenient truth about energy for Africa's off-grid.

2017

Information Horizons

2016

Personal Data Literacy

The history Of Lean Startup

Three Skinheads are running at me, and all I can think to say is, “Here Dan, hold my kebab for a sec.”

Thanks but it’s not my birthday, Facebook.

Don't worry, I 'validated' it

2015

How I rediscovered my ambition.

Rhythm - the missing foundation in startup support

Constraints - 6 months later

Intellectual Honesty - Eric Ries and The Leaders' Guide

Get your loved ones off Facebook

Why startups are so different for The Next Billion

Paralyzed by options

2014

When Constraints Embrace You

Entrepreneurship is craft

Village Accelerator - the story so far

Using business model design to raise more for charity

Why I found Sofia great for startups

No more hubs: startup community is P2P

Entrepreneurs are like fish

Ecosystems grow around stumps

Expanding through partnerships

The Data Always Says Yes

The Immediate Response Fallacy

2013

Two accelerator design approaches I admire

Accelerator Design - 5 Questions That Define Success

A startup accelerator for the world’s poorest

Small town advantages for startups

Can Creatives be accelerated?

Bulgarian Optimism?

What do we do about bad startup advice?

Why my cofounder is my biggest rival

Forcing myself to take Pomodoro breaks

Why the startup rules have changed, and we're plodding along blindly.

Peter Thiel vs the science fiction masters

2012

Time for a buzzword diet?

I am Jack's wasted opportunity

Self-improvement vs self-confidence

Cure jargon in 30 seconds.

First, seek to understand.

How investors gauge your opportunity - beyond your business model.

When should branding become a concern for a startup?

Tips on choosing your customer learning method

Seriously, WTF?

Cocktail CustDev - and the risks of over-formalising your interviews

Essential Customer Development skills - Softball, Anchor and Deflection questions

What spies can teach us about Customer Development

6 quick checks to avoid wasting time on tough decisions.

Scientists, Lean Startup and creativity

How do Lean and Agile teams deliver working code faster? A technical explanation for non-techies.

3 commonly missed benefits of Lean & Agile

Business model trigger questions - a way to spot viable options quickly

The future of Lean Startup - 9 areas I'm watching for faster market traction

Recording the right information for strategic decisions.

Why you don't need to be a programmer to start a tech startup

Founder-centric workshop notes /by @maxua

What's your learning bias?

How we get a Leancamp started. Runway, Affordable Loss and MVPs in the event business.

What can Google Campus teach us about Paul Graham's perspective on startup hubs?

For us, by us. Lessons learned from validating the Leancamp model.

Investing in community

2011

A Visual Language For Finance Patterns

Better learning through velocity. How to use Kanban to learn faster.

If it can't scale, can it spread?

What can stop Lean Startup from becoming dogma?

It's not the entrepreneur's job to predict the future, it's their job to make it happen.

Where your sphere of control meets your potential

How to get statistical confidence from your tests with small amounts of data.

Building faster without measuring is like driving faster without looking.

5 Traits of Earlyvangelists, aka How to solve problems that pay.

Will your customers bite? The Dogpark Test.

Using FiveSecondTest for landing page design.

Everything Is A Remix. Inspiring videos about building on previous innovation. #leanstartup

Web Business Models, Lean Startup & The Missionary Position.

A Leancamp including Architecture, Fashion and Science? Leancamp Barcelona Mission

Why Lean Thinking Doesn't Just Hand You Answers

2010

A good reason to shave your head.

Intro to Kanban

Cold Calling the #custdev way, part 2

Cold Calling the Customer Development way

The Market Positioning Myth

Rework vs Getting Real

Rework - Book Review

Social Enterprise meets Lean Startup - Comments on London Meetup 1

MVP (Minimum Viable Product) described in 30 seconds.

How embracing constraints helped me break my 80 hour week.

Starting with Lean Startup - Using your entrepreneurial vision to direct your learning

2009

Industry Models: Design Secrets From The Fashion Business

Reboot Britain or Reinvent Britain?

How To Price A New Product

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Books & collected practices

Peer Learning Is - a broad look at peer learning around the world, with a focus on practical program design
Mentor Impact - researched the practices used by the startup mentors that really make a difference
Decision Hacks - early-stage startup decisions distilled
Source Institute - open peer learning formats and ops guides, and our internal guide on decentralised teams

Blog posts

Samo Aleko (2024)

Don't miss The Floop (2024)

Some kind of parent (2024)

Retreats for remote teams (2023)

What do you need right now? (2023)

Building ecosystems with grant programs (2021)

Safe spaces make for better learning (2021)

Choose happiness (2021)

Working 'Remote' after 10 years (2020)

Emotional Vocabulary (2020)

Project portfolios (2020)

Expectations (2019)

Amperage - the inconvenient truth about energy for Africa's off-grid. (2018)

The history Of Lean Startup (2016)

Three Skinheads are running at me, and all I can think to say is, “Here Dan, hold my kebab for a sec.” (2016)

Get your loved ones off Facebook (2015)

Entrepreneurship is craft (2014)

Peter Thiel vs the science fiction masters (2013)