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Host a Livestream of The Lean Startup Conference
Host a Livestream of The Lean Startup Conference by Eric Ries
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Host a Livestream of The Lean Startup Conference By sarahm on Oct 15, 2012 04:08 pm Thispost was co-written by Eric Ries and Sarah Milstein, co-hosts of The Lean StartupConference. For the 2010 and 2011 Lean Startup conferences,we offered the complete conference for simulcast so that people couldjoin in from their communities around the world. Last year, about 150 groupsparticipated, including sites in Buenos Aires; Prague; Copenhagen; Tallinn,Estonia; Guadalajara; Warsaw; Bucharest; Kiev; Ljubljana, Slovenia;Wollongong, Australia; Uruguay;France; Germany; India; Israel; Italy; and The Netherlands. These simulcasts are important community-building opportunities. Although knowledge about the new science of entrepreneurship has gone global, startup ecosystems are always local. (BTW, you can read more about why in Brad Feld's new book, Startup Communities.)We're grateful to the simulcast hosts, who have been enthusiastic about the chance to have people gather and discuss Lean Startup ideas. Eric Harper in Evanston,Illinois, for instance, told us that the “event helped to build our community and providedsome substantive content and topics for future Startup Evanston events.” AtMicrosoft, Kevis Davis reported, “Our simulcast was well attended and reallywell received. Even inside a big company, participants took away a lot ofvaluable ideas.” Luis Rivera Gurrea-Nozaleda of Spain Lean Startup said, "Ourcommunity of entrepreneurs loved participating in last year’s event." And JonathanMarkwell from the UK noted, "It was fantastic being able to discuss someof the ‘aha moments’ with others late in to the night. Participants having beenmeeting at our local Open Coffee meetup ever since, and interest has now grownto the point that we have a monthly Lean Startup meetup too."We’re happy that we can offer this simulcast option againthis year. On December 3, from 9a – 6p PT, community groups around the planet will have access - free of charge - as long as they have groups of 10+ gathered and a wiredinternet connection to receive video. If you’d like to host a livestreamsimulcast, please fill out this short application form by next Tues, October 23. There are a few pieces you need tohave in place to apply, so we recommend taking a look at the form right now. Once we’ve gotten all the applications, we’llselect the hosts and send confirmation notices within a few weeks. Then we’ll list your event on our conference site and promoteit before the conference (via Twitter, blog posts and/or email announcements).Of course, right before the conference, we’ll give you the livestream password.If you’re thinking of hosting, consider thisadvice from Joshua Cyr of Portsmouth, NH: “Location is key. Have it at a placepeople will want to be. Nearby food (walking distance) is always a plus, orhave the ability to order out.” You might also try an unusual venue. ClevelandLean Startup Circle, for example, hosts their livestream on a 100+-year-old barge floating in LakeErie. To give you an idea of the kind of greatspeakers you’ll see via the livestream, here’s video of one of last year’skeynote speakers, Steve Blank, who needs little introduction to people in the Lean Startuporbit. Steve is scheduled to speak again thisyear on a new topic, and you won’t want to miss him. In an xconomy article last year, Wade Roush observed that Eric“travels almost constantly to promote his message at technology conferences.” Makingthe conference available via simulcast is another way we can bring Lean Startupideas to fellow entrepreneurs in your corner of the world. We encourage you to apply to host. Read in browser »