Minimum Viable Meetup
     August 2012




                 Founder Centric
We help founders help each other.

Sal at Founder Centric compiled this book of
audience notes from the open interviews of 3
founders at Lean Startup London – to help
share the knowledge that exists among our
fellow founders.

Thanks to everyone who contributed!




Check out www.foundercentric.com for our
practical startup workshops & open
knowledge-sharing formats.
Jordon
Schlipf
Get the difficult things out of the way first.
Intros are easy,
if you know a few tricks.

   http://www.slideshare.net/
foundercentric/how-not-to-suck-
         at-introductions
They say they’ll pay, but will they really?
COPY
is important for

 TRUST
 – even with your friends.
       @leftbrainaudio
Learn how to turn a
small handful of
customer conversations
into copy that gets a
strong response.

At Foundation Day Workshops by
www.foundercentric.com
Choose your early adopters carefully.
Shootround
Real-time photo sharing at
  events like weddings




          Isaac
         Strang
Simplify your MVP.




     We cover that at Foundation Day too.
     Why haven’t you clicked this link yet? :)
     www.foundercentric.com
Well-designed, modular kit bags.




           Paul Nel
People who bought
               reversible bags didn’t
               reverse them.




Pivoted to modular camera
and travel bags.




            But how?
NAIL IT
- before you -
SCALE IT
Clinic.
They say they’ll be your customer, but
how do you find out if they’ll really take
 action? Ask about the actions they took
last time they encountered the problem.
Test whether your differentiator works.
Founder-Centric
Practical Lean Startup & Business
Model workshops from the founders of
Leancamp and The Startup Toolkit.

We share loads of our content at
www.foundercentric.com and run
workshops at founder-friendly prices.




               www.foundercentric.com
Please share!

Licensed under Creative Commons:
Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA)

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/

Lean startup london - August 2012

  • 1.
    Minimum Viable Meetup August 2012 Founder Centric
  • 3.
    We help foundershelp each other. Sal at Founder Centric compiled this book of audience notes from the open interviews of 3 founders at Lean Startup London – to help share the knowledge that exists among our fellow founders. Thanks to everyone who contributed! Check out www.foundercentric.com for our practical startup workshops & open knowledge-sharing formats.
  • 5.
  • 9.
    Get the difficultthings out of the way first.
  • 16.
    Intros are easy, ifyou know a few tricks. http://www.slideshare.net/ foundercentric/how-not-to-suck- at-introductions
  • 18.
    They say they’llpay, but will they really?
  • 20.
    COPY is important for TRUST – even with your friends. @leftbrainaudio
  • 21.
    Learn how toturn a small handful of customer conversations into copy that gets a strong response. At Foundation Day Workshops by www.foundercentric.com
  • 22.
    Choose your earlyadopters carefully.
  • 23.
    Shootround Real-time photo sharingat events like weddings Isaac Strang
  • 28.
    Simplify your MVP. We cover that at Foundation Day too. Why haven’t you clicked this link yet? :) www.foundercentric.com
  • 31.
  • 32.
    People who bought reversible bags didn’t reverse them. Pivoted to modular camera and travel bags. But how?
  • 33.
    NAIL IT - beforeyou - SCALE IT
  • 40.
  • 41.
    They say they’llbe your customer, but how do you find out if they’ll really take action? Ask about the actions they took last time they encountered the problem.
  • 42.
    Test whether yourdifferentiator works.
  • 43.
    Founder-Centric Practical Lean Startup& Business Model workshops from the founders of Leancamp and The Startup Toolkit. We share loads of our content at www.foundercentric.com and run workshops at founder-friendly prices. www.foundercentric.com
  • 44.
    Please share! Licensed underCreative Commons: Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/