WORKSHOPS
Fell in love with your solution?
We all have the Innovator’s Bias, our natural predisposition towards our own ideas.
Most entrepreneurs focus 80% of effort on the solutions while it should be on THE PROBLEM that’s WORTH SOLVING!
Here are the hard facts not to discourage you, but to remind ourselves to learn the lessons from our predecessors.
It’s exactly these numbers that fuel our purpose and passion, to help more entrepreneurs to be on the other side.
- Number of new businesses who failed at the end of 1st year (US) 20%
- Number of new businesses who failed at the end of 2nd year (US) 30%
- Number of new businesses who failed at the end of 5th year (US) 50%
- Number of new businesses who failed at the end of 5th year (US) 50%
- Number of new businesses who failed at the end of 10th year (US) 70%
- Number of startups who failed 90%
- Number of startups backed by venture capitals who failed 75%
I first met Vern through LinkedIn whilst doing my customer discovery interviews. After a few sessions with Vern, I was a lot more comfortable with the process of interviewing and the sort of information or questions I’d need to ask. It was great to have someone to talk to when the business wasn’t going too well, or when I felt like I wanted to stop it and move on to another project.
Vern is a great person to talk to and a very capable startup coach.
I recommend her if you’re new and looking to do things the right and easy way.
Mohamad A, UK
GROUP WORKSHOPS
Ash Maurya, creator of Lean Canvas, author of Running Lean, Scaling Lean, founder of LEANSTACK, has been running Continuous Innovation workshops for both entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs within corporates.
We are now able to run workshops in time zones friendlier to Asia Pacific, to get you started from
finding the PROBLEM WORTH SOLVING to reaching PRODUCT/MARKET FIT!
30-DAY BUSINESS MODEL DESIGN (BMD) WORKSHOP
- A skill-based learning activity that any entrepreneur, founding or corporate teams would benefit from getting the clarity required at the starting point of a successful startup journey.
-,What You’ll Learn
30-Day BMD teaches you how to
- Deconstruct your initial vision (or Plan A) into one or more possible business models.
- Prioritize the riskiest assumptions to tackle first.
- Avoid the most common pitfalls that trip early stage products.
- Stress test your business model(s) for desirability i.e. market demand.
- Test whether your business model represents a big-enough problem worth solving.
- Formulate a battle-tested validation strategy for systematically launching your product.
- Communicate your idea clearly and concisely to others (co-founders, advisors, investors) so they buy in.
Who’s it for?
- Aspiring entrepreneurs
- Innovators and intrapreneurs
- Product managers
- Makers and visionaries
WEEK 1: CONTINUOUS INNOVATION FRAMEWORK
What separates successful entrepreneurs isn’t differing skill sets, but differing mindsets. In this workshop, you’ll learn the key mindsets and strategies for building the next generation of products that matter.
WEEK 2: STRESS TEST YOUR IDEA FOR DESIRABILITY
As entrepreneurs, we are charged with building better products, but what does better even mean? This is the million (or billion) dollar question to be covered in this workshop.
WEEK 3: STRESS TEST YOUR IDEA FOR VIABILITY
Too many entrepreneurs rush outside the building with a product only to find out months later that they are chasing too small an idea. In this workshop, you’ll learn how to test whether your idea is worth pursuing in 5 minutes versus 5 months.
WEEK 4: STRESS TEST YOUR IDEA FOR FEASIBILITY
In this workshop, you’ll learn how to formulate a stage-based product launch and validation strategy using battle-tested recipes.
PRIVATE COACHING SESSION: BUSINESS MODEL DIAGNOSTIC
At the end of the program, you’ll get live feedback from a LeanStack-certified coach on your business model, validation strategy, and immediate next steps for moving your idea forward.
EMAIL US YOUR INTEREST
If you’ve a few ideas and unsure which one to pursue, this conversation will help you obtain the clarity you need.
LEAN CANVAS DIAGNOSTIC - A$399
Lean Canvas is the most pragmatic business plan anyone can use to evaluate the Desirability, Feasibility and Viability of an idea.
With an objective validation guided by our battle-tested approach, you’ll be closer to launching a successful startup!
