Today, I was honored to be back helping the startups walking the plank at this year’s (and also the final one – RIP 2011 – 2023) Pirate Summit prepare giving feedback on their pitches – one week out before they walk the plank!
I’m also moderating the Walk The Plank pitch competition, so see you there!
And if you haven’t gotten a ticket yet, have a look at the ticket page – there should be tickets available for most kinds of budgets (if they are not sold out yet!).
Recently I was honored and excited to attend my fifth “Lean Innovation Educators Summit” and exchange best-practices and catch up with fellow educators from around the world.
The Lean Innovation Educators Summit is designed to model the methodologies we teach, as we conduct beneficiary discovery with our fellow Lean LaunchPad educators to improve our courses. A key aspect of teaching the Lean LaunchPad methodology is encouraging students to “get out of the classroom” and talk to others. That’s exactly what we as Lean educators strive to do ourselves at the Summit.
The LEan INNOVATION EDUCATORS SUMMIT
“At our fifth Lean Innovation Educators Summit, we discussed the role of the university and other important organizations in supporting the critical mission of preparing the next generation of entrepreneurs and innovators. Attendees gleaned insights from keynote speaker Rich Lyons, the Chief Innovation and Entrepreneurship Officer of the University of California at Berkeley, about the opportunities and challenges faced by the Lean Innovation Educators community.”
Today I spoke a bit about why exits matter in startup communities at the DEEP Startup Ecosystem Conference 2021.
My main points were to refresh the audience on the Boulder Thesis, and press the importance of successfully exited entrepreneurs reinvesting their knowledge and money (and also not successfully exited founders reinvesting their knowledge) in the local ecosystem for it to thrive.
I’m honored to be invited back to the Entrepreneurship Awareness Drive by Entrepreneurship Cell IIT Kharagpur.
I’m going to try my best to describe what the Lean Startup methodologies are all about and why they are important.
Honored to be invited to speak with Indian entrepreneurs, sharing a bit about the essence of Lean Startup and Customer Development at the Entrepreneurship Cell IIT Kharagpur conference.
