Lean Startup Series

Program OverviewIf attendees can bring a laptop, that would be great. It is not required, but it will give participants a more powerful experience (because digital templates).Summary & AudienceThis is a five-part in person, hands-on series of sessions designed to teach the process of launching a startup by doing it. We’ll take participants from zero customers to one customer. The program is cohort based, but no one is required to attend all sessions. It is, however, highly encouraged as they build on each other.This series is designed for first-time founders of startups and aspiring entrepreneurs who wish to bust out of their day job. The series is also open to those with existing businesses, and they will get value out of the curriculum. Participants will extract even greater value if they bring a small team with them for the coworking portions of the workshop. This is not required, and solopreneurs are more than welcome!Session OverviewSession 1 Design Thinking, Customers & ProblemsIn this first session, we'll talk about the fundamentals necessary to starting and running a successful business — particularly if it's innovative. We'll cover how design thinking provides us with the framework for approaching almost any problem we encounter. Finally, we kick off the entire series with the most important component of any successful business: the customer. Let's rock and roll!About The InstructorOver the past decade, JDM (aka Josh David Miller) has helped startup founders and innovators launch or grow 100+ products.He likes to say that he’s a Woody-Woodpecker-like instigator on a quixotic quest to fix entrepreneurship by challenging how we think about our craft. But those who know him best describe his superpower as finding the right next question to ask in order to create focus, clarity, and potency.Thus, some call him the shredder of business models.By day, JDM uses that superpower to help startup founders and corporate innovators launch, find product-market-fit, and scale — fast.His portfolio includes:The Right Box, an advisory which accelerates product launch & growth1:1 coaching with a highly curated group of startup foundersTalks on entrepreneurship & innovationAnd he’s an active member of the Sacramento startup ecosystem:Mentoring at the Growth Factory acceleratorMentoring at the Carlsen Center at Sac StateOrganizing the weekly 1 Million Cups founder forumFacilitate startup competitions and workshopsJDM also creates content on YouTube, LinkedIn, Twitter, and across the web, and he hosts the "Inside The Box" podcast.Read more about JDM here: https://jdm.bio/

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922 G St Marysville, CA 95901 (Map)
Program Overview
If attendees can bring a laptop, that would be great. It is not required, but it will give participants a more powerful experience (because digital templates).
Summary & Audience
This is a five-part in person, hands-on series of sessions designed to teach the process of launching a startup by doing it. We’ll take participants from zero customers to one customer. The program is cohort based, but no one is required to attend all sessions. It is, however, highly encouraged as they build on each other.

This series is designed for first-time founders of startups and aspiring entrepreneurs who wish to bust out of their day job. The series is also open to those with existing businesses, and they will get value out of the curriculum. Participants will extract even greater value if they bring a small team with them for the coworking portions of the workshop. This is not required, and solopreneurs are more than welcome!


Session Overview
Session 1 Design Thinking, Customers & Problems
In this first session, we'll talk about the fundamentals necessary to starting and running a successful business — particularly if it's innovative. We'll cover how design thinking provides us with the framework for approaching almost any problem we encounter. Finally, we kick off the entire series with the most important component of any successful business: the customer. Let's rock and roll!

About The Instructor

Over the past decade, JDM (aka Josh David Miller) has helped startup founders and innovators launch or grow 100+ products.

He likes to say that he’s a Woody-Woodpecker-like instigator on a quixotic quest to fix entrepreneurship by challenging how we think about our craft. But those who know him best describe his superpower as finding the right next question to ask in order to create focus, clarity, and potency.

Thus, some call him the shredder of business models.

By day, JDM uses that superpower to help startup founders and corporate innovators launch, find product-market-fit, and scale — fast.

His portfolio includes:

  • The Right Box, an advisory which accelerates product launch & growth

  • 1:1 coaching with a highly curated group of startup founders

  • Talks on entrepreneurship & innovation

And he’s an active member of the Sacramento startup ecosystem:

JDM also creates content on YouTube, LinkedIn, Twitter, and across the web, and he hosts the "Inside The Box" podcast.

Read more about JDM here: https://jdm.bio/