SLP London - Full Day Workshop

 
On the 1st of November at the Rainmaking Loft in St Katherine's docks, the SLP 2015 London fellows met for a full-day workshop with the support of fellows from previous-year programme (Zoe Peden, Juan Guerra, Kumaran Veluppillai, Hugo Macedo) and mentors (Steven Hess SLP Advisor, Jason Kieles, Adrian Kingwell, Will Bagnall).
SLP Pune chapter fellow Girish V Kulkarni joined us for the session on his way to the Web Summit in Dublin.
 
The fellows dedicated the morning practicing pitching and delivering their stories about their startups in 3 minutes followed by a Q&A session. The fellows and guests were invited to vote on the pitch performance and the project presentation. The votes were commented at the end of the session. Guests provided feedback. Rob Hall, the founder of www.wriggle.com, won the competition and received a price: the new book "Value Proposition Design" dedicated by Dr Alex Osterwalder himself!
 
In the afternoon, following homework done on the subject to prepare the session, the fellows worked in three groups on their business model using the BM canvas with the help of mentors.
 
The workshop was concluded with a wrap-up speech by Kumaran Veluppillai (SLP 2013) who provided his own experience on business model generation and lean methodology. He also explained how to regularly come back to the business model methodology to support the startup development.
 
The session concluded with a social event: drinks at the Dicken's Inn in the beautiful place of St Katherine's docks.