Patrick Vlaskovits

Patrick Vlaskovits (born 1976) is a New York Times bestselling author[1] and entrepreneur.

Patrick Vlaskovits
Born1976 (age 44–45)
San Jose, CA
EducationUniversity of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB)
OccupationAuthor and Entrepreneur
Notable work
The Entrepreneur's Guide to Customer Development, The Lean Entrepreneur

Life and career

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
  1. New York Times best-sellers: March 2013, New York Times
  2. Eric Ries, The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development, Startup Lessons Learned, 5 July 2010
  3. Aaron Ginn, Defining A Growth Hacker: 5 Ways Growth Hackers Changed Marketing, Techcrunch, 7 Septembre 2012
  4. The Lean Entrepreneur, USA Today Best-Selling Books
  5. Books › Best Books of the Month › Hardcover › Patrick Vlaskovits › Business & Leadership: Editors' Picks, Amazon
  6. Patrick Vlaskovits, Henry Ford, Innovation, and That "Faster Horse" Quote, Harvard Business Review, 29 August 2011
  7. "Superpowered Mobile Digital Signal Processing Technology | Superpowered Cross-Platform Audio". Superpowered.com. Retrieved 2014-06-19.
  8. Presentation of Patrick Vlaskovits, 500 startups
  9. "Conference Startups: Grassroots Innovation Rocking the Event World". Schedule.sxsw.com. Archived from the original on 2012-01-16. Retrieved 2014-06-19.
  10. Patrick Vlaskovits (2013-05-31). "Patrick Vlaskovits | EBN Congress EBN Congress". Noribic.com. Retrieved 2014-06-19.
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