The Agenda
Time Session Speaking
500 Startups
THE LEAN STARTUP → GEEKSTA PARADISE: The Ballers of Uber, Airbnb + GitHub
9:30am–9:35am
Introduction
Dave McClure, 500 Startups
Eric Ries, The Lean Startup
9:35am–9:55am
REALITY THERAPY 4 STARTUPS:
Uber's CEO on the Painful Lessons Every Entrepreneur NEEDS to Learn
Travis Kalanick, Uber
Interviewed by Dave McClure
9:55am–10:15am
DISRUPTING FROM THE INSIDE OUT:
How GitHub BLEW UP by Tearing Down the Walls
Scott Chacon, GitHub
10:15am–10:30am
7 BILLION & COUNTING:
Airbnb on Global Expansion for (Massive) Startup Growth
Joe Zadeh, Airbnb
10:30am–11:00am
Mentor Sessions:
1 on 1 sessions with leading entrepreneurs + advisers
THE LEAN STARTUP → THE NAKED TRUTH: w/ Etsy, ModCloth, SlideShare + Meebo: The Anatomy of a ROCKSTAR Product Cycle
11:00am–11:10am
Agile Development:
ModCloth Case Study
Udi Nir, ModCloth
11:10am–11:20am
Minimal Viable Product:
SlideShare Case Study
Rashmi Sinha, Slideshare
11:20am–11:30am
Continuous Deployment:
Etsy Case Study
Ross Snyder, Etsy
11:30am–11:40am
Pivots & Growth:
Meebo Case Study
Sandy Jen, Meebo
11:40am–12:00pm
Discussion
12:00pm–12:30pm
Lunch
THE LEAN STARTUP → Steve Blank's Startup Lessons PLUS Kevin Hale (Wufoo) on 29,561% Growth
12:30pm–1:15pm
STEVE BLANK:
Advice for Today's Startup Entrepreneurs
Steve Blank, Stanford
1:15pm–1:30pm
What’s Love Got to Do With It?:
Wooing Your Customers & Keeping the Flame Alive
Kevin Hale, Wufoo
1:30pm–2:00pm
Mentor Sessions:
1 on 1 sessions with leading entrepreneurs + advisers
2:00pm–3:00pm
SXSW Keynote
Elon Musk, SpaceX & Tesla Motors
3:00pm–3:30pm
Lean Author Mentor Session:
1:1 mentor sessions with lean thought leaders
Ash Maurya, Lean Author Mentor
Jeff Gothelf, Lean Author Mentor
Patrick Vlaskovits, Lean Author Mentor
THE LEAN STARTUP → Vinod Khosla, Dave McClure, & the CTO of the USA!
3:30pm–3:50pm
Lean Govenment:
The CTO & CIO of the USA
Todd Park, United States
Steven VanRoekel, United States
3:50pm–4:10pm
A Venture Capital Legend:
Vinod Khosla on Startups, innovation, and the future of funding
Vinod Khosla, Khosla Ventures
Interviewed by Dave McClure
4:10pm–4:30pm
TBA
4:30pm–5:00pm
Grilled Cheese & Beer Break hosted by NEO (Because WHO Doesn't Love That?)
THE LEAN STARTUP → BABY GOT (FEED)BACK: Measuring up with Hubspot, Sharethrough + Hotel Tonight
5:00pm–5:10pm
Metrics:
Hubspot Case Study
Dharmesh Shah, Hubspot
5:10pm–5:20pm
Customer Acquisition:
Sharethrough Case Study
Dan Greenberg, Sharethrough
5:20pm–5:30pm
Innovation Accounting:
Hotel Tonight Case Study
Sam Shank, Hotel Tonight
5:30pm–5:45pm
Discussion
