Lean Ventures is an innovation strategy consultancy that creates long-term growth for our clients. We've spent years investing in and mentoring startups, and applying that experience to build successful innovation programs inside large, complex corporations.
Proven tools, applied rigorously
We apply the mindset and methodologies of Lean Startup, Design Thinking, and Outcome-Driven Innovation to reduce the risk and time it takes to bring new products and services to market. The goal is never activity for its own sake, it's reducing the distance between an idea and evidence that it works.
"Our focus is on maximizing customer value, not billing the maximum number of hours." Andy Cars
Searching for new business models, systematically
Large companies are usually excellent at executing their existing strategy, the one that made them successful in the first place. We specialize in the other half: searching for and developing new business models, and making that search as disciplined and accountable as running the core business. We call this venturing.
We believe every company's long-term survival depends on a balanced portfolio, one that covers the core business and also reaches into venturing.
"Every organization — not just business — needs one core competence: innovation." Peter Drucker