Wednesday, March 6, 2013

The Lean Startup SXSW 2013

We're back! Once again, along with my partners at 500 Startups, we are proud to present the most substantive track at SXSW: http://leanstartupsxsw.co/

There was a running joke last year that "the Lean Startup track was the only place at SXSW you couldn't get out of the building." That's because the room we were in was so packed, the only way to stay for the next session was to refuse to give up your seat. Luckily, in a room full of entrepreneurs, plenty of new businesses popped up to bring people food and water.

(If you want to see what all the fuss was about, you can watch complete video of last year's track courtesy of my friends at Udemy.)

Because of your tremendous enthusiasm (and possibly a few words from the fire marshall), SXSW has granted us a much bigger space this year to put on what may be the best lineup we've ever had. I've embedded the flyer for the event below, but the best way to see what we're doing is on the conference website - which we try to keep up-to-date with the inevitable flurry of last-minute changes. (This year, we're battling both the flu and the Congressional sequester.)

If you're planning to be in Austin, please come say hello. See you there!


The Lean Startup SXSW


THIS SATURDAY! 
JOIN THE BIGGEST TECH EVENT @SXSW, featuring...

 Etsy AirbnbUber Github Hotel Tonight

 Google ModCloth HubSpotWufoo

     500 Startups Khosla Ventures meeboSharethrough

 + 1,000 startup founders, investors, and press!


SATURDAY, MARCH 9TH - Hilton Austin Downtown
REGISTER for SXSW

KEYNOTES & CASE STUDIES FROM...
Vinod Khosla

Vinod Khosla

Founder 



Khosla Ventures
Dave McClure

Dave McClure
Founding Partner 

500 Startups
Eric Ries

 Eric Ries
Author

The Lean Startup
Steve Blank

Steve Blank 
Serial Entrepreneur
 & Professor
Stanford University
Todd Park

Todd Park 
CTO

Executive Office

Travis Kalanick

Travis Kalanick
CEO & Co-Founder 
Uber
Joe Zadeh

Joe Zadeh
Director of Product

Airbnb
Sam Shank

Sam Shank
Co-Founder & CEO

Hotel Tonight
Nicole Lazzaro

NEW!  Nicole Lazzaro
President 
XEODesign
Udi Nir
Udi Nir
 CTO

ModCloth
Seth Sternberg

NEW! Seth Sternberg
Co-Founder 
& CEO

meebo
Scott Chacon

Scott Chacon
CIO

Github
Kevin Hale

Kevin Hale
Senior Product Manager


SurveyMonkey
Juan Diego Calle

NEW! Juan Diego Calle 
CEO
.CO
Dharmesh Shah

Dharmesh Shah
Co-founder & CTO
HubSpot
Ross Snyder

Ross Snyder
Sr. Software Engineer

Etsy
Steven VanRoekel

Steven VanRoekel 
CIO 
Executive Office
Dan Greenberg

 Dan Greenberg
Co-Founder & CEO


Sharethrough

CHECK OUT THE AGENDA...

Uber's "Reality Therapy 4 Startups": What U Need 2 Know NOW 
Steve Blank on why NOT to be an Entrepreneur
Airbnb's Globetrotting Lessons: Building 4 a Global Market
Vinod Khosla - The VC Legend: Interview w/ Dave McClure
Eric Ries on Entrepreneurship: What He's Learned Along the Way
> GitHub's Secret 2 Success: Rethinking The Way We Work
The Metrics Behind Hotel Tonight: Sam Shank Reveals It All
The CTO & CIO of the USA: Innovating our Government
Wufoo's 29,561% Return: Kevin Hale on Customer Development
> Etsy's [Backend] Transition: From Startup to Superpower
Meebo's Pivot to Acquisition: Seth Sternberg's Pivot Metrics
Under the Hood of ModCloth: CTO on Agile Development
David BEATS the Goliath: The true story of .CO's rise to fame
> Tips from an Anti-Social Founder: Dharmesh Shah on culture

PLUS:
> 8:30am Mimosa Meetup - 1st come, 1st served, hosted by GitHib
Grilled Cheese + Beer (not lean, but awesome) - hosted by Neo
 Elon Musk + Popcorn - hosted by DealFlicks, during SXSW keynote
.CO hookups 4 startups: A SXSW favorite is back again!
Mentor Sessions - Featuring experts in building + running startups

LEAN STARTUP MENTORS INCLUDE...
Patrick Vlaskovits

Patrick Vlaskovits

Author 

The Lean Entrepreneur
Alistair Croll

Alistair Croll
Co-Author
Lean Analytics

REGISTER for SXSWi to Join
+ JOIN US ON PLANCAST 
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OUR STARTUP LOVIN' PARTNERS...
.CO Rackspace  NEO
  







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