Do you have a problem worth solving? This is the question behind problem/solution-fit. Look at an existing problem and try to find a solution that fits the problem. Keep in mind that not every solution suits the problem. A solution might counteract a problem but not solve it at all.

This is the end of the beginning. We just experienced 10 weeks of Lean LaunchPad – transforming our rough ideas into actual startups. It’s a great achievement but also a scary project if we think about what’s coming next.

Remember your childhood, when you tried to fit a square peg in a round hole? It didn’t work then, it doesn’t work now. To have success you need to make sure that hole and peg match, that is: that you achieve product/market-fit.

Do you like helping others? Do you like sounding smart? Do you like fixing things? Sure everyone does, but there are some of us who extensively do that. Try to find people like that for your start-up!

This Monday Nils Hoegsdal and Joaquin Soucheiron, our guest from bwcon, talked about the necessity of thinking about each penny to spend when hunting up sources of capital.

Have you ever heard of these three acronyms – TAM, SAM and SOM? If you have never been involved in business or start-up affairs, these are probably only strange letters to you.

Two dudes tent in the desert, suddenly a lion comes along. One of them starts to panic, the other one puts on his running shoes. First one: “You’re crazy, you can’t outrun the lion!” Second one: “I don’t have to outrun the lion. I have to outrun you!”

Tom is a 45-year-old finance manager with an annual salary of €80.000. He is married to Sara, 42, press spokeswoman of the local police station. They try to handle their pubescent daughter Mia and their cheeky terrier Pit. Tom loves reading the Harvard Business Manager. He enjoys his monthly golf tournaments and has a secret gusto for icky Walt Disney Films. Tom could be your customer. Get to know him!

How do entrepreneurs make decisions? Saras Sarasvathy considered this question. She wondered what differences existed in the decision-making process among expert entrepreneurs who find themselves in a situation of uncertainty.

"This project is unique in Germany!" An exciting message - and one among many - that the MedTech Startup School got to share with the press on Lean Monday #6. High-ranking representatives from the University Hospital Tübingen joined Christoph, Lukas, Nils and the projects' doctors in presenting the project to journalists. Read Lukas thoughts on this milestone!