Monthly Lean Startup Event - Understanding and Identifying Customer Needs

Recurring Agenda

3:00 - 3:05 - Welcome & thanks to sponsors

3:05 - 3:10 - Attendee Introductions

3:10 - 3:30 - Main Speaker - Different every month - TBA

3:30 - 3:40 - Speaker Q&A

3:40 - 3:45 - One Minute Pitches from Attendees

For (target customer), who has (customer need), (product name) is a (market category) that (key benefit). Unlike (competing product), (product name) (unique differentiator).
At the end, mention where you are in the startup process (idea, post launch, mature) and what you need - (developers, testers, customers, marketing support, etc)

3:45 - 4:15 - Understanding and Identifying Customer Needs

Group activity is different every month

We split up into groups of 4-6 and work together on a lean startup related activity.

4:15 - 4:20 - Feedback on group activity

4:20 - 4:30 - Wrap-up and prize drawing

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4:30 - 5:00 - Socialize / Continue group activity

Details:

The monthly meeting kicks off with a short talk from a guest speaker (TBA) from an established company, or someone from this group , presenting their solutions and sharing their experience using the process.

Next we will have a series of 1-minute pitches from attendees. Be sure to mention where you are in the startup process and what you need.

For the group activity, attendees organize into teams, and works on a lean startup related activity. The activity is different every month.

The Lean Startup activity will help promotes a problem-centric approach to business ideation. By continuously validating and invalidating assumptions, teams are forced to pivot their solution (and even problem) toward a true customer pain rather than creating a solution and after-the-fact seeking customers with a problem.