How Parenthood Sparked a Business
We recently hosted a conversation between Blueland co-founder and CEO Sarah Paiji Yoo and our newest moderator Chris Guest. They discuss how becoming a mom led Sarah to create a company that is reimagining how…
Category: Startups
Reduce Uncertainty and Increase Winning
We had a conversation with Chris Cochella, serial entrepreneur and founder of Brackitz, an award-winning children’s STEM education building system. He shared with us three mental models intended to reduce uncertainty in highly uncertain environments. Lean Startup methods are intended to reduce uncertainty…
Udi Milo of Lyft: “Start with who and why, and then do a test”
Udi Milo is the Head of Product for Lyft’s Driver and Passenger Growth Team. As part of his role, Udi oversees all driver and rider incentives and bonus programs, and sets long term marketplace strategy…
A Unique Solution to a Productivity Problem
Pushkar Kale began having to be away from work for hours at a time during parent interviews for his child’s school admission. He was discussing this challenge with his (now) business partner, who owns his…
Helping Business Owners Find Loans: The Startup Story Of Lendio
Brock Blake stumbled into the world of entrepreneurship when he was still attending college at BYU. He was studying finance and won an entrepreneurship competition that awarded him $50,000 to start a business. The only…
Why Ann Miura-Ko is “the Most Powerful Woman in Startups”
Ann Miura-Ko is a founding partner at Floodgate, a seed-stage VC firm. She’s also a founding member of All Raise, a non-profit committed to improving diversity in both funders and founders. Among her early investments…
The Realities Facing Female Founders
We recently hosted the second episode of a six-part podcast series we’re doing with Silicon Valley Bank. In episode two, Lean Startup Co. Chief of Staff CJ Legare spoke with Claire Lee, Head of Early…
Innovating the Writing Process: How Change Is Coming to the Publishing World
There are few industries as steeped in traditional, old-school practices as publishing. Many of the major publishing houses have been around for tens (if not hundreds) of years and still haven’t really changed their business…
Bringing Biotech to the Masses
Discovering a Problem by Being a Beginner When Julie Legault was a masters student at the MIT Media Lab, she was encouraged to try new things and to do things she wouldn’t normally do. So…
Building Better Learning Tools By Learning From Your Customers
We recently hosted a webcast conversation between Chris and Marilyn focused on how the desire to find better engineering toys for his son turned into an idea to create a toy to help promote STEAM…