Lean Startup

Starting a new business is hard enough, but creating a new technology has unique challenges. From how to deploy early funding, to hiring from a community that you trust, Laurence Kemball-Cook, founder and CEO of Pavegen, gives his insights into how applying Lean Startup principles helped his company become the global leader in harvesting energy and data from footfall.

The NYC Department of Information Technology & Telecommunications is undergoing a major shift, using new technologies and unconventional approaches to better serve City partners and the millions of New Yorkers who depend on them. This presentation will shed light on the ways that an enormous government organization is working to become more agile, responsive, and contemporary to better get the job done.

Following the presentation, NY1’s Josh Robin will conduct an on-stage interview with Dominic to learn more about these challenges and successes.

The NYC Department of Information Technology & Telecommunications is undergoing a major shift, using new technologies and unconventional approaches to better serve City partners and the millions of New Yorkers who depend on them. This presentation will shed light on the ways that an enormous government organization is working to become more agile, responsive, and contemporary to better get the job done.

Following the presentation, NY1’s Josh Robin will conduct an on-stage interview with Dominic to learn more about these challenges and successes.

UNICEF's Venture Fund is the first financial vehicle of its kind in the United Nations—allowing for $50-100K investments in open source technology companies in the countries where UNICEF works. Chris Fabian will discuss the importance of new approaches to solving the world's most pressing problems, and how creating prototypes and provocations to industry has helped situate UNICEF as a leader in identifying, financing, and scaling solutions that have never before been realized. More on the award-winning UNICEF Office of Innovation here: www.unicefstories.org and www.unicefinnovationfund.org.

Founded in 2005, Etsy has grown into a public company with over 1,000 employees. It's no longer a startup (in the traditional definition), but in many ways, Etsy still thinks and builds like one. This presentation will walk through examples of how Etsy takes Lean Startup approaches to smaller, startup-like products within the company, including how these smaller teams are formed, how their work is tested, and how they exist within the larger company ecosystem to allow for constant iteration and innovation by the brand. Included here will be tips for supporting internal startups within established companies.

How many startups does it take to launch a unicorn? 100? 1,000? How many internal startup teams do you need to replace your growth engine? Breakthrough innovation is the result of collaboration among a diverse group of people, all working in a different way. Organizations can’t just leave it up to a couple of hand-chosen innovation teams.

In this talk, Brant Cooper will take you through a framework you can use to make entrepreneurial action the norm throughout your organization. It’s a bold initiative to launch 100 startups in 100 days. Brant will go through each of the impact levers to show you how you can roll out a similar initiative within your own organization, one that lays the groundwork for innovation transformation (even if you don’t actually get to 100 in 100 days!)

Nordstrom is in the process of modernizing its digital properties—web/mobile web/in-store digital/app—as well as redefining the design and processes across the UX organization. When Jyoti Shukla began supporting the UX team, she noticed a number of large scale, heavy processes in place that did not necessarily yield a direct return on investment, nor did they delight and excite the customer. Jyoti focused on leading the team to develop a lean approach in delivering software to exceed the expectations of Nordstrom customers. Although there are always big challenges with process change, there is a lot of excitement to move the needle using newer/leaner methods. Jyoti will discuss some of the peaks and valleys of the experience she has had at Nordstrom in using lean concepts to drive the UX organization.

When, where, and how does Lean innovation work best in not-very-lean Fortune 1000 companies? Why is Lean Startup so powerful in some situations, and a waste of time and resources in many others?

Bob Dorf will explore the challenges Lean innovators face in oft-stodgy, bloated big corporations that can’t and won’t take the do-or-die risks so common among Lean startups. He’ll discuss the “lean 4x4:” four key challenges when putting Lean to work in a large-scale enterprise, and four pillars of Lean innovation success.

The Innovation Stack: Five OD Practices to Unleash the Creative Potential of Lean Enterprise Teams

Eventually, every successful business struggles to produce their next killer product or service. A strong business model might work miracles for decades, but it too will stumble in the face of perpetual shifts in technology and culture. Innovation paralysis in enterprise is no mystery – rather, it’s the direct consequence of how we’ve designed large organizations and their teams. During this talk, Mark Raheja will share classic (and, at times funny) examples of the five most common inhibitors to Lean Enterprise innovation, and introduce The Innovation Stack – a holistic set of five practices designed to jumpstart the innovative capacity of any team implementing Lean Startup.

Large companies employ a variety of methods to develop new products, services, and processes that are critical to their future. We typically refer to these as “innovation,” but what we really mean is growth. Continuous and sustainable growth requires repeatable, scalable business models that create long-term competitive advantages. Every large company has a track record for innovation, that’s how they became large in the first place. “Innovation Capital” is the combination of a company’s talent, ideas, and culture, leveraged by their institutional knowledge, and fused with a capacity for rapid data acquisition. When combined with a system of real-time innovation metrics, innovation portfolio management is informed by data, maximizing returns and market position.

Launchpad Co-Founder and Executive Chairman Jim Hornthal will discuss the components of Innovation Capital, how to find and share your company's existing assets, and how to create a culture and process that maximizes use of Innovation Capital.