tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7533727264507128560.post4918653243636494796..comments2010-01-03T10:15:25.640-08:00Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12249063135381216090noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7533727264507128560.post-37651417711598096712010-01-03T09:29:21.237-08:002010-01-03T09:29:21.237-08:00It does sounds like a great program, and I&#39;m a big fan of Eric&#39;s and the Lean Start Up Circle, but 3K a month just seems to be out of our price range.<br /><br />A company at our stage would actually seem to benefit immensely from the program/workshops. We launched Legal River this past summer, and took part in Launch Box Digital and are at the right point to start implementing all the lean start up practices.<br /><br />Instead of charging the startups cash, how about trying the Y-combinator/TechStars/LBD model and taking a small stake in the companies instead of charging? Or try to bring a few sponsors to help off-set part of the cash requirements?<br /><br />All that being said, we would love to get involved - ben at legalriver dot comBen Hattenhttp://www.legalriver.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7533727264507128560.post-79902369658366308742009-08-14T18:22:59.850-07:002009-08-14T18:22:59.850-07:00While I would personally never pay this kind of money for the proposed plan, I don&#39;t get the snark. <br /><br />Look, no one is being forced to subscribe to this. If people see value in the plan, they&#39;ll pay. It is their money to do with as they please. There are real businesses that spend more than 18,000$ for 3 days of work in a variety of ways. <br /><br />It is perfectly alright that you don&#39;t want to pay this amount of money (I wouldn&#39;t either), but that doesn&#39;t excuse maligning Eric.Ravihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03630087669712445498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7533727264507128560.post-24024976831357108262009-08-14T17:59:07.235-07:002009-08-14T17:59:07.235-07:00Sounds like an amazing workshop. Would love to participate personally. Not sure if I can get my higher-ups to foot the bill. The cost is equivalent to an entry-level FTE. Tough to justify (but certainly cheaper than some of our previous marketing experiments!). <br /><br />I think the workshop would be invaluable to the participants. It&#39;s only a matter of getting a corporate sign off for the bill.Adam Guttermanhttp://twitter.com/aguttermannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7533727264507128560.post-365200018702595192009-08-14T17:32:06.708-07:002009-08-14T17:32:06.708-07:00I have actually been to one of Eric&#39;s workshops, and while it was great, myself (and others) wanted more and I&#39;m glad to see that Eric is listening to his customers&#39; (Lean Startup participants) feedback. While $18,000 is a lot of money - for a venture backed company that&#39;s basically the choice between having a half-time programmer for 6 months or being involved in this. What do you think will make the bigger difference for your company? Don&#39;t forget it&#39;s not just six mini-workshops - it&#39;s also the interaction outside of the workshops and the relationships built between the companies. What excites me about this program is that it has a real chance at making an actual difference for a company. How many workshops, books, webinars, blog posts, etc have you read, said &quot;that&#39;s awesome&quot;, and then never did anything beyond that. One-time events don&#39;t work to affect change, but by having a long-term cohort model I think the people who are involved are going to really get a chance to implement the Lean Startup principles successfully. I just can&#39;t really think of another kind of experience like this (beyond Y-combinator - which is targeting a totally different audience with different needs) and I personally hope I get to be involved.John Butlernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7533727264507128560.post-53344000946542351842009-08-14T17:15:09.380-07:002009-08-14T17:15:09.380-07:00One of our senior developers and I attended Eric&#39;s first Lean Startup workshop and the learnings were invaluable. What we took back from that day and implemented have totally changed how we approach building out our product, team, and company.<br /><br />Eric is truly passionate about helping others and his events are well thought out and very professional. I would encourage those who are skeptical to talk to folks who have attended his workshops and understand first hand the value and impact before passing judgment.Timothy Younghttp://www.socialcast.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7533727264507128560.post-81021151978726276962009-08-11T09:45:15.834-07:002009-08-11T09:45:15.834-07:0010 (companies) <br />x 6 (months)<br />x $3000 (per company, per month)<br />--------<br />$180,000 (for 3 days work)<br /><br />Nice.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7533727264507128560.post-58985081347338976902009-08-11T09:30:56.842-07:002009-08-11T09:30:56.842-07:00&quot;Lean Startups&quot; just jumped the shark and became consultingware, like &quot;agile&quot; did.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7533727264507128560.post-35252605171691716562009-08-11T08:21:06.320-07:002009-08-11T08:21:06.320-07:00$3,000 / month doesn&#39;t sound very, um, lean...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7533727264507128560.post-20864359764735161022009-08-10T09:21:04.211-07:002009-08-10T09:21:04.211-07:00I wonder if I&#39;m in one of Eric&#39;s experiments that is testing different subscription price-points? Does everyone see a price of $3,000/mo? :)spankyhttp://somewhere.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7533727264507128560.post-90510600304544383312009-08-10T01:16:02.478-07:002009-08-10T01:16:02.478-07:00Great idea. Thanks for all that you have done to help the startup community!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7533727264507128560.post-42014091044346756582009-08-09T11:09:34.778-07:002009-08-09T11:09:34.778-07:00Genius! I love the business model.Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00927628412285314176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7533727264507128560.post-6687990288754656282009-08-09T10:28:47.530-07:002009-08-09T10:28:47.530-07:00We went to Eric&#39;s second workshop and have since spent a ton of time implementing lean startup practices within our company. We are really looking forward to this...one day wasn&#39;t enough!Hiten Shahhttp://kissmetrics.comnoreply@blogger.com