Lean Startup

Founder of Product Hunt, Ryan Hoover (@rrhoover), is interviewed by Heather McGough (@UrbanitySF) of Lean Startup Company. In this podcast Hoover discusses the Product Hunt journey, lessons involving their users, how to scale an invite-only community, helping startups, and expanding into new verticals.

Ryan Hoover can be reached on Twitter @rrhoover

Heather McGough can be reached on Twitter @UrbanitySF

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Geared towards aspiring entrepreneurs and young startups, this podcast features Alan Lobock, a serial entrepreneur and angel investor best known for co-founding SkyMall. Learn common mistakes entrepreneurs make, how to put a realistic valuation on your business, where managers should focus their time, and advice on applying Lean Startup methods to management structures in building your company.

Alan Lobock can be reached on Twitter @AlanLobock

Heather McGough can be reached on Twitter @UrbanitySF

Nothing strikes fear in the heart of an entrepreneur like the simple question, “What’s the ROI?” You have to answer or you won’t get funded. Answering using traditional approaches forces you to fabricate revenue assumptions that have no basis in reality — and you’ll be held accountable. It’s a no-win scenario that kills innovation.

Lean Startup mentor and speaker David Binetti will focus on this specific issue at the Lean Startup Conference in November. In this webcast we preview his talk with a one-on-one discussion and learn how to get Product and Finance teams speaking the same language while achieving their individual objectives.

Often there is a perception that Lean Startup methods are only for the inception phase of a product. The ‘startup’ part is a bit of a misnomer, it's not meant to be literal. Companies of all sizes can benefit from the principles by adopting a more customer-centric approach and engendering a culture supporting build-measure-learn. On this podcast, we will speak with Rahim Adatia who will share some of his experiences working with both startups and larger organizations to ship products using Lean methodologies.

Rahim Adatia can be reached on Twitter (@funkstop), LinkedIn, or on his personal blog at www.theFunkstop.com

Heather McGough can be reached on Twitter @UrbanitySF

As Senior Manager of Operations and L&D, Oseas Ramirez shares how Cisco continues to work toward creating a culture of experimentation. He discusses their Leadership Pipeline program and the future managers of Cisco, and talks Startup//Cisco and how to drive innovation in a company of 70,000 employees and 70,000 contractors in dozens of countries. Heather McGough interviews Oseas Ramirez.

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As Senior Manager of Operations and L&D, Oseas Ramirez shares how Cisco continues to work toward creating a culture of experimentation. He discusses their Leadership Pipeline program and the future managers of Cisco, and talks Startup//Cisco and how to drive innovation in a company of 70,000 employees and 70,000 contractors in dozens of countries. Heather McGough interviews Oseas Ramirez.

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@UrbanitySF

Eric Ries and Aneesh Chopra, the former CTO for the United States, discussed how Lean Startup is used in government organizations and healthcare companies to reform their services and improve how they do business.

We covered:

*A Lean Startup technique to deal with a massive customer issue when you know the system won’t be fixed overnight

*How the government is implementing Lean Startup techniques (and if the national government can do it -- what is stopping you?)

*An inside look at how the most “dysfunctional” rollout in history was turned around (hint: healthcare.gov)

*Clean data in healthcare -- and what that really means

Hear Mark Little, head of GE Global Research, and Lean Startup’s Eric Ries as they discuss GE FastWorks, an initiative at one of the world’s largest companies inspired by the Lean Startup method. Moderated by Mark Graban of KaiNexus.

Really big companies usually have workers in offices around the globe. But Automattic, the company behind WordPress, has its workers in home offices around the globe–with no central headquarters. At more than 230 employees in 30 countries and growing fast, the company is leading the way for fully distributed teams and has lessons for us all. Davide Casali, UX Redirector, will look at the key elements Automattic uses to support remote collaboration–not just the tools, but the way teams are organized and make decisions, all of which have evolved as the company has grown. Lori McLeese, HR Lead, will talk about the unusual, in-depth process that Automattic uses to hire people and ensure they’re a fit for a fully distributed team. Their talks will be followed by a joint Q&A with attendees.

Anuj Adhiya will show how PlanitWide, a 3-person startup, uses Trello-rather than email–for tracking task management internally.