This note its use to run 2 and half hour workshop for AIESEC fellows at USM, Penang. The idea its to give the student a taste on how Lean Startup and Business Model Canvas work. The important of practising the method especially for tech startup.

1. The LEAN STARTUP
crash course for building a startup for entrepreneur

2. What is “The Lean Startup”
THE MOVEMENT THAT IS TRANSFORMING HOW
NEW PRODUCTS ARE BUILT AND LAUNCHED
http://theleanstartup.com/
- transform & to suit local environment
- help in getting thing done
- most are focus in tech startup, but its a concept so can apply to other biz
- lean does not = cheap but cost effective and fast

3. Pitching
What is your story?
- tell your idea & story in 1 min max
- elevator pitch

4. Elevator Pitch
• Product name & nature of business
• The problem you are solving and solutions
• Existing traction, result and testimonial
• Company & team strong point
• Closing : what you need and why

5. Pitch Your Idea
1.Come to stage to pitch your idea
2.Duration is 1 min = 60 sec
3.Given group number & sticker note
4.Write down your brief idea and the team members you looking for
- to “buy” team members
- great team consist of mixture type of members background with same mindset & goal
- lean : get team members, not paid work
- recruitment : company biggest asset its the people

6. Solve the PROBLEM
1.Dengue Issue
2.Where I park my car?
3.What to eat for lunch?
4.What else?
- idea trigger
- brain storm for idea & suggestion

7. Business Model Canvas
The Business Model Canvas is a strategic management and entrepreneurial tool. It
allows you to describe, design, challenge, invent, and pivot your business model.
http://www.businessmodelgeneration.com/
- use the business modal canvas file
- fill up the file accordingly
- at every stage, will look back to the canvas so that you will not drive off the road (idea)
- but you can improve from time to time

8. MVP
minimum viable product (part one)
- idea illustration on paper/ model/ lego to show people
- on A4 paper, one side only, draw, visual and tell people your product

9. Market Validation
what you like, does not mean other will LIKE.
- to validate that other ppl & public will buy your idea
- show ppl your product and pitch your idea (the A4 paper)
- from the A4 paper, side 2, get people to sign up with their name & email address

10. MVP (part 2)
Launch your product in shortest time and min $$$ with the core
function only. Build fast, launch fast, fail fast.
• Decorative vs functionality
• Packaging vs usability
- min time and cost
- Team members and outsource
- free online tools available widely

11. Pivot
Its OK to change
- improvement, update, enhance

12. Presentation Slide
Present your idea on stage with 3 slide only.
1.Slide One - Introduction, idea, problem
2.Slide Two - Your solution and how it work & features
3.Slide Three - Closing, why ppl must use/ buy your product
- each slide 1 min
- always keep in mind who is your target market

13. Pitching
tell me your story now
- each team will get 3 min

14. What Next?
• Launch your MVP
• Feedback from user/ public
• Improvement & Enhancement
• Re-launch & Marketing
• Growth Hack

15. The END?
- get each team members contact; email, FB, others
- continue work on existing project, join other project or build your own project
- Follow your heart