Kelly McAdoo is the City Manager & CEO of the City of Hayward in Alameda County, California. She’ll be speaking during 2016 Lean Startup Week about how she uses Lean Startup principles to empower government employees and to improve resident satisfaction. As part of Lean Startup Week’s “Future of…” series, Jennifer Maerz asked Kelly to tell me more […]
In this episode, Moves the Needle interviews Kelly McAdoo, the City Manager of the City of Hayward. We cover lots of ground, including deep dives into topics like: – How Kelly has been driving impact through creating an entrepreneurial culture within a bureaucratic organization. – How City of Hayward has been able to drastically shorten […]
“Lean Startup is about creating a new institution in extreme conditions of chaos and uncertainty,” Rocio Perez Ochoa, who presented on her work with women’s groups in Western Kenya at the Lean Startup Conference in San Francisco, California, told Devex. “Anything you want to do in a new market is by definition a startup. And […]
If you thought libraries were going out of style, think again. Turns out, they’re harbingers of innovation. Brian Mathews, Associate Dean at Virginia Tech Libraries, joins Heather McGough of Lean Startup Company to discuss the challenges that universities and libraries face as they move into the digital age. Brian shares how he incorporated Lean Startup […]
This podcast was produced by The Lean Startup Conference, December 9 – 11, 2013 in San Francisco. The speakers are Christie George of New Media Ventures and Akash Trivedi of Kiva.org. They will discuss how key Lean Startup ideas are being applied more and more often in non-profits, B-corps and other mission-driven organizations. As the ideas […]
Lean Startup principles have been adopted widely in other sectors, and once you get a glimpse of the principles, it’s clear that Lean can be applied to any organization that needs to operate in a capital-efficient way. It’s no wonder why Lean is increasingly being adopted in the non-profit sector. Most non-profits and social good […]
Presentation by Paul Elarby about the Nonprofit organization (Soccer) Balls for Africa, and how Lean Startup techniques were applied.