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 3/14

Speakers & Mentors

  • Evan Burfield
    Evan Burfield
    1776
    Cofounder of 1776. Chairman of Startup DC. Passionate about reinventing America by empowering kickass startups.
  • Ben Willman
    Ben Willman
    Social Hat
    Likes discovering what people will pay for because they need it or love it. Loves Lean Startups and Customer Development.
  • Anton Gelman
    Anton Gelman
    Cont3nt.com
    A startup guy in DC. CEO of Cont3nt.com. Organizer of DC AngelHack.
  • Chitra Sivanandam
    Chitra Sivanandam
    ITT Excelis
  • Sarge Salman
    Sarge Salman
    Baltimore Lean Startup, TEDx Baltimore
    Founder of Baltimore Lean Circle, Organizer of TEDx Mid-Atlantic and TEDx Baltimore.
  • Mark McGovern
    Mark McGovern
    Mobile System 7
    CEO & Founder of Mobile System 7
  • Teague Hopkins
    Teague Hopkins
    THG
    Founder/Lean Startup Coach at THG, helping entrepreneurial organizations of all sizes succeed faster and more often. @Lean mentor. @CultureCampDC organizer.
  • Arianne Gallagher
    Arianne Gallagher
    Presidential Innovation Fellows Program
    Program Advisor to the Executive Office's Office of Science and Technology Policy
  • Laura Kennedy
    Laura Kennedy
    LivingSocial
    Corporate Development at LivingSocial. Loves tech, startups, and meeting innovative minds.
  • Carla Valdes
    Carla Valdes
    Fortify.vc
    General Partner at Fortify Ventures, Foodie, St. Jude Supporter, Mom.
  • Jabe Bloom
    Jabe Bloom
    The Library Corporation
    CTO at The Library Corporation. Creativity, Innovation Management, Complexity, Proprioception, Tuning in Weak Signals, Interested in Strange Problems
  • Ashish Jaiman
    Ashish Jaiman
    Microsoft
    Startup Lead at Microsoft. Windows 8 guru.

The Organizers

  • Cedric Craig
    Cedric Craig
    Lean Startup Machine
  • Rafael Balbi
    Rafael Balbi
    Lean Startup Machine
    Director of Operations with Lean Startup Machine. Intrapreneur. Skillshare Master Teacher. Featured in We Are NY Tech.

What Our Alumni Say

Our Awesome Partners

  • 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.
  • If you need in person help, guidance on how to develop a Windows 8 app please join Ashish Jaiman to office hours in and around DC http://ohours.org/ashishjaiman or @ashishjaiman Learn more for Microsoft resources for startups - http://www.ashishjaiman.com/post/43508649500/resources-for-startups

Learn to build what customers want.