Lean Startup and the business model: Experimenting for novelty and impact

Lean Startup has been impacting how startups and incumbents innovate their business models. However, academic understanding of Lean Startup and the associated experimentation process is only emerging. Recent academic critique of Lean Startup by Felin and colleagues (in press) highlights the inadequa...

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Authors: Bocken, N. (Nancy)|||/items/1c90ea7e-801c-441b-9d08-f80f39c28b57, Snihur, Y. (Yuliya)|||/items/dc92da77-a61b-424b-976c-56fe08f414c7
Format: article
Publication Date:2019
Country:España
Institution:Universidad de Navarra
Repository:Dadun. Depósito Académico Digital de la Universidad de Navarra
Language:English
OAI Identifier:oai:dadun.unav.edu:10171/69715
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10171/69715
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Lean startup
Experimentation
Business model innovation
Novelty
Impact
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Summary:Lean Startup has been impacting how startups and incumbents innovate their business models. However, academic understanding of Lean Startup and the associated experimentation process is only emerging. Recent academic critique of Lean Startup by Felin and colleagues (in press) highlights the inadequate guidance provided for hypotheses generation; limits of experiential learning from customer feedback; and the incremental nature of experimentation outcomes. Yet, Lean Startup has not been conceived for ideation, but rather for fostering iterative experimentation to reduce uncertainty, engage stakeholders, and promote collective learning. Taking a process perspective on experimentation, we suggest that novel business models can emerge during experimentation. We contribute a more positive perspective on the opportunities of Lean Startup and highlight how it can enable continuous innovation and stakeholder engagement for novelty and impact.