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Customer, User, & Market Research
Uncover insights and understanding from your target market and customers to identify opportunities for growth.

Rapid Digital Prototypes
Test a solution in the market to validate product-market fit using quick-to-launch next generation low-fidelity technologies and tactics.

Business Model Strategy & Innovation
Create innovative business models and strategies to optimize and improve user acquisition, retention, monetization, and more.

Customer-Centric Software Development
Build lean digital solutions that your customers actually want faster than anyone in your marketing using tech like open source, auto-code, and AI.

Product Strategy and Growth
Data-driven approach to product management to deliver the right product with the right go-to-market strategy and growth hacking tactics.
Funded Startups

MVP in Under 90 Days
Create ventures that scale — launch your game-changing digital product faster with our Silicon Valley-powered accelerator.

Product Strategy & Growth
Data-driven approach to product management to deliver the right product with the right go-to-market strategy and growth hacking tactics.

Customer-Centric Software Development
Build lean digital solutions that your customers actually want faster than anyone in your marketing using tech like open source, auto-code, and AI.

Prototypes for Market Validation
Test a solution in the market to validate product-market fit using quick-to-launch next generation low-fidelity technologies and tactics.

Customer & User Experience Design (CX/UX)
Optimize your user experience to drive conversions, engagement, satisfaction, and retention.

Master Class
Learn how to build new ventures and create sustainable product lines that achieve exponential growth using the secrets of the Customer Validation Funnel.
Equity Investors (PE/VC)

Portfolio Growth & Prospective Deal
Validate customer needs through quantitative rapid market experimentation and testing.

Business Model Strategy & Innovation
Create innovative business models and strategies to optimize and improve user acquisition, retention, monetization, and more.

Software Strategy & Forensics
A deep dive into data to help companies navigate and illuminate software that might be poorly understood or undocumented, and recommendations for what you should do next.

Investor Network Partnership
Reach out to our leadership team and learn how to become a part of our investor network.

Product Strategy & Growth
Data-driven approach to product management to deliver the right product with the right go-to-market strategy and growth hacking tactics.
Software Development

Customer-Centric Software Development
Build lean digital solutions that your customers actually want faster than anyone in your marketing using tech like open source, auto-code, and AI.

Customer & User Experience Design (CX/UX)
Optimize your user experience to drive conversions, engagement, satisfaction, and retention.

Enterprise Low-Code No-Code
Accelerate growth by unshackling internal teams from supporting legacy and resource-intensive run-the-business apps using low-code no-code.

Technical Product Management
From blueprint to launch, we’ll help manage the development of technical frameworks needed to build the right thing for your business.

Software Strategy & Forensics
Get a better understanding of your systems through data discovery, documentation, and analysis in order to refactor, rewrite, or sunset your software architecture.

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Creating a Product Launch Strategy: 6 Advantages for Corporate Intrapreneurs

product market fit stages

Establishing Product-Market Fit: Stages, Questions to Ask, & More

how to develop a product roadmap

How to Develop a Product Roadmap in 10 Steps

how to develop solutions

Try These Proven Ways to Solve Age-old Problems in Business

innovation in media

Navigating the Media Industry: HuffPost Editor-in-Chief Discusses Adaptability in Journalism

AI in marketing

AI is Impacting the Future of Marketing—But How? Hear from an Industry Expert.

corporate innovation

How to Foster Innovation in Corporate Environments: Expert Tips from KPMG

data analytics

Driving Innovation with Data Analytics: Top 3 Takeaways from Shelley Coughlin at Amplitude Analytics

Product Market Research

Mastering Product Market Research: Strategies for Success

Product-Market Fit

Understanding Product-Market Fit

Mike Gatny

Navigating Corporate Evolution: Connamara’s Journey to Product-Oriented Success

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Avoiding Pitfalls: Tips for Startups and Corporations in Software Development

Ron Neary

Top Tips for Generating Venture Success Through Adaptability

Bryce Kaiser Joins City Innovations to Lead its Venture Studio’sStartup Practice

Case Study

Redefining Recognition and Innovating Employee Engagement

How Pivoting Business Strategies Led to Creating Revolutionizing Pet Care

Market Validation Funnel Planning

A Playbook for Building Rapid Growth Ventures

PE firm Unifies Customer Experience Across 14 Brands

How to Level Up Entrepreneurship Through Gamification

Driving Innovation by Bringing Design and Technology Together

Todd

A Healthy Dose of Persistence

A Roller Coaster of a Ride: From DIY Entrepreneur to Leading Student Venture Development at Yale

Lessons Learned After 20 Years of Entrepreneurship

From Unengaged to Sales Qualified Lead — How House Into Cash Generated More Business

Beyond Digital Strategies, Solutions, and Apps: Why a Venture Studio is Your Key to Building the Right Thing

Thad Senti

Revolutionizing Software Development (Plus Helpful Advice for Entrepreneurs)

Alysha Lach White

Creative Coworking: Revolutionizing Where Work is Done

Dr. Mac Adkins

From Educator to Entrepreneur — The Journey to Becoming a Leader in EdTech

Mary OConnor Shaw

FrameShifting: An Entrepreneur’s Guide to Innovative Problem-Solving

Jennifer Garbos

How Hallmark Embraces Innovation as a Company

Business Model Canvas

How to Start Your Venture Using a Business Model Canvas

Growth Team

How Fast Do You Want Your Startup to Grow?

Product-People Spectrum

Do you have the right team members? The Product-People Spectrum can help.

Lean Startup Methodology

The Secret to Startup Success? Implement a Lean Startup Methodology.

Building the Right Thing

How to Build the Right Thing vs. Building the Thing Right

GEM Framework

The GEM Framework: How to Prioritize What Matters Most to Your Venture

Logistics

Adding Logic to Logistics

Two-Sided Marketplace

Chickens, Eggs, and the Two-Sided Marketplace

Business Canvas Model

Envision It — 4 Steps to Validating Good Business Ideas

The Innovation Behind Overcoming Orbital Debris with Kall Morris Inc

Vitamin vs. Aspirin: What Problem Is Your Venture Solving?

team

Building a World-Class Software Project Team in an Unstable Talent Market

Business Idea

Validating Your Ideas Through Minimal Viable Products — Tips and Advice You Need to Know

Gaining Time with Better Scheduling

How Look@ is Changing Travel Photography

Varsity Gems Making Student-Athletes Money with NFTs

How Can We Practice Innovation in Sustainability?

How to Create an Innovation Framework

Podcast

Mike Gatny

Navigating Corporate Evolution: Connamara’s Journey to Product-Oriented Success

AtomicObject-MikeMarsiglia-ShawnCrowley

Avoiding Pitfalls: Tips for Startups and Corporations in Software Development

Ron Neary

Top Tips for Generating Venture Success Through Adaptability

How Pivoting Business Strategies Led to Creating Revolutionizing Pet Care

How to Level Up Entrepreneurship Through Gamification

Driving Innovation by Bringing Design and Technology Together

Todd

A Healthy Dose of Persistence

A Roller Coaster of a Ride: From DIY Entrepreneur to Leading Student Venture Development at Yale

Lessons Learned After 20 Years of Entrepreneurship

Thad Senti

Revolutionizing Software Development (Plus Helpful Advice for Entrepreneurs)

Alysha Lach White

Creative Coworking: Revolutionizing Where Work is Done

Dr. Mac Adkins

From Educator to Entrepreneur — The Journey to Becoming a Leader in EdTech

Mary OConnor Shaw

FrameShifting: An Entrepreneur’s Guide to Innovative Problem-Solving

Jennifer Garbos

How Hallmark Embraces Innovation as a Company

The Innovation Behind Overcoming Orbital Debris with Kall Morris Inc

How Look@ is Changing Travel Photography

Varsity Gems Making Student-Athletes Money with NFTs

How Can We Practice Innovation in Sustainability?

How to Create an Innovation Framework

Innovation Through Incremental Change

Lean Startup Tips from a Filmmaker

Banda Health

Lean Startup Principles Ensure Innovation is Delivered to Front-Line Healthcare in Africa

Pigeon Loans

Lending Money to Family Made Easy | Podcast Recap

Articles

product launch strategy

Creating a Product Launch Strategy: 6 Advantages for Corporate Intrapreneurs

product market fit stages

Establishing Product-Market Fit: Stages, Questions to Ask, & More

how to develop a product roadmap

How to Develop a Product Roadmap in 10 Steps

how to develop solutions

Try These Proven Ways to Solve Age-old Problems in Business

innovation in media

Navigating the Media Industry: HuffPost Editor-in-Chief Discusses Adaptability in Journalism

AI in marketing

AI is Impacting the Future of Marketing—But How? Hear from an Industry Expert.

corporate innovation

How to Foster Innovation in Corporate Environments: Expert Tips from KPMG

data analytics

Driving Innovation with Data Analytics: Top 3 Takeaways from Shelley Coughlin at Amplitude Analytics

Product Market Research

Mastering Product Market Research: Strategies for Success

Product-Market Fit

Understanding Product-Market Fit

Bryce Kaiser Joins City Innovations to Lead its Venture Studio’sStartup Practice

Market Validation Funnel Planning

A Playbook for Building Rapid Growth Ventures

Beyond Digital Strategies, Solutions, and Apps: Why a Venture Studio is Your Key to Building the Right Thing

Business Model Canvas

How to Start Your Venture Using a Business Model Canvas

Growth Team

How Fast Do You Want Your Startup to Grow?

Product-People Spectrum

Do you have the right team members? The Product-People Spectrum can help.

Lean Startup Methodology

The Secret to Startup Success? Implement a Lean Startup Methodology.

Building the Right Thing

How to Build the Right Thing vs. Building the Thing Right

GEM Framework

The GEM Framework: How to Prioritize What Matters Most to Your Venture

Two-Sided Marketplace

Chickens, Eggs, and the Two-Sided Marketplace

Business Canvas Model

Envision It — 4 Steps to Validating Good Business Ideas

Vitamin vs. Aspirin: What Problem Is Your Venture Solving?

team

Building a World-Class Software Project Team in an Unstable Talent Market

Business Idea

Validating Your Ideas Through Minimal Viable Products — Tips and Advice You Need to Know

Brainstorming

The Product Validation Funnel Makes Lean Startup Methodology a Step-By-Step Process

What is a Venture Studio?

What is a Workshop?

What Is A Workshop? And Why Do I Need One?

Cost of Software Development Podcast

What is the True Cost of Software Development?

Lean Startup for Business

5 Ways Lean Startup Should Be Applied to Every Business

What can we learn from project retrospectives?

3 Important Things We Learned from Conducting Project Retrospectives

Agile Development Feature Image

Why is Agile Software Development More Effective?

Download our Product Vision Board to start conversations and realize business goals!

How To Build An Impressive Product Vision Board

CIL uses Lean Software Development to build the right products

What is the Importance of Lean Software Development?

Real Time Search with React.js and RxJS

How to Build Real Time Search with RxJS and React.js

Journey Map Process

How to Create an Effective Internal Journey Map

Postgres Full Text Search Blog

How to Get Started with Postgres Full Text Search

What Software Development Process Time Wasters Can You Avoid?

Are You Wasting Time in Your Software Development Process?

Contracting a Software Development Company (& the pitfalls!)

How to Contract the RIGHT Software Development Company

How is healthcare technology changing?

What Healthcare Technology Can We Implement Right Now?

how to work from home and stay productive!

How to Work From Home (& BE PRODUCTIVE!)

My Remote Workspace

What Does Your Remote Workspace Look Like?

Josh Barker Webinar on Innovative Ideas

How to Execute on Innovative Ideas in an Uncertain Time

Getting Set up to Work Remotely

50+ Awesome Tips on How to Work Remotely

Why Choose Open Innovation

7 Reasons You Should Choose Open Innovation

This is Why Empathy Needs to Drive Design Thinking

How to Implement the Best Corporate Innovation Model

Border Crossing Boosts Innovation in the Workplace

How to Develop an Impressive Prototyping Process

Case Studies

Case Study

Redefining Recognition and Innovating Employee Engagement

PE firm Unifies Customer Experience Across 14 Brands

From Unengaged to Sales Qualified Lead — How House Into Cash Generated More Business

Logistics

Adding Logic to Logistics

Gaining Time with Better Scheduling

City University

Business Model Canvas

How to Start Your Venture Using a Business Model Canvas

Growth Team

How Fast Do You Want Your Startup to Grow?

Product-People Spectrum

Do you have the right team members? The Product-People Spectrum can help.

Lean Startup Methodology

The Secret to Startup Success? Implement a Lean Startup Methodology.

Building the Right Thing

How to Build the Right Thing vs. Building the Thing Right

GEM Framework

The GEM Framework: How to Prioritize What Matters Most to Your Venture

Two-Sided Marketplace

Chickens, Eggs, and the Two-Sided Marketplace

Vitamin vs. Aspirin: What Problem Is Your Venture Solving?

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Corporate Ventures
Customer, User, & Market Research
Business Model Strategy & Innovation
Product Strategy & Growth
Rapid Digital Prototypes
Customer-Centric Software Development

Equity Investors (PE/VC)
Portfolio Growth & Prospective Deal
Software Strategy & Forensics
Product Strategy & Growth
Business Model Strategy & Innovation
Investor Network Partnership

Funded Startups
MVP in Under 90 Days
Customer-Centric Software Development
Customer & User Experience Design (CX/UX)
Product Strategy & Growth
Prototypes for Market Validation

Software Development
Customer-Centric Software Development
Enterprise Low-Code No-Code
Software Strategy & Forensics
Customer & User Experience Design (CX/UX)
Technical Product Management

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