About Lean Startup Machine

Lean Startup Machine is a competitive three-day workshop where you will learn how to apply Lean Startup methodologies in the real world. This is not about writing code--but building things that people want.

Bring your team, come alone to pitch an idea, or work on someone else's.

Registration deadline 2/21/2013

Speakers & Mentors

  • Nihal Mehta
    Nihal Mehta
    LocalResponse
    CEO & Co-Founder of LocalResponse, Co-founder & Board Member of Project Ahimsa, General Partner at ENIAC Ventures, Founding Partner at India Internet Group
  • Alex Cavoulacos
    Alex Cavoulacos
    The Daily Muse
    Alex is the Founder & COO of The Muse / The Daily Muse, where she leads the Product and Operations teams. Alex has spoken on WNYC, at SxSW and was named one of INC's 15 Women to Watch in Tech. Prior to founding The Daily Muse, Alex was a management consultant at McKinsey & Company. She graduated from Yale University, and is an avid cyclist.
  • Scott Gerber
    Scott Gerber
    The Young Entrepreneur Council
    Founder of the Young Entrepreneur Council, Co-Founder of Gen Y Capital Partners, author of the book 'Never Get a “Real' Job
  • Scott Bales
    Scott Bales
    Movenbank
    Director at User Strategy, Chief Mobile Officer at Movenbank, Innovation Director at Next Bank, Board Member at CARE Pakistan UK
  • Anders Ramsay
    Anders Ramsay
    Agile Experience Design Meetup
    Experience Designer and Agile UX Coach, Lead User Experience Designer and Strategist at ThoughtWorks, Director of User Experience at MediaMorph, Organizer of Agile Experience Design Meetup
  • Jeremy Horn
    Jeremy Horn
    The Product Group
    aka The Product Guy, Organizer of The Product Group, Senior Director of Digital Content Management, Publishing and Data Access at Viacom, Instructor of Product Management at General Assemb.ly
  • Shaun Springer
    Shaun Springer
    Chartbeat
    Lead Front End Engineer and Architect at Lot18
  • Alexander Pease
    Alexander Pease
    Union Square Ventures
    VC at Union Square Ventures, founder of MetroGnome
  • Adda Birnir
    Adda Birnir
    Skillcrush
    Co-founder of Skillcrush
  • Melissa Perri
    Melissa Perri
    Conductor
    Product Designer at Conductor, Lean Product Management Teacher on Skillshare
  • Jonathan Berger
    Jonathan Berger
    Market Publique
    Engineering Manager and Designer at Pivotal Labs and Co-Founder of Market Publique
  • Andrew Ferenci
    Andrew Ferenci
    Buddy Media
    CEO and Co-Founder of Spinback and Director of Product at Buddy Media
  • Nicholas Chirls
    Nicholas Chirls
    Betaworks
    Investor at Betaworks
  • Ryan Stuczynski
    Ryan Stuczynski
    Fab
    Senior Manager of Marketing Analytics at Fab.com
  • Heather Gilchrist
    Heather Gilchrist
    Socratic Labs
    Heather was Director of Academics at Grockit in 2007 and is currently Managing Director of RAK Tech Fund where she invests in and advises early stage startups. She also serves as Startup Ambassador for NJ Tech Meetup, organizer of Startup Weekend NYCEDU, and is excited to be a founding partner at Socratic Labs.

The Organizers

  • Grace Ng
    Grace Ng
    Lean Startup Machine
  • Lyndsey Bunting
    Lyndsey Bunting
    Lean Startup Machine

What Our Alumni Say

Our Awesome Partners

  • Monthly opportunity for Product People to come together to meet, interact, and network in a large, conversational, laid-back roundtable setting.
  • A NYC Meetup where we discuss and explore principles, practices, and lessons learned at the intersection of Agile, Lean, and UX
  • Check out CoFoundersLab, a company dedicated to helping entrepreneurs with one of the hardest, yet most critical, pieces to starting a new business: finding the right co-founder(s). Whether you’re looking to join a startup, seeking someone else to join your venture, or open to either, CoFoundersLab is for you.
  • The Founder Institute offers a weekly curriculum of company-building sessions designed to help entrepreneurs think through every aspect of their business, from the core idea to the revenue model.

Learn to build what customers want.