Lean Startup

The Lean Startup is a term coined by Eric Ries (author of the ‘Lean Startup’). The inspiration for the ‘lean movement’ came from the ‘lean manufacturing’ process, “fine-tuned in Japanese factories decades ago and focused on eliminating any work or investment that doesn’t produce value for customers.”

“Startup success can be engineered by following a process, which means it can be learned, which means it can be taught.” - Eric Ries

Steve Blank author of the book ‘Four steps to Epiphany’ is credited as the father of the lean movement which originated in ‘silicon valley’. This movement is transforming how new products are built and launched. Lean offers new ways to cut work time and eliminate waste.

“Formal management tools are about 100 years old, and I am helping to build the first management tools specifically for startups, where customer development is paired with agile product development”.

- Steve Blank ‘The Startup Owner’s Manual’

8/10 startups fail and 8/10 products fail. Why? Because, many products are built without being validated first. Building products that nobody wants is a waste of time, energy and money.

There are systematic methodologies that help raise the odds of getting products to market more successfully.

The Lean Startup group is a movement that is transforming how new products are built and launched. Lean offers ways to cut work time and eliminate waste whether you are a startup or an established company. Concepts apply both to designing products & getting to market more successfully. The philosophy helps startups & product developers in established companies to get to market faster.

The Lean Startup Dublin Meetup group ( http://www.meetup.com/Lean-Startup-Dublin/) was created to provide a place to get together, to learn and collaborate about Lean Startup methodologies. As a group we explore Lean methodologies and connected disciplines which give us competitive advantage domestically & globally to get products to market more successfully. We look at how Lean Startup relates to business model innovation, service design, design strategy, bootstrapping and visual thinking, among others.

As a Lean community we aim to learn and understand tools, learnings and mistakes made by others. The group is comprised of entrepreneurs, designers, executives, established businesses, software developers, project and product managers, start-ups as well as large corporate institutions.

This group exists with the understanding that 'Lean Startup', whilst a hot topic at the moment, is just the tip of the iceberg in understanding how to get to market more successfully. So bring your Lean Startup thoughts along. Be prepared to collaborate and share your ideas and opinions. The following are some of the objectives of the group;

Collaborate/ Find partners / Make connections Hear from Thought Leaders Hear from local experts on the Lean tools their using Brainstorm with peers Exchange ideas Learn from others’ mistakes

If you’re interested in Lean Startup Dublin join us at our monthly meet-up http://www.meetup.com/Lean-Startup-Dublin/