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Hi, I’m Tristan Kromer

I help product teams go fast.

As an innovation coach, I work with teams to run at least one experiment/research per week to improve their product and business model.

For early stage startups, I volunteer my at time and hold regular office hours.

For larger companies and governments, my team at Kromatic and I coach teams on an ongoing basis and help design Innovation Ecosystems.

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Demo Day Fundraising and The Lean Startup

Lean Startup takes our biggest business risk and reduces it. If our biggest risk is that our demo day fundraising pitch will fail, we can test that. Continue reading...

Pivoting on Investor Feedback a.k.a Beware of Mentors

Don't outsource your decision making. Even if it's someone you respect and they've tried a similar business model before, do the customer development yourself. Continue reading...

Lean Deck Clinic November

This time around, we're going to focus on the learning and we're keeping the headcount to 18 companies. Continue reading...

Lean Deck Clinic Lessons Learned

It's been a few weeks since the Lean Deck Clinic so we wanted to publish some of the lessons learned from the clinic. These are notes from the participants. Continue reading...

Startup Weekend Lesson Learned #1 – The Pitch

One of the great things about Startup Weekend is the amount you can learn in a short time. It's really a lean startup practicum. Continue reading...

Update: How to Make Your Investor Pitch Lean

Getting lean is becoming essential to all aspects of running a business and pitching is no exception. Here's a quick update on the Lean Deck Clinic. Continue reading...

Interview with Chris Redlitz from KickLabs and Transmedia Capital (part 1)

I recently sat down with Chris Redlitz from Transmedia Capital to talk about his new startup incubator KickLabs and founding teams... Continue reading...

How to Make Your Investor Pitch Lean

Have you ever needed feedback on your investor pitch? Are you in the San Francisco Bay Area? If you answered yes then you should attend the Lean Deck Clinic Continue reading...

Why I’m Not Raising Money (Yet)

For better or worse, we're bootstrapping for now. A couple of things have led us to this decision and an understanding of when we're going to have to change our minds. Continue reading...

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  • Innovation Ecosystem
  • Lean Startup
  • Teamwork & Leadership
  • User Experience & Research

Free Resources for Startups

  • The Real Startup Book
  • Learn S.M.A.R.T Template
  • Product/Market Fit Storyboard
  • Cheat Sheets

Tristan Kromer

I help product teams go fast. My team at Kromatic and I coach teams on an ongoing basis and help design Innovation Ecosystems.

Sign Up for my Free Office Hours

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