Lean Startup

Ahead of his talk at The Lean Startup Conference, Tom Nguyen chats with us about the lessons he learned introducing Lean Startup to create one of Adobe’s most successful mobile apps, Adobe Voice. It was also named by Apple as one of the best apps of the year. We’ll chat with Tom about how empathetic design, radical simplicity, and iteration will help you build products that bring people joy. View the live webcast here: http://leanstartup.co/webcasts/

Listen to the co-founder of Udemy and advisor for Lyft discuss his newest startup called Sprig. Gagan Biyani joins Heather McGough of Lean Startup Company to discuss finding his target market, challenges faced while scaling quickly, continuous product improvement, and more. Social: Gagan Biyani can be reached on Twitter @gaganbiyani Heather McGough can be reached on Twitter @UrbanitySF Follow Lean Startup Co. @leanstartup

Published on Oct 12, 2015 The Lean Startup methodology has disrupted businesses everywhere. As a result of a more innovative, entrepreneurial-based economy, business leaders have been forced to take a fresh look at growth opportunities and the type of organization they need to build in order to stay competitive. Born out of the startup culture, Lean Startup provides the pathway to business transformation. So, how can businesses of all sizes apply Lean Startup principles to modernize and foster continuous innovation? In this special event, Eric Ries, author of The Lean Startup and the Kickstarter-backed Leader’s Guide, sits down with entrepreneur Leslie Bradshaw, Managing Partner of MadebyMany, to discuss next generation leaders, what it really takes to innovate, and how to create a culture that will sustain. The Lean Startup Conference was proud to partner with General Assembly for this broadcast. You can check out GA here: GA Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/gnrlassembly GA Twitter- https://twitter.co

If you thought libraries were going out of style, think again. Turns out, they're harbingers of innovation. Brian Mathews, Associate Dean at Virginia Tech Libraries, joins Heather McGough of Lean Startup Company to discuss the challenges that universities and libraries face as they move into the digital age. Brian shares how he incorporated Lean Startup into VA Tech culture, to develop new products to create a cutting edge experience for his customers -- the students. Topics include: build measure learn, minimum viable product (MVP), pivoting and education Brian Mathews can be reached on Twitter @brianmathews Heather McGough can be reached on Twitter @UrbanitySF Follow Lean Startup Co. @leanstartup

Looking for a Lean Startup practitioner working in a highly-regulated industry? Look no further. Director of innovation at AZ Central Credit Union, Jeff Vietri, is interviewed by Heather McGough of Lean Startup Company. He shares relatable tips, processes, tools and actionable-advice for anyone working in a highly-regulated industry. Topics include executive buy-in, legal, mvp, build measure learn, scaling, and more. Jeff Vietri can be reached on Twitter @jeffvietri Heather McGough can be reached on Twitter @UrbanitySF Follow Lean Startup Co. @leanstartup

Senior Sports Technologist with the US Olympic Committee, Mounir Zok, is interviewed by Heather McGough of Lean Startup Company. Topics include: how to approach developing technology for a human, build measure learn, minimum viable product, how technology is changing sports, and more. Mounir Zok can be reached on Twitter @mounirzok Heather McGough can be reached on Twitter @UrbanitySF Follow Lean Startup Co. @leanstartup

CEO of M34 private investment company, and founding and former lead program director for the National Science Foundation (NSF) I-Corps program, Errol Arkilic, is interviewed by Heather McGough of Lean Startup Company. He shares how scientists are using technology to get out of the lab and into the marketplace using Lean Startup methods. Errol Arkilic can be reached on Twitter @[heather waiting] Heather McGough can be reached on Twitter @UrbanitySF Follow Lean Startup Co. @leanstartup

Turbocharge Your Path Towards Product/Market Fit When: Thursday, September 10th 11 am PT / 2 pm ET Featuring: Amy Jo Kim It’s easier than ever to create a new, innovative product, game, app or service. But most innovative projects never take off and reach their intended audience. What differentiates the ones that DO? What do teams who create genre-defining hits do differently? In this webcast, Amy Jo Kim, social game designer, entrepreneur, and startup coach gives us a peek into what she’ll be talking about at The Lean Startup Conference. Based on her successful coaching program, she’ll discuss design hacks that can help you find and delight your aspirational audience. In this webcast you’ll learn: How to inject early product design with game design smarts What differentiates genre-defining products Design hacks that will delight your prospects

Leader of GE Culture and co-founder of GE FastWorks, Janice Semper, is interviewed by Heather McGough (@UrbanitySF) of Lean Startup Company. In this podcast, Janice shares how to drive organizational change, the challenges in making a Lean Startup transformation, creating a culture of experimentation in a highly-regulated industry, using Lean Startup in non-tech, what they've learned from startups, and more. General Electric can be reached on Twitter @generalelectric Heather McGough can be reached on Twitter @UrbanitySF Follow Lean Startup Co. @leanstartup

Google's Senior UX Researcher, Tomer Sharon (@tsharon) is interviewed by Heather McGough (@UrbanitySF) of Lean Startup Company. In this podcast, Tomer discusses incorporating Lean Startup methodology into his work, how to create a good user experience, identifying user needs, finding your user research group, what to do with the data, and more. Tomer Sharon can be reached on Twitter @tsharon Heather McGough can be reached on Twitter @UrbanitySF Follow Lean Startup Co. @leanstartup

Founder of Share More Stories, James Warren (@warrenjwric), is interviewed by Heather McGough (@UrbanitySF) of Lean Startup Company. In this podcast, James discusses having the courage to leave his corporate job to embark on a startup. He shares lessons around creating a prototype, testing and validating ideas, and discusses his early adopters. James Warren can be reached on Twitter @warrenjwric Heather McGough can be reached on Twitter @UrbanitySF Follow Lean Startup Co. @leanstartup James will also be speaking at the Lean Startup Conference in San Francisco, November 16-19th. www.leanstartup.co

Founder of Product Hunt, Ryan Hoover (@rrhoover), is interviewed by Heather McGough (@UrbanitySF) of Lean Startup Company. In this podcast Hoover discusses the Product Hunt journey, lessons involving their users, how to scale an invite-only community, helping startups, and expanding into new verticals. Ryan Hoover can be reached on Twitter @rrhoover Heather McGough can be reached on Twitter @UrbanitySF Follow Lean Startup Co. @leanstartup

Geared towards aspiring entrepreneurs and young startups, this podcast features Alan Lobock, a serial entrepreneur and angel investor best known for co-founding SkyMall. Learn common mistakes entrepreneurs make, how to put a realistic valuation on your business, where managers should focus their time, and advice on applying Lean Startup methods to management structures in building your company. Alan Lobock can be reached on Twitter @AlanLobock Heather McGough can be reached on Twitter @UrbanitySF

Nothing strikes fear in the heart of an entrepreneur like the simple question, “What’s the ROI?” You have to answer or you won’t get funded. Answering using traditional approaches forces you to fabricate revenue assumptions that have no basis in reality — and you’ll be held accountable. It’s a no-win scenario that kills innovation. Lean Startup mentor and speaker David Binetti will focus on this specific issue at the Lean Startup Conference in November. In this webcast we preview his talk with a one-on-one discussion and learn how to get Product and Finance teams speaking the same language while achieving their individual objectives.

Often there is a perception that Lean Startup methods are only for the inception phase of a product. The ‘startup’ part is a bit of a misnomer, it's not meant to be literal. Companies of all sizes can benefit from the principles by adopting a more customer-centric approach and engendering a culture supporting build-measure-learn. On this podcast, we will speak with Rahim Adatia who will share some of his experiences working with both startups and larger organizations to ship products using Lean methodologies. Rahim Adatia can be reached on Twitter (@funkstop), LinkedIn, or on his personal blog at www.theFunkstop.com Heather McGough can be reached on Twitter @UrbanitySF

As Senior Manager of Operations and L&D, Oseas Ramirez shares how Cisco continues to work toward creating a culture of experimentation. He discusses their Leadership Pipeline program and the future managers of Cisco, and talks Startup//Cisco and how to drive innovation in a company of 70,000 employees and 70,000 contractors in dozens of countries. Heather McGough interviews Oseas Ramirez. @leanstartup @Cisco @UrbanitySF

As Senior Manager of Operations and L&D, Oseas Ramirez shares how Cisco continues to work toward creating a culture of experimentation. He discusses their Leadership Pipeline program and the future managers of Cisco, and talks Startup//Cisco and how to drive innovation in a company of 70,000 employees and 70,000 contractors in dozens of countries. Heather McGough interviews Oseas Ramirez. @leanstartup @Cisco @UrbanitySF

Eric Ries and Aneesh Chopra, the former CTO for the United States, discussed how Lean Startup is used in government organizations and healthcare companies to reform their services and improve how they do business. We covered: *A Lean Startup technique to deal with a massive customer issue when you know the system won’t be fixed overnight *How the government is implementing Lean Startup techniques (and if the national government can do it -- what is stopping you?) *An inside look at how the most “dysfunctional” rollout in history was turned around (hint: healthcare.gov) *Clean data in healthcare -- and what that really means

Hear Mark Little, head of GE Global Research, and Lean Startup’s Eric Ries as they discuss GE FastWorks, an initiative at one of the world’s largest companies inspired by the Lean Startup method. Moderated by Mark Graban of KaiNexus.

Really big companies usually have workers in offices around the globe. But Automattic, the company behind WordPress, has its workers in home offices around the globe–with no central headquarters. At more than 230 employees in 30 countries and growing fast, the company is leading the way for fully distributed teams and has lessons for us all. Davide Casali, UX Redirector, will look at the key elements Automattic uses to support remote collaboration–not just the tools, but the way teams are organized and make decisions, all of which have evolved as the company has grown. Lori McLeese, HR Lead, will talk about the unusual, in-depth process that Automattic uses to hire people and ensure they’re a fit for a fully distributed team. Their talks will be followed by a joint Q&A with attendees.