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March 09, 2012

SXSW Update by Eric Ries

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  SXSW Update By Eric on Mar 09, 2012 07:58 am   Greetings from Austin, TX! For those of you on your way to SXSW, I wanted to give a few updates of opportunities to say hello. All of these events are free with a SXSW badge, none will be livestreamed (that I'm aware of), and a few are open to those without a badge. See you soon...Friday March 93pm: I'll be signing books at 3pm at the SXSW Bookstore (Ballroom G Foyer in the Convention Center). Come say hi.5pm: My Featured Session talk is in the big room, Ballroom D at the convention Center. I'm especially honored that Steve Blank will be introducing me!In the evening, come join me at the Startup America "A Celebration of American Startups" party at ACL.Saturday March 10Dave McClure and I will kick off the official Lean Startup track at the Hilton. If you haven't seen our updated agenda, you're missing out. We've added a raft of new amazing speakers and case studies, including startups like AirBnB, Hipmunk, Etsy, and more. We also have a ton of new mentors who will be there for one-on-one meetings, including Aneesh Chopra, Mary & Tom Poppendieck, and Robert Scoble.Here's a brief summary of the agenda:9:30am – 10:30am Dave McClure & Eric Ries Uncensored10:30am – 11:00amMENTOR MEETUPS: 1 on 1 sessions with leading entrepreneurs + advisers11:00am – 12:00pm Ash Maurya, Running LeanChad Dickerson, EtsyMary & Tom Poppendieck, Poppendieck.LLC12:30pm – 12:45pm MEET THE AUTHORSSteve Blank, Stanford UniversityPatrick Vlaskovits, DrumbiAsh Maurya, USERcycleJeff Gothelf, ProofJanice Fraser, LUXr12:45pm – 1:30pm STEVE BLANK: Advice for Today's Startup Entrepreneurs1:30pm – 2:00pmMENTOR MEETUPS: 1 on 1 sessions with leading entrepreneurs + advisers2:00pm – 3:00pm Aaron Batalion, LivingSocialDharmesh Shah, HubSpotJoe Zadeh, AirbnbZach Nies, Rally SoftwareModerator: Thomas Korte, AngelPad3:00pm – 3:30pm MENTOR MEETUPS: 1 on 1 sessions with leading entrepreneurs + advisers3:30pm – 4:00pm Macon Phillips, U.S. White HouseTodd Park, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services4:00pm – 4:30pm Scott Cook, Intuit4:30pm – 5:00pmTWILIO BEER BREAK5:00pm – 6:00pm Andy Rachleff, WealthfrontJanice Fraser, LuxrAdam Goldstein, HipmunkVictor Echevarria, TaskRabbit6pm: And we've just added an amazing Minimum Viable Party sponsored by New Context. See you there!Sunday March 119:15am: Join me bright and early for Startup America Live.11am: Do you host or run a Lean Startup community event, such as a Lean Startup Meetup? Come join our meetup-of-meetups meetup. We did this last year and it was amazing. (real community leaders only)5:30pm: I'll be teaching a brief class at the Skillshare & AMEX party.7pm: I'll be doing a brief Q&A with Jeff Gothelf at the DeLUX Lean UX event at Adaptive Path.Monday March 12This will be my last day in Austin, sadly. I'm working with Startup America to arrange office hours at the Startup Village for those who've been asking for one-on-one meetings. I'll announce details on twitter if we get that figured out.Phew! I'm getting exhausted just typing out this list. Hope to see you here. Happy SXSW!       Read in browser »       

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