Corporate Startup Drill Oslo

Corporate Startup Drill Oslo Is brought to you by The Norwegian Lean Startup Circle

Startup Drill is a 2 day training where you will learn to apply lean startup tools in a structured way.

During Startup Drill, you will learn how to save resources spent on building products nobody wants, and focus on building something people want. And have fun on the way!

It is helpful for all of you who:

work in product development;
run successful product or startup teams;
are interested to learn how to build products that customer love;
want to feel what does it mean to be a startup;
seek to embrace startup culture in their corporate innovation teams.

Mentors Are experienced startup founders, corporate innovators and workshop facilitators.

Miro Hegedic

Startup Drill

Startup founder with PhD in lean management, advisor and mentor in Startup programs in Asia and Europe

Co-founder of Lean Startup Croatia and the Startup Drill

Worked with different teams in process of implementing lean startup in their projects

Dimitris Polychronopoulos

Founder Institute Norway

An entrepreneur with a passion for ideation, validation and innovation.

Director of the Founder Institute in Oslo, a Silicon Valley based startup accelerator.

Global Executive Master of Business Administration with Honours from BI Norwegian Business School, including studies in Innovation and Entrepreneurship at UC Berkeley Haas School of Business.

Filip Stipancic

Startup Drill

Lean startup practitioner, coach and thinker; obsessed with risk reduction and revenue generation

Executive roles in profit and non-profit sector, experience in operations management, B2B and B2C sales

Startup founder and ecosystem developer since 2009, MSc in mechanical engineering & CFA level III

Bruno Pesec

Norwegian Lean Startup Circle

Entrepreneurial industrial engineer with ten years of experience with Lean in different environments and areas.

Currently serving as Senior Innovation Coach at DNB, working on "fixing" corporate innovation.

Bruno is an active participant in the global startup community and has co-founded Norwegian Lean Startup Circle and Founder Institute Norway

Chander Shekher Joshi

Tata Consultancy Services

An Innovation enthusiastic with a passion for finding out right solutions for the problems of paying customer.

As a Lean startup practitioner, coach and speaker; mentors startups and enable innovation teams in rapid business and technology experimentations.

Extensive experience in the field of Corporate Research & Innovation for leading Indian IT company.

What past participants said about Startup Drill! This moves us forward!

Location Day 1

8:30 - 9:10

Registrations, Introduction and Opening

Registrations open at 8:30am. Make sure that you are there on time. The program starts on at 9:00am with the networking. Participants of the Startup Drill are very interesting, with diverse experiences, interests and plans, but they have one thing in common - a desire for change and progress. Expand your network of acquaintances, meet potential co-workers, customers and friends. And most importantly meet others who might want to join your team. If you currently do not have a desire for pitching, never mind, you'll join one of the teams whose problem you want passionately to solve.

9:10 - 10:40

Intro / Keynote / Team-forming

Program startups with a detailed introduction to Startup Drill rules and schedule. After the introduction, everyone is ready for the Problem Pitch and formation of teams. Teams will be formed around the problem, so prepare your pitch so you will explain in 45 seconds why do you want to solve that specific problem so passionately. On average, 43% of participants pitch the problem and 26% manage to form a team. It is your decision if you want to use the full potential of Startup Drill and become a startup founder on the spot.

10:40 - 16:30

Lean Startup toolbox

A brief introduction to Lean Startup will be given, followed by practical (hands-on) work in teams. The problem needs a solution and the solution needs a customer. Who are your potential customers and how will you find them? This is your first reality check. You will learn how to build what customers want simply by following the Startup Drill Board. The Board will guide you through the process of applying Lean Startup to your idea, and help you make fast decisions and progress. Mentors are here to support you on your journey.

16:30 - 08:00

Experiment or sleep

Experiment or sleep, both are equally important. Some will go to sleep and some will go out of the building to do their first experiment. Which crowd are you going to join? But be aware that we are starting the next day exactly at 8am!

Location Day 2

08:00 - 12:00

Experiment under mentor’s guidance

The night was long and some teams came back with new insights from customers. A quick coffee with mentors and we are ready for some more experiments, lectures and team work. What are the main assumptions you need to validate? What do you need to learn from the customers? Wrap it up in an experiment, find your potential customers and validate your hypothesis. At this point, every team will "go out of the building".

12:00 - 15:00

New experiment and Lunch

Customer development will probably lead you to pivot the problem or the customer segment. After several iterations, you will validate the problem, the customer segment and the solution. Mastering the art of building what customers want means reaching the problem/solution fit. You'll be enthusiastic about the customers and experiments, but don’t forget about your lunch!

15:00 - 16:00

Create a product that the customer wants

You have gained many insights about your customers and their problems. According to your validated learning, you will start to build your first MVP. The team is still in the experimental mode, so thinking how to create an MVP that is going to give you the maximum amount of validated learning in the least amount of time.

16:00 - 18:00

Presentation and pitching

Here we are, it is time to stop and summarize the validated learning gathered in the last 23 hours, structure it and present it to the jury. Don’t worry, our mentors will help you to structure a pitch so that you follow the Startup Drill rules for the final pitch.

18:00 - 19:00

Closing and networking

It is time to announce the winners of the Startup Drill. At the end, every team will get personalized feedback from mentors. Get ready for the networking and mingling. This was just beginning. Stay with the team and create plans for your startup, meet others and create friendships, or just have a drink with us.