Lean Startup Machine in Chicago Nov. 5-7 (Prize Money!!)

Lean Startup Machine is a weekend-long startup competition that conforms to Lean Startup principles, a method of using customer feedback to rapidly iterate your product to reach product/market fit. On Friday evening, the event commences with networking and pitches. Participants then select ideas and form teams to work on their project over the weekend. On Sunday, teams pitch their business and Minimum Viable Product to a panel of well-known entrepreneurs for cash and mentoring. The winning pot of cash is the event’s profit is projected to be ~$1,000. Go sign up: The Lean Startup Machine Chicago Chicago Lean Startup Circle has partnering with the folks who created the Lean Startup Machine in New York to bring the event to Chicago. It’s a great way to get a practical hands-on refresher on lean startup principles and to collaborate with other entrepreneurs and entrepreneurial minded designers, developers and marketers. Brant Cooper and Patrick Vlaskovits, the authors of “The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development” will be two of the speakers, mentors and judges.