Ash Maurya

Ash Maurya is the author of the internationally bestselling "Running Lean" and the creator of the one-page "Lean Canvas" business modeling tool. Ash is commended for offering some of the best and most practical advice to entrepreneurs and entrepreneurs around the world. Driven by the search for better and faster ways to build successful products, Ash has developed a systematic methodology to increase the chances of success built with the Lean Startup, Customer Development, and Bootstrapping techniques. Ash is also a leading business blogger, and his posts and advice have been featured in the magazine Inc., Forbes, and Fortune. He regularly lectures in crowded workshops around the world and serves as a mentor for multiple accelerators, including TechStars, MaRS, Capital Factory and guest speakers at various universities including MIT, Harvard, and UT Austin. Ash serves on the advisory board of many startups and consulted new and established companies.