The Agenda
| Time | Session | Speaking |
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| 8:30am–9:30am |
GIT UR ARSE 2 LEAN STARTUP → Bottomless Mimosa Meetup hosted by GitHub |
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| 9:30am–11:00am |
The Lean Startup → Geeksta Paradise: The Ballers and Shotcallers of Uber, Airbnb + GitHub |
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500 STARTUPS + ERIC RIES: Bienvenidos a Lean Startup SXSW! |
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REALITY THERAPY 4 STARTUPS:Uber's CEO on the Painful Lessons Every Entrepreneur NEEDS to Learn |
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DISRUPTING FROM THE INSIDE OUT:How GitHub BLEW UP by Tearing Down the Walls |
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AIRBNB'S PLAN 4 WORLD DOMINATION:How to scale across timezones and expand your user horizons |
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Mentor Sessions:1 on 1 sessions with leading entrepreneurs + advisers |
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| 11:00am–12:00pm |
The Lean Startup → ETSY, MODCLOTH + MEEBO: The Anatomy of a ROCKSTAR Product Cycle |
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UNDER THE HOOD OF MODCLOTH:Agile Development Case Study |
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UX IS THE NEW DESIGN:Customer Engagement + UX Case Study |
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ETSY'S [BACKEND] TRANSITION FROM STARTUP 2 SUPERPOWER:Continuous Deployment Case Study |
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MEEBO ON PIVOTING TO ACQUISITION:Pivots Case Study |
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Discussion |
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| 12:00pm–12:30pm |
Lunch |
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| 12:30pm–3:30pm |
The Lean Startup → Steve Blank's Startup Lessons plus Kevin Hale (Wufoo) on Romancing Your Users |
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STEVE BLANK:Why You Shouldn't be an Entrepreneur |
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What’s Love Got to Do With It?:Wooing Your Customers & Keeping the Flame Alive |
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Mentor Sessions:1 on 1 sessions with leading entrepreneurs + advisers |
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SXSW KEYNOTEWith Elon Musk + Popcorn 4 Everyone, hosted by Dealflicks |
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Lean Author Mentor Session:1:1 mentor sessions with lean thought leaders |
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| 3:30pm–4:30pm |
The Lean Startup → Vinod Khosla, Dave McClure, Eric Ries, & the CTO of the USA! |
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CTO & CIO OF THE USA:Innovating Government One Geek at a Time |
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Vinod Khosla:The Venture Capital Legend on Startups, innovation, and the future of funding |
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Eric Ries:Building Startups & Changing the World |
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| 4:30pm–5:00pm |
Grilled Cheese & Beer (not lean, but awesome), hosted by NEO |
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| 5:00pm–5:45pm |
The Lean Startup → Hotel Tonight, HubSpot, & Sharethrough: Baby Got (Feed)Back |
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DOMINATING THE DOMAIN SPACE:.COnversation with Juan Diego Calle + Dave |
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CRAFTING A KICKA#% CULTURE:Tips From An Anti-Social Entrepreneur |
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SALES 4 STARTUPS:Sharethrough Case Study |
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HOTEL TONIGHT'S TIPPING POINT:Innovation Accounting Case Study |
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TBA |
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Discussion |
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