Speaking has always been a way for me to deepen my understand around a specific topic, as well as a way to gain a larger perspective around issues that face a the startup community. I always get more out of it then I put in (it’s a bit selfish that way #honesty)! With that being said, I’m super excited to be participating in 6 of the most amazing startup conferences in North America.
Startup Lessons Learned (videos are online) – San Francisco, April 25, 2010
Flowtown Case Study as a Lean Startup.
Lean Startup Intensive (Web 2.0 Expo) – San Francisco, May 2nd, 2010
Flowtown Case Study as a Lean Startup: This will be a similar case study to the one we presented at the Lesson Learned Conference with one additional slide on the techniques that we’ve since implemented that have had the biggest impact to our results.
Startup Camp – Montreal, May 5, 2010
Unconference Moderator: Montreal + Startups = Super Excited!
Atlantic Internet Marketing Conference – Halifax, May 14-15, 2010
Startup Marketing Tactics: User acquisition, Conversion Optimization, Metrics and Channel Testing.
MeshU – Toronto, May 16, 2010
Lean Product Development: Learning is the Killer App
In todays world of open source, cheap computing power and APIs, it’s not if you can build it, but should you build it. The #1 startup killer is running out of time to “figure it out” before you get traction. Lean product development is the methodology that allowed companies like PayPal, Yelp, Ardvark and up and coming Flowtown.com (profitable in two months) to pivot into their market to become a dominate player.
There is a science behind the approach and in this talk I’ll go over customer development, feature prioritization, split testing, product metrics and agile development as approaches to increase your probabilities of succeeding as a startup.
LessConf – Atlanta, May 21-22, 2010
Lean Product Development: Learning is the Killer App
If you plan on attending any of these conference, be sure to leave a comment with your Twitter name and a note on why you’re going (what do you hope to get out of it) and I’ll be sure to reach out to you and help enhance your experience.
See you on the road!
