How to Identify a Lean Startup by Ash Maurya

Achieving Product/Market Fit (aka traction) is the first thing that matters for a startup. Running Lean is a low-burn way to systematically build and validate a repeatable and scalable business model. In this talk, we'll cover why you should care about lean, how you can tell if a startup is lean, and how you can use lean to drive and measure progress.

Presented by Ash Maurya @ashmaurya

About Ash Maurya:
AshMauryaAsh Maurya has been running the bootstrapped startup, WiredReach for 7 years. In 2002, he started IOS Networks, and from their created WiredReach / CloudStack, BoxCloud, and CloudFire providing him with extensive experience running a lean startup. Ash lives in Austin, TX with his wife, 2 kids and 2 dogs.

About Capital Factory:
Capital Factory is an early stage accelerator for tech startups based in Austin, Texas. Startup companies participate in an intense 10-week summer program that gives them up to $20,000 in cash, more than $20,000 in free services, and mentorship by a group of successful entrepreneurs. The program culminates in a demo day where the startups present to investors, the press, and the world.

For more information on Capital Factory, visit
http://capitalfactory.com
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Very nice video, I agree that this is a thought process that needs more highly adopted, hopefully more people where I am from (New Brunswick) start to adopt the lean startup state of mind.