This is a simulcast of the SF event.

Startup Lessons Learned is the first event designed to unite those interested in what it takes to succeed in building a lean startup. The goal for this event is to give practitioners and students of the lean startup methodology the opportunity to hear insights from leaders in embracing and deploying the core principles of the lean startup methodology. The day-long event will feature a mix of panels and talks focused on the key challenges and issues that technical and market-facing people at startups need to understand in order to succeed in building successful lean startups.

Join the startup community at the Accelerator Centre in Waterloo to share the ideas explored at the conference via the live stream.

Highly Recommended: Preview videos at the conference Site

To learn more about the Lean Startup visit:

Eric Ries' Blog - Startup Lessons Learned

Steve Blank's Blog

Check out the videos describing the conference.

Confirmed Speakers and Participating Mentors:

• Eric Ries, The Lean Startup (@ericries)
• Kent Beck, Three Rivers Institute (@kentbeck)
• Steve Blank (@sgblank)
• Randy Komisar, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
• Andrew Chen, Futuristic Play (@andrew_chen)
• David Weekly, PB Works (@dweekly)
• Hiten Shah, KISSmetrics (@hnshah)
• Cindy Alvarez, KISSmetrics (@cindyalvarez)
• Ethan Bloch, Flowtown (@ebloch)
• Timothy Fitz, IMVU (@TimohtyFitz)
• Drew Houston, Dropbox (@drewhouston)
• Ash Maurya, WiredReach (@ashmaurya)
• Dave McClure (@davemcclure)
• Sean Ellis (@seanellis)
• Laura Klein (@lauraklein)
• Damon Horowitz, Aardvark / Google (@iamnottweeting)
• Max Ventilla, Aardvark / Google (@ventilla)
• Brant Cooper (@brantcooper)
• Clara Shih, Hearsay Labs (@clarashih)
• Manuel Rosso (@manuelrosso)
• Rashmi Sinha (@rashmi)
• Dan Martell, Flowtown (@danmartell)
• Brett Durrett, IMVU
• James Birchler, IMVU
• Andres Glusman, Meetup (@glusman)

Agenda

12:00 - 12:20 Welcome

12:20 - 12:30 Eric Ries, Host, Startup Lessons Learned 

12:30 - 1:00 Build Keynote: "To Agility, and Beyond" - Kent Beck, Three Rivers Institute

1:00 - 1:30 Continuous Deployment Case Study: WiredReach - Ash Maurya, WiredReach

1:30 - 2:00 Agile Development Case Study: Grockit - Farb Nivi, Grockit

2:00 - 2:30 Case Study: "But Does it Scale?" - Tim Fitz, James Birchler, and Brett Durrett, IMVU 

2:30 - 3:30 Break - Lunch at SF Event

3;30 - 4:00 Conversation: Getting to Plan B - Randy Komisar, KPCB

4:00 - 4:30 Minimum Viable Product Case Study: Aardvark - Max Ventilla and Damon Horowitz, Google (Aardvark)

4:30 - 5:00 Pivot Case Study: Flowtown - Dan Martell and Ethan Bloch, Flowtown

5:00 - 5:30 Pivot Case Study: KISSmetrics - Hiten Shah, KISSmetrics

5:30 - 6:20 But What about Design? Minimum Desirable Product - Andrew Chen (Futuristic Play), Laura Klein, Dave McClure, Rashmi Sinha

6:20 - 6:45 Break

6:45 - 7:15 Customer Development 2.0 - Steve Blank

7:15 - 7:45 Is Customer Development Marketing? Food on the Table Case Study - Manuel Rosso, Food on the Table

7:45 - 8:15 Customer Development Case Study: Dropbox - Drew Houston, Dropbox

8:15 - 8:45  Customer Development Case Study: PB Works - David Weekly, PBworks

8:45 - 9:30 Customer Development Panel - Cindy Alvarez, Brant Cooper, Sean Ellis, Matt Johnson