By Brinkley Warren The greatness of what Eric Reis and Steve Blank began with the Lean Startup Movement has been carried further by people like Tristan Kromer who helps to lead Lean Startup Circle, a global collective of lean startup practitioners that is now 80,000 strong. Tristan’s October article about lean startup innovation applied successfully within […]

The Hermeneutic Circle is an ancient and fundamental meta-physical concept addressed by Hermes, Spinoza, and other great philosophers, and the Hermeneutic Circle is harnessed by many modern-day methodologies including Lean Startup, Agile Software, Customer Development, and Human Centered Design.

There is one interesting tool for rapid experiential learning that we should consider whenever the stakes are high. It’s used in many public service agencies of the US government now, and it’s a formal method called “After Action Reviews” (AARs). This is where the idea of the “lessons learned” meetings actually came from — the US Army in the 1970s.

In the last month, we have grown to a community of over 100 Lean Startup experts and practitioners around the World. Together we are producing a tool that will serve startup leaders and innovation practitioners into the future, so please join us — we want your input!

By Brinkley Warren In 2013, 3 million people from 214 countries on all 7 continents collectively pledged over $480 million which resulted in 19, 911 projects on Kickstarter alone. We live in amazing times. People are even launching satellites into outer space with crowdfunding! I love watching new technology achievements involving human travel — and that’s why my favorite […]