The Agenda

Time Session Speaking

500 Startups
8:30am–9:30am

GIT UR ARSE 2 LEAN STARTUP → Bottomless Mimosa Meetup hosted by GitHub
9:30am–11:00am

The Lean Startup → Geeksta Paradise: The Ballers and Shotcallers of Uber, Airbnb + GitHub

500 STARTUPS + ERIC RIES: Bienvenidos a Lean Startup SXSW!
  • Dave McClure, Founder, 500 Startups
  • Eric Ries, Author, The Lean Startup
  • Christen O’Brien, Partner, 500 Startups
  • Bruna Maia, Events & Content Director, 500 Startups

REALITY THERAPY 4 STARTUPS:

Uber's CEO on the Painful Lessons Every Entrepreneur NEEDS to Learn

DISRUPTING FROM THE INSIDE OUT:

How GitHub BLEW UP by Tearing Down the Walls

AIRBNB'S PLAN 4 WORLD DOMINATION:

How to scale across timezones and expand your user horizons

Mentor Sessions:

1 on 1 sessions with leading entrepreneurs + advisers
11:00am–12:00pm

The Lean Startup → ETSY, MODCLOTH + MEEBO: The Anatomy of a ROCKSTAR Product Cycle

UNDER THE HOOD OF MODCLOTH:

Agile Development Case Study

UX IS THE NEW DESIGN:

Customer Engagement + UX Case Study

ETSY'S [BACKEND] TRANSITION FROM STARTUP 2 SUPERPOWER:

Continuous Deployment Case Study

MEEBO ON PIVOTING TO ACQUISITION:

Pivots Case Study

Discussion
  • Moderated by Eric Ries
12:00pm–12:30pm

Lunch
12:30pm–3:30pm

The Lean Startup → Steve Blank's Startup Lessons plus Kevin Hale (Wufoo) on Romancing Your Users

STEVE BLANK:

Why You Shouldn't be an Entrepreneur
  • Steve Blank, Serial Entrepreneur & Professor, Stanford

What’s Love Got to Do With It?:

Wooing Your Customers & Keeping the Flame Alive

Mentor Sessions:

1 on 1 sessions with leading entrepreneurs + advisers

SXSW KEYNOTE

With Elon Musk + Popcorn 4 Everyone, hosted by Dealflicks

Lean Author Mentor Session:

1:1 mentor sessions with lean thought leaders
3:30pm–4:30pm

The Lean Startup → Vinod Khosla, Dave McClure, Eric Ries, & the CTO of the USA!

CTO & CIO OF THE USA:

Innovating Government One Geek at a Time

Vinod Khosla:

The Venture Capital Legend on Startups, innovation, and the future of funding
  • Vinod Khosla, Founder, Khosla Ventures
  • Interviewed by Dave McClure

Eric Ries:

Building Startups & Changing the World
4:30pm–5:00pm

Grilled Cheese & Beer (not lean, but awesome), hosted by NEO
5:00pm–5:45pm

The Lean Startup → Hotel Tonight, HubSpot, & Sharethrough: Baby Got (Feed)Back

DOMINATING THE DOMAIN SPACE:

.COnversation with Juan Diego Calle + Dave

CRAFTING A KICKA#% CULTURE:

Tips From An Anti-Social Entrepreneur

SALES 4 STARTUPS:

Sharethrough Case Study

HOTEL TONIGHT'S TIPPING POINT:

Innovation Accounting Case Study

TBA

Discussion
  • Moderated by Eric Ries