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<p>Created page with &quot;&lt;includeonly&gt; {{#switch: {{{1|}}} | @2gov = Citizen-to-government messaging tool; Votizen campaign feature; converts tweets to letters | Aardvark = Social Q&amp;A service; startup acquired by Google | andon cord = Visual alert system; stops production to fix defects | Apple = Technology company; maker of iPhone | Austin = City in Texas; tech and startup hub | Brad Smith = Intuit executive; supported internal entrepreneurship | Build–measure–learn loop = Iterative...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>&lt;includeonly&gt;<br /> {{#switch: {{{1|}}}<br /> | @2gov = Citizen-to-government messaging tool; Votizen campaign feature; converts tweets to letters<br /> | Aardvark = Social Q&amp;A service; startup acquired by Google<br /> | andon cord = Visual alert system; stops production to fix defects<br /> | Apple = Technology company; maker of iPhone<br /> | Austin = City in Texas; tech and startup hub<br /> | Brad Smith = Intuit executive; supported internal entrepreneurship<br /> | Build–measure–learn loop = Iterative product cycle; Lean Startup method; ideas to data-driven decisions<br /> | Chicago = City in Illinois; home to Groupon origins<br /> | Chris Hughes = Facebook cofounder; entrepreneur and publisher<br /> | Code for America = Civic technology nonprofit; supports government digital projects<br /> | Cohort analysis = Time-based user tracking; product analytics method<br /> | Crown Business = Publishing imprint; first U.S. edition publisher<br /> | Daniel Jones = Lean production scholar; coauthor on lean manufacturing<br /> | David Binetti = Votizen cofounder; product pivot case<br /> | Digg = Social news site; early tech community<br /> | Dropbox = Cloud storage company; used video MVP to validate demand<br /> | engine of growth = Primary mechanism driving customer acquisition and revenue<br /> | Eric Ries = American entrepreneur and author; creator of Lean Startup<br /> | FastWorks = Lean program at General Electric; internal innovation system<br /> | Financial Times = UK newspaper; business and global affairs<br /> | Five Whys = Root-cause analysis technique; iterative questioning<br /> | Food on the Table = Meal-planning startup; early concierge MVP example<br /> | General Electric = American conglomerate; adopter of Lean Startup practices<br /> | Google = Technology company; acquired Aardvark<br /> | Grockit = Online test-prep startup; adopted innovation accounting<br /> | Groupon = Online deals marketplace; pivoted from The Point<br /> | Harvard = Private university in Massachusetts<br /> | Harvard Business Review = Management magazine; Harvard Business Publishing<br /> | Harvard Business School = Graduate business school; Harvard University<br /> | Hotmail = Webmail service; viral growth example<br /> | IBM = Technology company; personal computer pioneer<br /> | I-Corps program = NSF entrepreneurship training; commercializes academic research<br /> | IMVU = Social avatar startup; early Lean Startup case<br /> | Innovation accounting = Learning-based metrics system; tracks startup progress<br /> | Intuit = Financial software company; incubated SnapTax<br /> | iPhone 4 = Apple smartphone model; product changes example<br /> | James Womack = Lean production scholar; coauthor on Toyota and lean<br /> | Kaplan = Education company; test prep and training<br /> | Lean LaunchPad = Entrepreneurship course; customer development pedagogy<br /> | Lean manufacturing = Production philosophy; waste reduction and flow<br /> | Lean Startup Circle = Global community group; peer support for practitioners<br /> | Lean Startup Wiki = Community knowledge base; Lean Startup resources<br /> | Long-Term Stock Exchange = U.S. stock exchange; long-horizon governance focus<br /> | Manuel Rosso = Food on the Table cofounder and CEO<br /> | Mark Zuckerberg = Facebook cofounder and CEO<br /> | Max Ventilla = Entrepreneur; Aardvark cofounder<br /> | minimum viable product = Smallest functional product; starts learning process<br /> | MIT Sloan Management Review = Management magazine; MIT publisher<br /> | MVP = Acronym for minimum viable product; smallest testable version<br /> | New York Times Advice best-seller list = U.S. nonfiction ranking; advice and how-to category<br /> | Nick Swinmurn = Zappos founder; early MVP tester<br /> | Ohno = Toyota production pioneer; lean manufacturing architect<br /> | Philip Delves Broughton = British journalist and author; Financial Times reviewer<br /> | Rich Collins = Community organizer; founder of Lean Startup Circle<br /> | Scott Cook = Intuit cofounder; advocate for Lean Startup practices<br /> | SEC = U.S. securities regulator<br /> | Shingo = Toyota production expert; lean manufacturing pioneer<br /> | shusa = Toyota chief engineer role; end-to-end product owner<br /> | Silicon Valley = U.S. tech region; startup ecosystem<br /> | SnapTax = Intuit tax-filing app; corporate intrapreneurship example<br /> | Startup Lessons Learned = Entrepreneurship blog by Eric Ries; Lean Startup origins<br /> | The Lean Startup = Business book by Eric Ries<br /> | The Point = Collective-action site; precursor to Groupon<br /> | The Princeton Review = Education company; test-prep provider<br /> | Toyota = Japanese automaker; lean manufacturing originator<br /> | Twitter = Social media platform; contact channel for officials<br /> | U.S. National Science Foundation = U.S. government agency; science funding and innovation<br /> | Validated learning = Evidence-based progress; demonstrated customer value<br /> | Viral coefficient = Growth metric; average invites leading to new users<br /> | Votizen = Civic tech startup; voter network platform<br /> | Wealthfront = Investment platform; practiced continuous deployment<br /> | Wired = Technology magazine; Condé Nast publication<br /> | World War II = Global war 1939–1945; industrial and management turning point<br /> | Zappos = Online shoe retailer; early MVP case<br /> | #default = Hi reader, have a great day! 😎<br /> }}<br /> &lt;/includeonly&gt;&lt;noinclude&gt;{{documentation}}&lt;/noinclude&gt;</div>

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