This is the first skill workshop of the BCS/BEN Tech Startup School (TSS) - you can see more details on the TSS here, buy a 20% discounted ticket for all of the remaining core events and see more information on ticketing arrangements.

'Lean Startup' is an interactive workshop that introduces and explores this exciting new approach to accelerating the development of products and markets.  

Lean Startup advocates the creation of rapid prototypes designed to test market assumptions, and uses customer feedback to evolve them much faster than via more traditional development practices. Lean Startup processes use customer development to reduce waste by increasing the frequency of contact with real customers, therefore testing and avoiding incorrect market assumptions as early as possible.

Refreshments are included in the ticket price for this event.

Workshop leader

Justin Pirie, Director of Content and Communities, Mimecast

Justin is a lean startup enthusiast and leading SaaS/cloud specialist. He authors the influential 'This Week in SaaS'; blogs and runs the largest SaaS community in the world, with over 17,500 members. Justin has been in IT over ten years, gravitating towards SaaS over the last five. He has consulted to companies large and small, helping them create successful SaaS products and strategy, and before that he was an officer at Endeavors Technology, the inventors of application virtualisation.

Justin's full presentation can be viewed here

Details of How to Travel to the Venue

About the Tech Startup School

Tech Startup School is a unique series of 11 events to help aspiring and early-stage tech entrepreneurs start or grow their own tech businesses.

The 6 core events will help you develop your business idea into a viable outline business plan, while the 5 skills workshops build a range of relevant personal skills.  At each event we will signpost relevant resources and information that you can access to learn more and get further help on that event’s topic.

You will get the greatest help in developing your business idea into a plan if you attend all, or most, of the 6 core events.  However you are free to choose to attend whichever events you feel will benefit you most.

Tech Startup School is run jointly by BCS (British Computer Society) and BEN (Bath & Bristol Enterprise Network).

[NB Ticket sales payments are being administered by Test and Verification Solutions Ltd via PayPal. TVS is a local company who are underwriting the event. Any surplus from the event will be paid by TVS to BCS and BEN to support their ongoing local activities.]

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