Pete Mauro
Lean Startup Product Leader

Helllllloooooo Lean Angelenoooooos!
Miss us?

Miss us? We missed you too. So much so that we are going to start 2012 with a big bang with the LeanLA incubator/accelerator event. I don't know if you guys noticed but incubators have been popping up in LA like mushrooms after a rainstorm in the last few months.

[*insert hilarious sound effect of mushroom popping up here]

We've...

Join us for the debut of Silverlake HQ -- a place to build good things, providing workspace, community, events, and collaboration for technology entrepreneurs and startups on LA's east side.

All the usual startup party fodder will be provided - beer, pizza, ping pong, endless handshakes, hand sanitizer, etc. Parking is easy! Just park on...

If you thought Brett Durett's presentation on Continuous Deployment (<a href="http://www.slideshare.net/bgdurrett/continuous-deployment-at-lean-la">http://www.slideshare.net/bgdurrett/continu...</a>) was great -- then you're gonna love James Birchler.
James is the VP of Engineering at IMVU, the very first Lean...

This Startups Uncensored will be a one-on-one fireside chat with Michael Arrington, hosted by Docstoc CEO Jason Nazar. Arrington is a serial entrepreneur and the founder of TechCrunch, the premiere news site covering startups and technology news. In September, Michael co-founded CrunchFund, an early stage venture capital firm. The fund invests...

IMPORTANT: to Sign Up for the Event - http://www.eventbrite.com/event/2447963926

This Startups Uncensored will be a one-on-one fireside chat with Michael Arrington, hosted by Docstoc CEO Jason Nazar.
Arrington is a serial entrepreneur and the founder of TechCrunch, the premiere news site covering startups and technology news. In September,...

Noah Kagan having driven marketing at Facebook, Mint & now every entrepreneur's favorite daily deal site: AppSumo will

In this class Eric Ries will teach you how to to best employ the concepts detailed in his book, 'The Lean Startup' to effectively grow and maintain a successful startup.

After reaching #18 overall on Amazon with his book, "Design for Hackers," author David Kadavy is hitting the west coast. Even though his amazing Kickstarter campaign stopped just short of raising enough funds to have L.A. on his book tour, David has worked with LeanLA to make it happen.
He'll be giving his in-process talk,...

CHANGE OF VENUE: Please note this will be at the original BLANKSPACES at 5405 Wilshire (near La Brea), NOT their Santa Monica location!

Ideakick is a community that springboards budding entrepreneurial ideas and concepts.

Think of Ideakick as a thinktank for your business ideas. You can pitch a business idea that you've been thinking...

FREE open streets family festival for walking, bicycling, skating, and enjoying Los Angeles!

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https://www.facebook.com/pages/CicLAvia/108479692572281

10-mile route with new spurs north and south - see http://www.ciclavia.org/blog/183/north-spur-trimmed--now-to-el-pueblo
Volunteer at CicLAvia:...

Steve Blank's Customer Development process, detailed in the indispensable and best-selling Four Steps to the Epiphany, was the foundation for the Lean Startup revolution.

At Customer Development: The Second Decade, Steve will provide an exclusive peek “under the covers” at some of the many new rules and advancements that he and the...

Councilmember Jose Huizar & Center for the Arts Eagle Rock present the 13th Annual Eagle Rock Music Festival

Saturday, October 1, 2011
4:00-11:00pm

On Colorado Blvd. between Argus & Eagle Rock Blvd.

$5 suggested donation*
Kids 12 and under free
Your support keeps the festival independent


Razorcake/Zocaloc Stage
4:30pm – Wreck of the...

In a very special Lean LA event, Jason Calacanis from This Week in Startups will interview Eric Ries live on stage at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium.

Everyone who attends will receive a free autographed copy of Eric's new book "The Lean Startup".

Most startups fail. But many of those failures are preventable.

The Lean Startup...

Young startups face many threats but among the most dangerous are activities that produce seemingly good results but are actually clever killers. This talk will show you how to identify these false prophets and help you avoid sowing the seeds of your own demise.

David Binetti is the Co-Founder and Business Model Designer for Votizen, the...

Look at yourself - you're not sleeping, you're not eating, and you can talk for hours about why it's so fantastic: You're an entrepreneur in love, and there's eric ries telling you to dissect your darling like a frog in formaldehyde. Think of UX as a wizened older brother, who can help you make sense of the...

Join the Facebook team and local developers for a deep dive into the latest and most exciting ways developers are building with Facebook technologies.

Come to learn, stay to make friends!

Tentative Agenda:
2:00 - 2:30 PM - Registration
2:30 - 3:30 PM - Learn the latest from Facebook and local developers
3:30 - 5:30 PM - Drink with friends! ...

With live performances by Innerpartysystem, Moneypenny and I Need Sugar

Come to get your drink on at this year's must-attend SXSW party. Open bar for all that attend from 10p-4a! This is officially the latest party in Austin, so get in early and stay for the madness.

Featuring:

DIPLO
ECLECTIC METHOD
w/ visuals by SEEPER and CTRL

As the sun sets over SXSW and Austin comes alive, Vimeo and Nikon invite you to an evening of musical mayhem and immersive visual eye candy in the heart of the once-dormant Seaholm Power Plant. With your own eyes or through the lens, experience an event like no other with world...

  Come see what the future of social travel looks like- or just come prepared to drink and dance. Add your SXSW trip to Austin on your gtrot profile and tweet the shortlink to land on our VIP list.   (Rooftop Bar is partially indoors so come party rain or shine)   Fine print: You must be 21 or older to attend, and IDs will be checked at the...

On Sunday, March 13th from 5:30-8:30pm, take a trip with MapQuest during SXSW as we hold our 2nd annual BBQuest road trip to the Salt Lick Barbecue (http://www.saltlickbbq.com/). This year's event will be even bigger, and will offer FREE, all-you-can-eat BBQ and drinks. This year, we're also bringing a band: Shinobi Ninja...

YOUR TIME IS NIGH. Austin Bacon Takedown, Part Deux!!! Last year was amazing. This year will be even more insaner!!!! Austin bacon cooks- raise your swords! We attack March 13 3PM at Emo’s !!!!

20 of the happiest local cooks will take bacon and transform it into the winningest of possible creations. Remember last year? We saw bacon tacos,...

Come out and meet good people, have some food, and have a few drinks.  It'll feel like a family BBQ, without all the drama.    RSVP now, and we'll send out more updates as the date gets closer.

I'll be giving a presentation at SXSW followed by a book signing at the SXSW bookstore:
http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/ideas/view/5551


I've confirmed the time -- it'll be at 12:30pm on the 13th.

We're gathering Austin's best food trucks together for an afternoon of BBQ, tacos, meat pies and more.

Download Foodspotting for Secret Menu items and to participate in a photo scavenger hunt - win prizes!

Featuring the following Food Truck stars:
- Along Came a Slider
- Boomerang's Pies
- Chi'Lantro
- Clem's Hot Diggity...