Validating Your Ideas Through Minimal Viable Products — Tips and Advice You Need to Know
Part of validating your idea for product-market fit is running your idea through a minimum viable product (MVP). What is a minimum viable product? How do you build one? What can you expect? This article outlines the top questions we hear about MVPs and tips on how to ensure that your idea gets to product-market […]
Gaining Time with Better Scheduling
From a spark of an idea to a thriving reality, City Innovations helped create a revolutionary chiropractic services app that soared to $10 million in revenue, turning $100k creative capital into a major success. Client: Chiropractic Appointment Management Industry: Healthcare Funnel Stage: Envision, Validate, Bootstrap, and Build The Challenge A client working within the chiropractic […]
How Look@ is Changing Travel Photography
Having to awkwardly ask a stranger to take a photo of you while on vacation is never on someone’s bucket list. What’s worse is taking a selfie and missing the beautiful monument behind you. Or even more dreadful — a member of your group isn’t in the photo because they have to take the photo. […]
Varsity Gems Making Student-Athletes Money with NFTs
If you’ve been following college sports, you’ll remember that the NCAA Division I Board of Directors approved the “Name, Image, and Likeness” (NIL) policy in June of 2021. This allows student-athletes to make money for their name, image, and likeness. From signing endorsement deals, to selling products, to running clinics — they are now able […]
How Can We Practice Innovation in Sustainability?
Nature and business have become more intertwined than ever. Not only does it provide a source of inspiration, but it is also a resource that is in need of protection as population size and consumption grows. In this episode of Venture unscripted., Josh Barker, CEO of City Innovations, sat down with Nicole Miller, Managing Director […]
How to Create an Innovation Framework
All ideas and opinions are Matteo’s own and do not express the views or opinions of his employer. With multiple moving pieces, people, and processes, creating innovation at the corporate level can be challenging. In this episode of Venture unscripted., Josh Barker, CEO of City Innovations, sat down with Matteo Dariol, the Lead Innovation Strategist […]
Innovation Through Incremental Change
This podcast was originally recorded in August 2019. Brand perception is one of the most instrumental keys to consumer success. We’ve all been there — scrolling endlessly until something catches our attention and draws us in. Sometimes, we buy particular products based on appearance — it’s not always the quality that influences our buying decisions. […]
Lean Startup Tips from a Filmmaker
In the past hundred years, the population of the contiguous United States has shifted from living in mostly rural areas to urban and suburban areas. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, urban areas make up only 3% of the entire land area of the country but are home to more than 80% of the population. […]
The Product Validation Funnel Makes Lean Startup Methodology a Step-By-Step Process
When most of us have a great idea, we often fall victim to jumping right into imagining the end product. We get it — it’s hard not to. So many exciting possibilities from what the logo should look like to the user experience to the sound the button will make. We’ve been there many times […]
Lean Startup Principles Ensure Innovation is Delivered to Front-Line Healthcare in Africa
Across the globe we all need access to great healthcare. The need is especially urgent in the midst of poverty-stricken communities. But how does a social entrepreneur help solve this? Where does one start? These are the questions that Dr. Stephen Letchford and Wesley Brown grappled with over the past few decades. And these are […]