I said I would be happy to, but because I normally charge thousands of dollars to host a Playing Lean Workshop (See details here) I wanted people to value my contribution also.  Meetups are about uplifting the local community, but that doesn’t mean we also can’t take the opportunity to give someone else a hand up (instead of a hand out).

So we charged $10 per person to play the board game about start-ups and at the same time could help women in developing countries to start their own business and get their family out of poverty through a not-for-profit microfinance Opportunity International.  It has only been 24 hours since the meetup was announced and we are already half full, so it is sure to be a sell out.

Here’s a short video about how women entrepreneurs in developing countries are taking small loans to start a business to feed their family and send their children to school, breaking the cycle of poverty.

This is what we wrote in our meetup, to explain to people that it would be by donation. Perhaps it can inspire you to offer something you’re good at for your charity.

Please Contact Becci to organise another charity fundraiser Playing Lean.

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It is The Lean Startup by Eric Ries, first published in 2011.

These principles in the Lean Startup can be applied by new businesses that are just starting out, but equally into the processes or ways of working for established enterprises doing new product or service development.

Check out this 7 minute video that intros The Lean Startup.

Too busy to ready the book?  No worries! Listen to it on your phone
You can buy The Lean Startup book as PDF, ePUB for electronic readers or paper format.  But if you’re time poor, try starting with the audio book.

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