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I was at work when I heard that Steve Jobs died. Vivi, our layout manager, told me her husband (who worked at Apple) called to let her know.
I felt sad. I’d only met Steve once, and the encounter was brief.
Blossom, Avery and I were getting smoothies at Whole Foods in Palo Alto. Avery was maybe two years old, and she was running around Whole Foods amusing herself.
I looked up from watching Avery, and I saw Steve Jobs staring right at us. He smiled at Blossom and me and mouthed, “She’s cute.”
Jobs got his smoothie and walked away.
Today, Blossom sent me a video that included Jobs’ famous Stanford University commencement speech. The bit that was included was Jobs’ reference to thinking different.
And that brings me to two important topics: Lean Startups and Minimum Viable Products.
The concept of the lean startup has really always been part of the startup vocabulary. Long before it was made popular and the book was written, many entrepreneurs were following the basic concepts of the lean startup.
Let me quote from Wikipedia:
“The central hypothesis of the lean startup methodology is that if…
