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an anonymous user suggested:
How about a forum to evaluate and appraise new business ideas? If you have many ideas for a new business, how do you pick the best one? If you have no ideas for a new…
We’re pleased to announce that Reshma Sohoni, CEO of Seedcamp, has joined our great lineup of speakers at Leancamp.
Seedcamp is one of Europe’s most-recognised micro seed funds and accelerator programs. They have played a leading role in bringing seed investment and bootstrap methods to Europe, and Eric Ries, founder of Lean Startup, has advised Seedcamp companies in the past.
Leancamp has attracted interest from the European investment community, and Reshma will speak to us about the advantages of Lean Startup and Agile processes from an investment point-of-view.
How to draw the right conclusions from metrics -
Salim Virani suggested:
Jens Riegelsberger, senior design researcher at Google Mobile, will join us for this discussion. Drawing the right conclusions from metrics is tricky. With so much data and…
Salim Virani suggested:
Lean Startup keeps us closely tied with the most pressing needs of our customers. How can Social Enterprise use this approach to better identify constituent needs, and build…
Structuring partnerships and investments -
Salim Virani suggested:
Traditionally, partnership and investment agreements are based on tenure, roles and investment events, which are, at-best, rough proxies for risk. Considering the phases of…
Salim Virani suggested:
Lean Startup keeps us closely tied with the most pressing needs of our customers. How can Social Enterprise use this approach to better identify constituent needs, and build…
Saul Albert suggested:
What are the best examples of how people have tested ideas that didn’t work, failed in public, and felt good about it? How did they communicate that ‘this is a test’, in a way…
Saul Albert suggested:
Who has applied lean practices in areas other than software/web startups? It seems obvious that there are applications in loads of different contexts, what are people’s…
Saul Albert suggested:
Traditional focus groups take a product or idea and gauge people’s responses to it. One of the inspiring things about lean methods is building innovative products around…
Saul Albert suggested:
What are the antipatterns to lean? If I’m retrofitting lean practices onto my project, what obvious gotchas should I look out for? It would be useful to hear people’s…
Exciting news: David Heinemier Hansson of 37 Signals will be hosting a 10-person workshop at Leancamp!
The cost for the workshop is only £99 (for a limited time.) The deadline for applications at this price is Friday, April 30th at 5PM. You can apply now - it only takes a few minutes.
This is a unique chance to have an in-depth, face-to-face discussion with him about the issues affecting your business. If you’re wondering how to best balance customer feedback with your vision, prioritise your time or features, create remote teams, or apply other advice from Rework or 37 Signals, this is the forum.
If you’re unfamiliar with David, he’s the co-founder of 37 Signals, which launched 5 services and reached over 3 million users with a small team of 14. He’s also the creator of the web framework Ruby On Rails, which powers the likes of Twitter and Scribd. He articulated his direct, no-nonsense approach to business in his book Rework, which has quickly become a Wall Street Journal, New York Times and Sunday Times bestseller. Rework is endorsed by Mark Cuban, Jeff Bezos, Seth Godin and Chris Anderson.
Customer development and continuous deployment as marketing advantages -
an anonymous user suggested:
The session to discuss why and how leanstartup principles can be used as marketing advantages whether it’s your 1-to-1 or wider communication.
Pivoting - how to take the next best step -
Jesse Heitler suggested:
Knowing when and how to pivot is perhaps one of the most critical skills of a lean startup. Let’s discuss how people take on this challenge and the lessons they have…