ProductTank goes Lean this month as we talk to the man who literally wrote the book on Lean - <a href="http://twitter.com/ericries">Eric Ries</a>. Lean is a great approach to product management in both startups and corporates and simply focuses the process on customer development - if you haven't heard of it here's your chance to learn from the creator!
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ProductTank goes Lean this month as we talk to the man who literally wrote the book on Lean - <a href="http://twitter.com/ericries">Eric Ries</a>. Lean is a great approach to product management in both startups and corporates and simply focuses the process on customer development - if you haven't heard of it here's your chance to learn from the creator!
We'll be at UCL for the event from 18.30, with Eric's keynote starting promptly at 19.00 followed by a Q&A session before we move across the road to the pub for the inevitable (sponsored) drinks and networking. Let us know you're coming to the drinks on <a href="http://uberlife.com/hangouts/producttank-w-eric-ries-drinks">Uberlife</a>!
Eric Ries is an entrepreneur and author of the New York Times bestseller <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0670921602/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=mindthe-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=19450&creativeASIN=0670921602">The Lean Startup: How Constant Innovation Creates Radically Successful Businesses</a>. He is the creator of the <a href="http://www.startuplessonslearned.com/2008/09/lean-startup.html">Lean Startup methodology</a> and the author of the popular entrepreneurship blog <a href="http://www.startuplessonslearned.com/">Startup Lessons Learned</a>.
He serves on the advisory board of a number of technology startups, and has consulted to new and established companies as well as venture capital firms. In 2010, he was named entrepreneur-in-residence at Harvard Business School and is currently an IDEO Fellow. Previously he co-founded and served as CTO of IMVU, his third startup. In 2007, BusinessWeek named him one of the Best Young Entrepreneurs of Tech. In 2009, he was honored with a TechFellow award in the category of Engineering Leadership. The Lean Startup methodology has been written about in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Harvard Business Review, Inc. (where he appeared on the cover), Wired, Fast Company, and countless blogs. He lives in San Francisco.
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