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The Lean Startup Framework: Closing the Academic–Practitioner Divide
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The lean startup framework is one of the most popular contributions in the practitioner-oriented entrepreneurship literature. This study seeks to generate new insights into how new ventures are started by describing the five main building blocks of the lean startup framework (business model, validated learning/customer development, minimum viable product, perseverance vs. pivoting, market-opportunity navigation), enriching the framework with existing research findings, and proposing promising research opportunities in a way that reduces the academic−practitioner divide. In so doing, we hope to enhance researchers’ understanding of the startup process; provide knowledge for educators; and, ultimately, improve the startup process for practitioners.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Shepherd, D. A., & Gruber, M.
- Affiliations
- University of Notre Dame (US)
- École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (CH)
- Corresponding author
- Shepherd, Dean A.
- Venue
- Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2020-01-16
- Volume
- 45
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 967-998
- ISSN
- 1042-2587 (ISSN-L)
- 1540-6520
- OpenAlex
- W2999610823
- Cited by
- 459
- References
- 9
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- 2026: 73 · 2025: 85 · 2024: 96 · 2023: 82 · 2022: 63 · 2021: 43 · 2020: 16
- FWCI
- 47.49
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- Infoscience (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Management of Technology and Innovation › Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Strategy and Management › Business Strategies and Innovation
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Strategy and Management › Innovation and Knowledge Management
- Keywords
- startups, start-up process, business models, customer development, minimum viable product, pivoting, perseverance, academic-practitioner divide, entrepreneurship education
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