The ideaBOOST participants had the opportunity to do a workshop with Lean Startup Machine this past week. We had the chance to interview the founder of Lean Startup Machine, Trevor Owens, with questions collected from our community! See what he has to say about Lean Startup methodologies, ideaBOOST and much more.
This Monday, Trevor Owens, CEO and Founder of Lean Startup Machine, will be running a workshop on Lean Startup Methodologies as part of ideaBOOST.
Trevor is an entrepreneur and thought leader on Lean Startup methodologies. As Founder & CEO of Lean Startup Machine, he has helped thousands of startup founders and individuals from organizations including Google, Salesforce, News Corp, Intuit, and others, start hundreds of new businesses on five continents. Owens is active in the community as a coach for the White House’s Innovation Fellows program and as a featured guest speaker at Princeton & Columbia University.
As Trevor will be in town, we wanted to give you the opportunity to interview him. All you have to do is tweet to @cfcmedialab your questions about the lean startup world and beyond. We will pick the top 5 questions, and Trevor’s responses to those questions will be posted on our blog and YouTube channel in the coming week, so stay tuned!
We’re glad to announce that we will be attending Lean Startup Machine Toronto for the third time!
Lean Startup Machine is a for-profit social enterprise with the mission of advancing the science of entrepreneurship to better utilize human potential. They aim to bolster jobs through innovation and prevent the world’s smartest people from wasting time building things nobody wants.
To date they have run 50 workshops in 35 cities globally. From San Francisco, to London and the Middle East.
During the last two workshops we attended we had a great time hearing the pitches and meeting new people! This time, not only will Jacqueline Nuwame, Sr. Manager of Client Relations, be mentoring, but we also have two free passes to give away! Follow us on twitter to find out how you can be a winner!
Also, Lean Startup Machine has offered a 15% discount for anyone from our community who wants to attend – email me (Andrea Mallozzi): amallozzi@cfccreates.com to get the discount code!
When: October 19-21, 2012
Where: [IN]cubes, 57 Spadina Ave, #209, Toronto, ON M5V 1K1
Tickets are selling fast for this one, so register online now to ensure you get yours: http://lsm-toronto-oct2012.eventbrite.com
We posted the videos from Satish Kanwar’s interview with Eric Ries that we hosted in partnership with Lean Startup Machine at MaRS Commons. If you weren’t able to be at the event this is a great opportunity to learn even more about lean methodologies.
We’re glad to announce that we will be attending Lean Startup Machine Toronto again!
Lean Startup Machine is a for-profit social enterprise with the mission of advancing the science of entrepreneurship to better utilize human potential. They aim to bolster jobs through innovation and prevent the world’s smartest people from wasting time building things nobody wants.
To date they have run 23 workshops in 15 cities globally. From San Francisco, to London and the Middle East.
Last January we had such a great time hearing the pitches and meeting new people that we can’t wait to go back for some more! This time around we have some great offers to share with our community!
The Eric Ries talk with Satish Kanwar that took place on Tuesday was a huge success! We are so glad to be part of a community of individuals who took time out of their schedules to support this event!
Special thank-yous go to:
Without these people and organizations this event wouldn’t have been possible!
Photos are online now: http://www.flickr.com/photos/cfcmedialab/sets/72157629760557874/
Don’t forget the next Lean Startup Toronto is on June 8th! Stay tuned to <stabletalk> to find out more about events like these!
Lean Startup Machine is not a hack-a-thon or a pitching competition, it is a space where individuals come together to discuss ideas and validate them through real world interactions with potential customers.
Participants were asked to ideate, form groups, and then get customer validation for their products by talking to potential customers. Validation often came in the form of money, letters of intent, or some other form of commitment to the startup idea. Participants were encouraged by the organizer, Trevor Owens, to hit the street and talk to their customers and invalidate their assumptions!
The energy at the Burroughes in Toronto was intense, the teams worked quickly and feverishly to validate their startup ideas and pivot to create a minimum viable product to continue to test within their consumer bases all in four days! The participants all felt that it was an incredibly intense and rewarding experience!
If you want to read the play-by-play be sure to go read out Twitter Feed from the weekend!
Lean Startups To Keep on Your Radar:
Several interesting startup ideas were presented at Lean Startup Machine Toronto to a panel of very interesting judges some being: Max Cameron of Big Bang Technology, and Satish Kanwar of Jet Cooper. The presented ideas ranged from conference matchmaking databases to solutions to a tattoo artist’s paperwork management. The winning idea of the event was HireShark a service that sorts resumes and helps you find the right talent for your business.
The CFC Media Lab was well represented at the event, Deebo, a gamified approach to managing ones diabetes was presented by alumnus Conor Holler, and fellow alumnae Simone Maurice joined his team to help him out for the weekend. Deebo received the award of most niche startup idea. Way to go guys!
Lean Links to Check Out
http://leanstartupmachine.com/
http://www.torontostandard.com/business/dont-talk-with-your-mouth-full-ten-lessons-from-lean-startup-machine-toronto/
http://www.torontostandard.com/business/lean-with-it/
http://bigbangtechnology.com/post/advice_for_lean_startup_machine_toronto_attendees
This Monday, Trevor Owens, CEO and Founder of Lean Startup Machine, will be running a workshop on Lean Startup Methodologies as part of ideaBOOST. Trevor is an entrepreneur and thought leader on Lean Startup methodologies. As Founder & CEO of Lean Startup Machine, he has helped thousands of startup founders and individuals from organizations including [...]
We’re glad to announce that we will be attending Lean Startup Machine Toronto for the third time! Lean Startup Machine is a for-profit social enterprise with the mission of advancing the science of entrepreneurship to better utilize human potential. They aim to bolster jobs through innovation and prevent the world’s smartest people from wasting time building things nobody [...]
We posted the videos from Satish Kanwar’s interview with Eric Ries that we hosted in partnership with Lean Startup Machine at MaRS Commons. If you weren’t able to be at the event this is a great opportunity to learn even more about lean methodologies.
We’re glad to announce that we will be attending Lean Startup Machine Toronto again! Lean Startup Machine is a for-profit social enterprise with the mission of advancing the science of entrepreneurship to better utilize human potential. They aim to bolster jobs through innovation and prevent the world’s smartest people from wasting time building things nobody [...]
The Eric Ries talk with Satish Kanwar that took place on Tuesday was a huge success! We are so glad to be part of a community of individuals who took time out of their schedules to support this event! Special thank-yous go to: Eric Ries Satish Kanwar, Jet Cooper Lean Startup Machine Jason Cheong-Kee-You Max Cameron, Big [...]
Lean Startup Machine is not a hack-a-thon or a pitching competition, it is a space where individuals come together to discuss ideas and validate them through real world interactions with potential customers. Participants were asked to ideate, form groups, and then get customer validation for their products by talking to potential customers. Validation often came [...]
