Lean Startup Workshop

In an introduction to the basics Lean, this workshop provides insight into the key steps needed to optimize quality and efficiency in a startup from the get-go.

Many startups fail by not validating their ideas early on with real-life customers. And often times, many entrepreneurs aren’t sure how to collect feedback or how to best utilize it.

Participants will not only learn how to rapidly develop and test ideas by gathering appropriate amounts of customer and marketplace feedback but practice using those skills, so they feel confident using it in their own work. Using these tools, startup entrepreneurs can find a proper solution to their quality problems early on, save time and put out a product faster, and establish a better business model.

Launching a startup in any industry can be a hit-or-miss proposition. Learn how to mitigate some of the risks and increase the odds of success.

About Your Educator

Ashley Christman-Kaufman is a Certified Six Sigma Master Black Belt with a background in organizational change management and lean. Her extensive experience in healthcare quality and performance improvement has transformed many organizations and led to better outcomes in patient care, reductions in wait times, and improvements in ED throughput and discharge processes. Her experience includes consulting for the CA Department of Public Health Center for Healthcare Quality as well as multiple large hospital systems.

Her passion for educating others led her to form the Lean Transformation Group in order to help organizations and leaders create a sustainable culture change by empowering them to empower their workforce.