The Art of the Pivot: How Startups Rapidly Discover Models that Work

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Before the Lean Startup movement entrepreneurs expected the business plan to work as described and made major strategic changes in a crisis.

Today's lean startups not only accept change as a part of doing business, they expect the plan to be wrong and structure their business around rapid learning and strategic pivots.

At the Lean Startup meetup of 2011 we'll explore what works and what doesn't.

Learn from Silicon Valley's Experts: Pivotal Labs

http://photos3.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/8/b/1/b/event_43775611.jpegThis month Parker Thomson of the (aptly named) Pivotal Labs (http://pivotallabs.com/clients) will join us via Skype. Parker will tell us about his experiences helping entrepreneurs discover the plan that works.

Pivotal's client list reads like a who's who of tech: Groupon, Twitter, Gowalla, and SalesForce to name a few.

Lean Startup Hacks

http://photos4.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/8/5/d/5/event_45574261.jpegWould you like to learn a simple tactic to save $2M and 9 months of work by spending just $40.00 ?

We'll show you a hack used by a savvy entrepreneur to learn faster than venture-backed competitors and discover a new opportunity.

Lean Canvas Deep Dive on DC Startup

We will also be testing a new format this year, doing an interactive walkthrough with a local startup using the Lean Canvas (http://leancanvas.com).

This month, Kevin will interview Patrick Sheridan (http://moduscreate.com/about/pat-sheridan) -- CEO and Co-Founder of Modus Create (http://www.moduscreate.com) -- and facilitate a discussion between the audience and the entrepreneur.

Modus Create, Inc., is a training and product development consultancy based in McLean, Virginia. Modus has been using the lean canvas model for the past six months to test and develop their HTML5 training offerings.