I really should update my blog more often — but, until I do…. 1) If you’re in the Los Angeles area, come by the next LeanLA meetup and see Jason Calacanis interview Eric Ries. All attendees also get a copy of the The Lean Startup. You should RSVP ASAP. 2) I wrote an article that [...]
#CustDev Office Hours on Namesake.com
by Patrick on 06. Jul, 2011 in Customer Development
Come join me, right about now, for a chat about Customer Development on Namesake at noon on July 6th 2011.
The #CustDev T-shirts are here.
by Patrick on 19. Jun, 2011 in Customer Development, Fun
FYI your life is now complete: The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development t-shirts have arrived. Steven of CargoHawk has put together a suite of startup-themed t-shirts that I suggest you check out. For example: One of my favorite analytics tools, Crazy Egg, has it’s own shirt. Notable investor and great blogger, Bred Feld, has Feld [...]
10 Reasons to NOT be a Lean Startup
by Patrick on 19. May, 2011 in Customer Development, Lean Startups, Presentations
Top 10 Reasons to Not be a Lean Startup for Momentum Michigan
I see dead startups
by Patrick on 11. May, 2011 in Black Swans, Customer Development, Epistemology, Lean Startups
My buddy, Dave Binetti of Votizen came down this last Monday to present on False Prophets at LeanLA.com’s last meetup (a meetup I co-organize). In his talk, about the subject of False Negatives and False Positives came up. In the context of startups, a False Negative means that while your startup is not getting any [...]
The #SXSW Lean Challenge
by Patrick on 10. Mar, 2011 in Lean Startups, SXSW
So, I am heading off to SXSW today – I will be speaking in a Core Conversation titled “Conference Startups: Grassroots Innovation Rocking the Event World“. I will be staying with my friend Noah — you might know Noah as Chief Sumo of App Sumo. Noah looks just like this. (I swear to you, he [...]
Slides from my talk at Lean Startup NYC
by Patrick on 03. Mar, 2011 in Customer Development, hacks, Presentations
Hacking Customer Development View more presentations from Patrick Vlaskovits.
The “Shu, Ha, Ri” of Lean Startups
by Patrick on 26. Feb, 2011 in Customer Development, Epistemology, Lean Startups, Presentations
I wanted to clarify Slide 18 “There are no rules” from Top 10 Reasons to NOT be a Lean Startup – which apparently has caused some confusion. I also referenced “there are no rules” in an earlier post, which Andrew Skotzko picked up and riffed upon. What I am attempting to get across to people [...]
Top 10 Reasons to NOT be a Lean Startup
by Patrick on 25. Feb, 2011 in Lean Startups, Presentations
Top 10 Reasons to NOT be a Lean Startup View more presentations from Patrick Vlaskovits
Evidence Snobbery and Data
by Patrick on 04. Feb, 2011 in Customer Development, Data, Epistemology
After reading the The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development, David Beyer of Y-Combinator backed Chart.io has done a quick interview with me wherein we get a bit into the epistemology of startups. I think the interview raises a few interesting points that I will explore further in a forthcoming blog post. David: So, just to [...]

