VALIDATE YOUR IDEA,
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The Lean Startup Challenge is an early stage to seed stage startup competition in Boston based on the Lean Startup, Customer Development, and the Business Model Canvas. It is a 4 week competition in September/October 2012 where teams will launch a new idea or enter with an existing idea then take it through multiple iterations with the goal of finding product/market fit. At the end of the competition, the team that demonstrates the best mix of learning the methodologies above and business growth is selected as the winner.



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Lean Startup Challenge is a 4 week business model competition in Boston for early to seed stage startups based on the Lean Startup Method by Eric Ries.

  • BUILD products that people want
  • MEASURE needs and systematically de-risk your business
  • LEARN from customers and get feedback from mentors
  • WIN over $20,000 in cash and prizes, no strings attached

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Learn more about your business and Validate your IDea

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  • Get out of the building and learn from your customers
  • Learn how to methodically build something people want
  • Use numbers, not guesses to validate your idea
  • Iterate and improve on your idea over 4 weeks to learn more about your startup than ever before


 

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Michael Mullins, LSC Executive Director

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