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The Bay Area Video Coalition offers classes and workshop space to creatives in digital media and entertainment. At this event,… [Read More...] about @ Bay Area Video Coalition – Product Development for Creatives & Entrepreneurs
I was so pleased to be invited by the folks at New Tech Meetup to give a talk on product… [Read More...] about @ NEW TECH MEETUP- Best Practices in Tech Product Development
Tech Raising puts on a series of events throughout their year but their most notable are their weekend hackathons (hence… [Read More...] about @ TECH RAISING- Four Steps to Success; A Prep Workshop for Hackathon
The Economics of Technology and Innovation’ (econ 138) is an undergraduate class in the econ department at UCSC. Kai Pommerenke is… [Read More...] about @ UCSC GUEST LECTURE- Econ 138: The Economics and Management of Technology and Innovation
I had a great time meeting with alumni at this event, 'Accelerate Your Startup'. We reviewed key techniques companies are… [Read More...] about @ STANFORD Entrepreneurs- Talk on Ideation, Entrepreneurship, and Product Development
The SVPMA provides a great set of services for one of the industry’s most demanding and least understood professions. I… [Read More...] about @ SILICON VALLEY PRODUCT MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION- Design Thinking, Lean, and Agile for the B2B Product Manager
WomenLaunch is a peer startup accelerator. At this talk, we reviewed key startup tools and techniques- design thinking, Lean Startup,… [Read More...] about @ WOMENLAUNCH- Product Design & Development for New Ventures
Thanks again to the folks at Lean Startup Circle for having me in and I enjoyed meeting you all. In… [Read More...] about @ Lean Startup Circle Silicon Valley- B2B and the Lean Startup- A Case Study with Alex Cowan
I had great time with the folks from Lean Startup Circle preparing and delivering this talk. I'd like to particularly… [Read More...] about @ Lean Startup Circle San Francisco: ‘B2B Hacks – Getting from Consulting to Scalable Products’
These are from a talk I did at UVA's undergraduate school of business (commerce), McIntire. The class was 'Commerce 4681-… [Read More...] about @ UVA McIntire School: Customer Discovery Hacks
This is a talk I gave to students and community on best practices in customer development for startup's. It's particular… [Read More...] about @ Hack Cville- Customer Discovery Hacks
This is a talk I did for entrepreneurs and investors at the Charlottesville Innovation Council (CBIC). CBIC is a nexus… [Read More...] about @ Charlottesville Business Innovation Council (CBIC)- Accelerating Your Startup
This is a talk I did for the UVA Innovation center. The center works with researchers at the university to… [Read More...] about @ UVA Innovations- Accelerate Your Venture
I enjoyed talking with these UVA undergrads and got lots of great questions. This is a student group at UVA… [Read More...] about Talk at Jefferson Entrepreneurs Program (UVA)
I had a great time with the folks from the Salesforce User Group (SF Bay Area). Below are the slides,… [Read More...] about Keynote at Salesforce Users Conference
I really enjoyed this workshop for the folks at Swissnex. The participants were university students from Switzerland on a study… [Read More...] about Workshop at Swissnex-SF
This is a talk I did at the Startup Leadership program. For narrated versions of the material, check out the… [Read More...] about Venture Design Talk at Startup Leadership Program
ABOUT THIS WORKSHOP SERIES This is a two-part workshop where you will learn to use design-thinking to create a business… [Read More...] about Venture Design: I
I had a great time talking with entrepreneurs at Santa Cruz Nextspace about Venture Design. We talked about how to… [Read More...] about NextTalk: Venture Design- Determining Success
As always, it was great working with the Startup Leadership Program fellows. The SLP selects a cohort of entrepreneurs it… [Read More...] about Business Model Canvas Workshop at Startup Leadership Program
ABOUT THIS WORKSHOP SERIES This is a two-part workshop where you will learn to use design-thinking to create a business… [Read More...] about Venture Design: II
These is for a talk I did at UCSC on design thinking for Kai Pommerenke's class 'Econ 138: The Economics… [Read More...] about Design Thinking Talk at UCSC- Econ 138
It was great meeting the attending team from Samsung on their visit to Silicon Valley. Thanks again YouNoodle for having… [Read More...] about Lean Startup Workshop- YouNoodle for Samsung
I presented these slides at LeanCamp SF, which I greatly enjoyed. The session was called 'Minimizing your MVP'. Working with… [Read More...] about Minimizing Your MVP- LeanCamp
ABOUT THIS WORKSHOP SERIES This is a two-part workshop where you will learn to use design-thinking to create a business… [Read More...] about Venture Design: I
Whether you’re speaking to your board of directors, pitching a product design to a group of strangers, or walking through… [Read More...] about Storyboarding for Product Creation
SARTA promotes and supports technology-driven businesses in the Sacramento area. I was pleased to accept their invitation to do a… [Read More...] about SARTA: Business Model Canvas Workshop
Below are the slides from this module of the meetup, part of the un-conference component.
About this workshop series This is a two-part workshop where you will learn to use design-thinking to create a business… [Read More...] about Venture Design: II
Welcome, Startup Weekend participants! It was great meeting you all at our prep. workshop and I'm super excited about the… [Read More...] about Startup Weekend Oakland- Black Male Achievement
Whether you’re speaking to your board of directors, pitching a product design to a group of strangers, or walking through… [Read More...] about Storyboarding for Product Creation
Successful ventures are built on a strong foundation understanding of the customer. In this session you’ll learn actionable practices from… [Read More...] about Venture Design I: Achieving Customer Relevance
Most of us keep a to-do list of sorts, cross things off it, and consider our work done. New ventures… [Read More...] about Venture Design II: Iterating to Success
Whether you’re speaking to your board of directors, pitching a product design to a group of strangers, or walking through… [Read More...] about Storyboarding for Product Creation
You’ve used today’s best practices to structure and focus your venture and now you’ve had contact with living, breathing prospective… [Read More...] about Venture Design III: Focusing & Validating Venture Progress
Your understanding of the pairing between your customer personas and value propositions is the ‘independent variable’ that drives the business.… [Read More...] about Venture Design IV: Engineering Your Business Model
Buildings things is fun and exciting. It’s good to get a little carried away- it helps keep up the excitement… [Read More...] about Venture Design V: Designing the Right Product
Whether you’re speaking to your board of directors, pitching a product design to a group of strangers, or walking through… [Read More...] about Storyboarding for Product Creation
I had a great time with the folks at Swissnex SF doing this talk for the 'Management of Technology-based Enterprise' program… [Read More...] about EPFL MoT: The Lean Start-up Model
Are you a Swiss entrepreneur or ‘intrapreneur' interested in exploring opportunities in the US? swissnex San Francisco organizes a series… [Read More...] about Swissnex Startup Webinar: The Lean Startup
You’ve learned how to build awesome applications. But how do you figure outwhat you should build? Avoid the anguish of well… [Read More...] about The Full Stack Product Person (GA SF)
SLIDES 「イノベーションを生み出すにはデザイン思考が必要だ！」という話をよく耳にしますが、そもそもデザイン思考って何？という方が多いのではないでしょうか。 今回は、そんな方のために連続起業家のAlex Cowan氏を講師としてお迎えし、２時間でデザイン思考を学ぶことのできる機会を用意しました。 スタートアップから大企業まで、チームの規模に関わらず、新たなビジネスを生み出すにあたり欠かすことのできないマインドセットを、是非この機会に学んでみてはいかがでしょうか。 【講義概要】 成功するイノベーションには以下２つの要素が重要です。 ・顧客を徹底的に理解すること ・プロダクトやプロモーションを遂行する過程の適応力 今回のセッションでは、実践的な練習からデザイン思考の基礎を学ぶことができます。その実践的練習では、最小限の時間と資金でいかに顧客と事業機会を理解するかについてフォーカスしていきます。このような迅速で無駄の無い顧客や事業機会の発見の方法は、成功するベンチャーの重要な要素です。 ※講義を通じて以下のことを学ぶことができます。 ・ ペルソナを通じて顧客を理解すること ・プロダクトを顧客の日常に受け入れてもらう方法 ・ストーリーボードを用いた顧客理解の検証 ・ユーザーインタビューを行うにあたってのテクニック ・試験的な仮説を用いたベンチャーや新規事業の機会の見極め方 【講師】 Alex Cowan氏… [Read More...] about 教える今さら聞けないデザイン思考
iLab fellows: It was a pleasure to spend time with you all and to see the excellent work you all… [Read More...] about UVA iLab: Crash Course in Venture Design
Successful ventures are built on: A strong foundation understanding of the customer Adaptive progress to product and promotion that works… [Read More...] about Venture Design (1 of 2): Product Design and Validation
Buildings things is fun and exciting. It’s good to get a little carried away- it helps keep up the excitement… [Read More...] about Venture Design (2 of 2): Building the Right Product
Whether you’re speaking to your board of directors, pitching a product design to a group of strangers, or walking through… [Read More...] about Storyboarding for Product Creation
SVSUG presents Creating Better Salesforce Deployments: A Hands-on Workshop Sources like Gartner report alarmingly high failure rates of 50-70% for CRM projects.… [Read More...] about Silicon Valley Salesforce User Group: A Workshop for Better Deployments
Successful ventures are built on: A strong foundation understanding of the customer Adaptive progress to product and promotion that works… [Read More...] about Venture Design, Part 1: Product Design & Validation
Whether you’re speaking to your board of directors, pitching a product design to a group of strangers, or walking through… [Read More...] about Storyboarding Workshop
This is a workshop presented by the Innovation Leadership Board (ILB) for The Norwegian Centres of Expertise (NCE). The event… [Read More...] about Innovation & Design Thinking Workshop (private)
This is a workshop for Swiss students of entrepreneurship visiting Silicon Valley on a study tour. Participants will learn to use… [Read More...] about Venture Design Workshop (private)
This is a private workshop for Janssen Pharmaceutical (a Johnson & Johnson company) offered by the Innovation Leadership Board at the Stanford… [Read More...] about Storyboarding the Customer’s Journey (private)
Buildings things is fun and exciting. It’s good to get a little carried away- it helps keep up the excitement… [Read More...] about Venture Design, Part 2: Building the Right Product
You’ve learned how to build awesome applications. But how do you figure out what you should build? Avoid the anguish… [Read More...] about Stanford BASES: The Full Stack Product Person (private)
This is a private event for the Women's Startup Lab, part of a two part series. In this event, we'll… [Read More...] about Venture Design Session 1 @ Women’s Startup Lab (private)
This is session one of a three-part class series designed around teaching ‘intrapreneurs’ a systematic approach to formulating, developing, and integrating… [Read More...] about Innovating In the Enterprise I: Putting Your Ideas in Motion (Redwood City)
This is a talk for Swissnex's Future of Money Study Tour- a private event for Swiss banking professionals. In the 20th… [Read More...] about Innovate Like a Startup (private)
This is session one of a three-part class series designed around teaching ‘intrapreneurs’ a systematic approach to formulating, developing, and integrating new… [Read More...] about Innovating In the Enterprise I: Putting Your Ideas in Motion (SF)
Whether you’re speaking to your board of directors, pitching a product design to a group of strangers, or walking through… [Read More...] about Storyboarding for Product Creation
This is session two of a three-part class series designed around teaching ‘intrapreneurs’ a systematic approach to formulating, developing, and integrating new ideas… [Read More...] about Innovating In the Enterprise II: The 20 Minute Business Case (Redwood City)
This is a private event for the Women's Startup Lab, part of a two part series. In this event, we'll cover… [Read More...] about Venture Design Session 2 @ Women’s Startup Lab
This is a private event for fellows in the Startup Leadership Program- SF. Description Wondering about the wisdom of writing… [Read More...] about Business Model Canvas Workshop- Startup Leadership (private)
This is session two of a three-part class series designed around teaching ‘intrapreneurs’ a systematic approach to formulating, developing, and integrating new ideas… [Read More...] about Innovating In the Enterprise II: The 20 Minute Business Case (SF)
I'm looking forward to delivering a talk on agile + design thinking.
This is a talk for the SF chapter of Startup Leadership Program.
This is session two of a three-part class series designed around teaching ‘intrapreneurs’ a systematic approach to formulating, developing, and integrating new ideas… [Read More...] about Innovating in the Enterprise III: Building the Right Product (Redwood City)
This is session two of a three-part class series designed around teaching ‘intrapreneurs’ a systematic approach to formulating, developing, and integrating new ideas… [Read More...] about Innovating in the Enterprise III: Building the Right Product (SF)
This was a Venture Design 'crash course' for the Women's Startup Lab. The Women's Startup Lab provides programming and incubator space… [Read More...] about Venture Design Crash Course at Women’s Startup Lab
This was a Venture Design 'crash course' for the UVA iLab. The UVA iLab is a university-wide incubator and innovation space-… [Read More...] about Venture Design Sessions @ UVA iLab
The Stanford University Global Alliance for Redesign (SUGAR) invites you to join us, as we celebrate our students' creative work… [Read More...] about Stanford Sugar Expo 2015
This is an event by True Ventures for their portfolio companies: True University brings world-class entrepreneurial education to the engineers,… [Read More...] about True University
This was a Venture Design 'crash course' for the Japan X program at Women's Startup Lab. The Women's Startup Lab provides… [Read More...] about Venture Design Crash For Japan X Women’s Accelerator
This codeless hackathon is open to students and faculty at UVA. Its objective is to take a venture idea and… [Read More...] about Product/Market Hackathon
Slides About the Darden School of Business The University of Virginia Darden School of Business delivers the world’s best business… [Read More...] about Darden Academy: 2015
This is a three day conference on education in entrepreneurship and innovation. Slides About the Brain Trust Event THE BRAIN… [Read More...] about Teaching Applied Digital Innovation at Darden
Last Tuesday I participated in an online panel on the subject of Orchestrating Your Testing Suite, as part of Continuous… [Read More...] about Continuous Discussions (#c9d9) Podcast: Episode 32 – Orchestrating Your Testing Suite
This was a talk I did for the SLP. About the Startup Leadership Program The Startup Leadership Program is a… [Read More...] about Crash Course in Venture Design
I'll be speaking the students from Haute École d'Ingénierie et de Gestion du Canton de Vaud as part of their… [Read More...] about Q&A on New Venture Creation
This is a workshop for participants in UVA's iLab cohort for 2016. Slides Item Time (min.) Materials & Technique Draft… [Read More...] about Crash Course in Venture Design
Come join me for this great event with the Silicon Valley Product Management Association. Description Topic: Landing the First Customer… [Read More...] about Landing the First Customer and Beyond: Reflections and Recommendations (Panel Discussion)
This is a workshop for participants in the Women's Startup Lab intensive program. Slides Item Time (min.) Materials & Technique… [Read More...] about Crash Course in Venture Design
This is a 3-day intensive for UVA's iLab. Part 1: Solving the Right Problem Slides Coursera References NOTE: It looks like… [Read More...] about Venture Design Intensive for UVA Darden iLab
Overview With innovation disrupting so many industries, many of today's most exciting jobs are in technology-driven companies. As Marc Andreessen… [Read More...] about Your Future as a Tech Product Manager
Panelists will describe entrepreneurship within unique disciplines, such as: A cross-campus collaboration between the School of Hotel Administration and the… [Read More...] about GCEC 2016: Entrepreneurship within Unique Disciplines
This is a 2-day intensive for Women's Startup Lab. Part 1: Solving the Right Problem Slides Coursera References NOTE: It looks… [Read More...] about Venture Design Crash Course for Women’s Startup Lab
This is a webinar for the Scrum Alliance. SLIDES
This is a class session I did at London Business School. Slides
About the iLab The i.Lab Incubator Program supports the development of new entrepreneurs and the growth of promising seed and… [Read More...] about iLab Summer Workshop 2017
About the Event Coursera, the largest online course provider worldwide, is hosting Executive Breakfast in Arlington, Virginia on June 15th. In… [Read More...] about Coursera Executive Breakfast
About the Session Design thinking is essentially the use of empathy and creativity to create better outcomes for stakeholders. In… [Read More...] about Design Thinking- From Wild Idea to Wearable (ACPM)
About the iLab The i.Lab Incubator Program supports the development of new entrepreneurs and the growth of promising seed and… [Read More...] about iLab Summer Workshop 2018
Early Bird Price (register by 14 September) — $,1495 Pilot Price (register by 8 October) — $1,995 IT projects are notoriously prone… [Read More...] about User-Centric IT: Design to Delivery (Washington, DC)
