1. hello
&
Lean startup
http://startupmba.foundercentric.com

2. hello@foundercentric.com
foundercentric.com
@foundercentric
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Mailing list: http://bit.ly/fc-list

4. So you have an idea (maybe)

5. Which came from wherever

6. Maybe too far to jump

7. So build stepping stones

8. There’s no ABC process

9. It’s exciting and scary

10. #1 killer of
startups?

11. ...

12. Our goal: the skills to navigate

13. —E. L. Doctorow
“It’s like driving at night in the fog.
You can only see as far as your
headlights, but you can make the
whole trip that way.”

14. —Derek Sivers (paraphrased)
“You never get anywhere sitting
in the driveway waiting for the
finish line to come to you.”

15. groups of 5-ish
with whoever is
nearby

16. say hello.
what’s your
story?

17. startups
are hard.
Why bother?

18. raise your hand if you read
the lean startup

19. raise your hand if you read
the lean startup
if you haven’t, get into a group
with someone who has

20. say hello again
!
(the turbo version)

21. what stands out
about lean startup?
!
and What sounds
like b.s. or hype?

22. Lots of tools!
!
(we’ll cover the big
ones this weekend)

23. 3 main principles
1. Our startup is a pile of guesses
2. The faster we can bounce our guesses off
the market, the better we’ll do
3. Learning is progress; building stuff isn’t

24. the fourth principle
• Once we’ve got the foundation right, we can
deploy lots of capital and scale tremendously

25. the fourth principle
• Once we’ve got the foundation right, we can
deploy lots of capital and scale tremendously
(alternately, if we just want to chill on a
beach, we can automate or delegate the
process and move on)

26. 3.
Learning is progress;
building stuff isn’t

27. @robfitz

28. @robfitz

29. Quote source
@twitter

31. 2.
the faster we can
bounce our guesses off the
market, the better we’ll do

32. new Groups! refurbing a
restaurant kitchen costs £150k
!
you look for funding and they
want 90% ownership
!
how do you get started?

33. Title Text

34. -Build-
-measure-
-learn-

35. 1.
our startup is a pile
of guesses

36. @robfitz

37. new Groups!
sounds like a cool idea.
!
if you were investors,
what would you be
scared of?

38. What could the
founder do this
week to answer
some of those
questions?

39. comments?

40. Reliable and scalable:
?
Reliable but unscalable:
consulting, franchises
Uncertain and scalable:
tech startups,
product companies
Uncertain and unscalable:
cafes, some SMEs

41. Reliable and scalable:
?
Reliable but unscalable:
consulting, franchises
Uncertain and scalable:
tech startups,
product companies
Uncertain and unscalable:
cafes, some SMEs

42. Reliable and scalable:
?
Reliable but unscalable:
consulting, franchises
Uncertain and scalable:
tech startups,
product companies
Uncertain and unscalable:
cafes, some SMEs

43. what do you
think?

44. drink
drinks!