Important Details for Lean Startup Conference Attendees-Intuit Scholarship

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Important Details about Your Intuit Scholarship

The conference starts on Sunday night, and we’re excited to see all of you there. Below is information you need to know, plus links for events that require pre-registration. Give it a read now, and save it for reference later.Show up ready to chat about: What you’d like to learn at The Lean Startup Conference. Advice you have to share with other conference attendees.Know the conference schedule, including things that require pre-registration.Sunday, December 8:  Ignite is at the Fairmont Hotel at 7pm. Open to all ticket holders. Pick up your badge at the Fairmont, outside the Gold Room on the lobby level.Monday, December 9:  Main conference sessions start at 9am at the Nob Hill Masonic Center and continue in the afternoon at the Fairmont Hotel. Pick up your badge at the Masonic Center. You have balcony seats on the Mezzanine level. For lunch, we have food trucks for you on Taylor Street by Huntington Park. You must pick up your meal tickets before you head over (Intuit is covering the cost of your lunch too). The meal ticket table is on the mezzanine level at the Masonic Center. (The scholarship pass does not include lunch at the Masonic Center.) Afternoon Office Hours with mentors and some speakers are at the Fairmont Hotel. Sign up ahead of time for one-on-one 10-minute conversations; beware: the site loads slowly. (You can also try to catch people spontaneously in the Office Hours room, but pre-registered appointments will be honored first.) Our closing session is at the Masonic Center. Our reception, sponsored by Pivotal Labs, is at the Fairmont Hotel’s Tonga Room, 6:15 - 7:45pm. Peer-to-peer networking is in the room next door.Tuesday, December 10:  Main conference sessions start at 9am at the Masonic Center and continue in the afternoon at the Fairmont Hotel. Pick up your badge at the Masonic Center. For lunch, we have food trucks for you on Taylor Street by Huntington Park. You must pick up your meal tickets before you head over (Intuit is covering the cost of your lunch too). The meal ticket table is on the mezzanine level at the Masonic Center. (The scholarship pass does not include lunch at the Masonic Center.) Afternoon Office Hours with mentors and some speakers are at the Fairmont Hotel. Sign up ahead of time for one-on-one 10-minute conversations; beware: the site loads slowly. (You can also try to catch people spontaneously in the Office Hours room, but pre-registered appointments will be honored first.) Our closing session is at the Masonic Center.Wednesday, December 11: Two of our morning workshops are open to all ticket holders: one, sponsored by Modus Create, teaches you five Lean Startup planning exercises you can immediately use to add mobile to your enterprise app portfolio; the other, sponsored by Rackspace, teaches you to use cloud infrastructure to experiment and innovate rapidly. You do not need to pre-register for either workshop, but do arrive at the Fairmont by 8:45a with your badge. For lunch, we have food trucks for you on Taylor Street by Huntington Park. You must pick up your meal tickets before you head over (Intuit is covering the cost of your lunch too). Pick up the meal ticket at the Registration Desk at Fairmont's Green Room; the trucks cannot handle cash.Meet other attendees:If you have not yet checked out our attendee social network, now’s the time to do so. It’s publicly viewable, but only registered conference attendees can log in (we sent you login info in a separate email; search for “CrowdVine,” our app provider).Be a great community member:Read up on what we’re trying to achieve and how you can make a difference.Get goodies:We’ve partnered with AppSumo and our sponsors to bring you a bundle of free goodies.Follow us on Twitter:We’ll post any important announcements throughout the conference on our account, @LeanStartup.Book your hotel last week:Our room blocks have sold out. When last we checked, however, the Stanford Court and Mark Hopkins, both across the street from the Fairmont, had rooms available. You might also consider Airbnb or Priceline. Travel to the conference:The Masonic Center is located at 1111 California Street (cross street is Taylor), SF, 94108, and the Fairmont Hotel is at 950 Mason St, one block from the Masonic Center. The closest BART stop is the Powell Station, 10 blocks away--and down a steep hill. You can take a cable car or taxi up the hill, or consider a car service like Uber or Lyft. (Uber is offering us a discount on rides; get details on our venue page here.) We do not recommend driving, as the nearby garages are pricey and have limited spaces--but some of you like a challenge. You can find parking options here. We don't validate parking.See you soon!____________________________________________________________________________________________________________FEATURED SPONSORS