The Lean Startup Conference

2015 Lean Startup Conference Program Details

Tuesday, November 17, 2015

Afternoon Breakouts2:00 PM - 4:45 PM

• Re-imagining Job Creation: Using Paint3:30 - 3:50 PM
  Liz Powers, ArtLifting , @lizpowersss
  Room: C210

  Liz Powers has worked with homeless and disabled individuals for 9 years. She was frustrated hearing clients be put down. She wanted to create a movement celebrating strengths and creating jobs. Liz will describe how she bootstrapped ArtLifting to turn $4k of investment into revenue in the 6 figures. Topics include: creating for-profit social enterprise, bootstrapping, minimizing risk, and rapid geographic expansion.
  Product Development/MVPMission-drivenNon-Profit/Social EnterprisesPresentation
• Improving the Quality of Families in Kenya the Lean Startup Way3:50 - 4:10 PM
  Rocio Perez Ochoa, Bidhaa Sasa , @BidhaaSasa
  Room: C210

  Bidhaa Sasa (“Products Now” in Swahili) is a lean startup based in Bungoma County in Kenya. Its purpose is to distribute and finance goods to rural households, and to provide services to otherwise under-served communities. Bidhaa Sasa focuses on goods and services which will improve the quality of life for rural communities. Co-founder Rocio Perez Ochoa joins us to talk about their journey, and how they’ve implemented Lean Startup to improve the lives of her customers.
  Customer DevelopmentMission-drivenNon-Profit/Social EnterprisesCase StudyPresentation
• Pivot, Proceed, or Quit?: Lean Metrics for the Social Sector4:10 - 4:30 PM
  Michel Gelobter, Cooler , @lean_change
  Room: C210

  Social sector innovators have to deal with far more diverse metrics than business entrepreneurs when implementing lean practices. The basic metric of “does it make money?” is rarely applicable to the value of a social, non-market innovation because, generally speaking, the beneficiaries of a social innovation are not the people funding it or paying for it. Making a “pivot, proceed, or quit” decision in the social sector requires data to answer three questions: 1)Do people need the innovation? Is it a solution to a problem?; 2)Can you reach enough people with the innovation to make a difference? Does it scale to the point of relevance?, and 3)Can you fund the innovation? Can you find a way to keep it running? This talk will give examples of how social entrepreneurs answer these questions as well as how political and social capital available for social action influence the learning environment and the long-term success of social innovations.
  AnalyticsMetricsMission-drivenNon-Profit/Social EnterprisesPresentation

Wednesday, November 18, 2015

Afternoon Breakouts2:00 PM - 4:30 PM

• Exploring the Fertile Boundaries Between Faith and Business // #leanfaith3:30 - 4:30 PM
  Ken Howard, FaithX , @paradoxy101
  Toby Rubin, UpStart Bay Area , @upstartbayarea
  Spencer Burke, Hatchery LA , @hatchery_la
  Room: C210

  Author, extrapreneurial faith leader, and church futurist, Ken Howard, will lead a curated discussion of the fertile ground that lies at the boundaries of faith and business. He will be joined by entrepreneur and community innovator Toby Rubin, of UpStart Bay Area, and innovator and author Spencer Burke, of HatcheryLA. Topics like: Experimental Faith-Based Communities & Organizations, Lean in the Jewish Space, and Incubation & Acceleration of Faith Communities are just a few of the things Ken and his guests will be discussing at this first-of-its-kind program at the Lean Startup Conference.
  InnovationMission-drivenNon-Profit/Social EnterprisesDiscussion