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Yes! you read that right.

Eric Ries will be skyping in to give a talk about the Lean startup.

He will share his insights about lessons learned and how the lean startup is helping startups validate their assumptions and turn their ideas into businesses.

We will also have other guest speakers who will be confirmed in due course.

This event is free to attend but you have to be a member of the meetup group to attend.

If you are bringing guests with you please email me the name of the guest(s).

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Also speaking at this event :

HAROLD SHARPLES

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Founder of FlightPlan; Head of the business which won the European Business of the Year Award 2009; worked with Alex Osterwalder to develop the iPad version of the Business Model Canvas; introduced Steve Blank to Alex's model [with which he (Steve) then built and ran Stanford's Lean Launchpad programme]; coached Tim Cook (Apple CEO) and Ginni Rometty (IBM CEO) in how to work ON companies and not just IN them whilst we developed (separate occasions) 20 new Global Strategies for IBM's 14 Industry Solution Units.

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JOE MELLIN , Co - Founder nReduce ( http://www.nreduce.com )

Build Value & Defy Death

Learn how to execute on your startup and live long enough to turn your startup into a growing investable business.

DOUG WARD, Co-Founder Techhub Manchester

A short overview of Techhub and their role as well as bringing Startup Weekend to Manchester for the first time ever.

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Please arrive on time so our speakers and the audience aren't disturbed by late arrivals.

SCHEDULE

7:30 Networking

8:00 Lean Startup Group Intro + Word from our sponsors

8:15 Doug Ward : Startup Weekend

8:30 Harold Sharples / Mike Hawke : Flightplan

9:00 Joe Mellin : Build Value & Defy Death

9:30 Eric Ries

Manuel da Costa

Manchester Lean Startup Group

Career & Business

Web Technology

Entrepreneurship

Startup Businesses

Lean Startup

Internet Startups