<slide_break></slide_break> ### Key Take Aways from LS Introduction - Where it came from * Experience at IMVU-Worked on many project and products that totally failed * Experiment on your customers, don't just do what they say * Inspiration from Toyota Production System * Eliminate waste of products that didn't sell <slide_break></slide_break> ### The Lean Startup Method * Entrepreneurs are people who are creating new products and services * Entrepreneurship is a kind of management * Validated Learning - to get to a sustainable business * Build-Measure-Learn * Measure, metrics, they are boring but you need them * "By definition startups don't know prod, cust, biz model, and so on, so what are you planning? * "But that doesn't mean that it can't be 'managed'