The Lean Startup SXSW 2013

We're back! Once again, along with my partners at 500 Startups, we are proud to present the most substantive track at SXSW: http://leanstartupsxsw.co/ There was a running joke last year that "the Lean Startup track was the only place at SXSW you couldn't get out of the building." That's because the room we were in was so packed, the only way to stay for the next session was to refuse to give up your seat. Luckily, in a room full of entrepreneurs, plenty of new businesses popped up to bring people food and water. (If you want to see what all the fuss was about, you can watch complete video of last year's track courtesy of my friends at Udemy.) Because of your tremendous enthusiasm (and possibly a few words from the fire marshall), SXSW has granted us a much bigger space this year to put on what may be the best lineup we've ever had. I've embedded the flyer for the event below, but the best way to see what we're doing is on the conference website - which we try to keep up-to-date with the inevitable flurry of last-minute changes. (This year, we're battling both the flu and the Congressional sequester.) If you're planning to be in Austin, please come say hello. See you there! THIS SATURDAY!  JOIN THE BIGGEST TECH EVENT @SXSW, featuring...                   + 1,000 startup founders, investors, and press! SATURDAY, MARCH 9TH - Hilton Austin Downtown KEYNOTES & CASE STUDIES FROM... Vinod Khosla Founder  Dave McClure Founding Partner   Eric Ries Author Steve Blank  Serial Entrepreneur  & Professor Todd Park  CTO Travis Kalanick CEO & Co-Founder  Joe Zadeh Director of Product Sam Shank Co-Founder & CEO NEW!  Nicole Lazzaro President  Udi Nir  CTO NEW! Seth Sternberg Co-Founder & CEO Scott Chacon CIO Kevin Hale Senior Product Manager NEW! Juan Diego Calle  CEO Dharmesh Shah Co-founder & CTO Ross Snyder Sr. Software Engineer Steven VanRoekel  CIO   Dan Greenberg Co-Founder & CEO CHECK OUT THE AGENDA... > Uber's "Reality Therapy 4 Startups": What U Need 2 Know NOW  > Steve Blank on why NOT to be an Entrepreneur > Airbnb's Globetrotting Lessons: Building 4 a Global Market > Vinod Khosla - The VC Legend: Interview w/ Dave McClure > Eric Ries on Entrepreneurship: What He's Learned Along the Way > GitHub's Secret 2 Success: Rethinking The Way We Work > The Metrics Behind Hotel Tonight: Sam Shank Reveals It All > The CTO & CIO of the USA: Innovating our Government > Wufoo's 29,561% Return: Kevin Hale on Customer Development > Etsy's [Backend] Transition: From Startup to Superpower > Meebo's Pivot to Acquisition: Seth Sternberg's Pivot Metrics > Under the Hood of ModCloth: CTO on Agile Development > David BEATS the Goliath: The true story of .CO's rise to fame > Tips from an Anti-Social Founder: Dharmesh Shah on culture PLUS: > 8:30am Mimosa Meetup - 1st come, 1st served, hosted by GitHib > Grilled Cheese + Beer (not lean, but awesome) - hosted by Neo  > Elon Musk + Popcorn - hosted by DealFlicks, during SXSW keynote > .CO hookups 4 startups: A SXSW favorite is back again! > Mentor Sessions - Featuring experts in building + running startups LEAN STARTUP MENTORS INCLUDE... Patrick Vlaskovits Author  Alistair Croll Co-Author + JOIN US ON PLANCAST  APPLY TO JOIN THE AFTER-PARTY... STAY #500STRONG ON THE INTERWEBS       OUR STARTUP LOVIN' PARTNERS...