Patrick Vlaskovits
Patrick Vlaskovits | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1976 (age 47–48) |
| Education | University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) |
| Occupation(s) | Author and entrepreneur |
| Notable work | The Entrepreneur's Guide to Customer Development, The Lean Entrepreneur |
Patrick Vlaskovits (born 1976) is a New York Times bestselling author[1] and entrepreneur.
Life and career
[edit]Patrick Vlaskovits was born in 1976 in San Jose, CA. He graduated from the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) and holds a BA in Physical Anthropology and a MA in economics.
In 2010, Patrick Vlaskovits wrote The Entrepreneur's Guide to Customer Development.[2] He, along with Hiten Shah and Sean Ellis coined the term and concept of a growthhacker.[3]
His book The Lean Entrepreneur became a New York Times monthly bestseller for March 2013,[1] USA Today monthly bestseller,[4] and one of Amazon.com Editors' Picks in Business and Leadership for Best Books of the Month.[5]
His writing on debunking the origin of Henry Ford’s faster horses has been featured on Harvard Business Review.[6]
Patrick Vlaskovits is founder and CEO of Superpowered, a low latency audio SDK for iOS and Android.[7]
He is also a mentor for 500 Startups Accelerator & Seed Fund[8] and has spoken at SXSW, GROW Conference, EBN Congress, The Turing Festival and The Lean Startup Conference.[9][10]
References
[edit]- ^ a b New York Times best-sellers: March 2013, New York Times
- ^ Eric Ries, The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development, Startup Lessons Learned, July 5, 2010
- ^ Aaron Ginn, Defining A Growth Hacker: 5 Ways Growth Hackers Changed Marketing, Techcrunch, 7 Septembre 2012
- ^ The Lean Entrepreneur, USA Today Best-Selling Books
- ^ Books › Best Books of the Month › Hardcover › Patrick Vlaskovits › Business & Leadership: Editors' Picks, Amazon
- ^ Patrick Vlaskovits, Henry Ford, Innovation, and That "Faster Horse" Quote, Harvard Business Review, August 29, 2011
- ^ "Superpowered Mobile Digital Signal Processing Technology | Superpowered Cross-Platform Audio". Superpowered.com. Retrieved June 19, 2014.
- ^ Presentation of Patrick Vlaskovits, 500 startups
- ^ "Conference Startups: Grassroots Innovation Rocking the Event World". Schedule.sxsw.com. Archived from the original on January 16, 2012. Retrieved June 19, 2014.
- ^ Patrick Vlaskovits (May 31, 2013). "Patrick Vlaskovits | EBN Congress EBN Congress". Noribic.com. Retrieved June 19, 2014.