Patrick Vlaskovits (born 1976) is a New York Times bestselling authorNew York Times best-sellers: March 2013, New York Times and 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.Eric Ries, The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development, Startup Lessons Learned, July 5, 2010 He, along with Hiten Shah and Sean Ellis coined the term and concept of a growthhacker.Aaron Ginn, Defining A Growth Hacker: 5 Ways Growth Hackers Changed Marketing, Techcrunch, 7 Septembre 2012
His book The Lean Entrepreneur became a New York Times monthly bestseller for March 2013, USA Today monthly bestseller,The Lean Entrepreneur, USA Today Best-Selling Books and one of Amazon.com Editors' Picks in Business and Leadership for Best Books of the Month.Books › Best Books of the Month › Hardcover › Patrick Vlaskovits › Business & Leadership: Editors' Picks, Amazon
His writing on debunking the origin of Henry Ford’s faster horses has been featured on Harvard Business Review.Patrick Vlaskovits, Henry Ford, Innovation, and That "Faster Horse" Quote, Harvard Business Review, August 29, 2011
Patrick Vlaskovits is founder and CEO of Superpowered, a low latency audio SDK for iOS and Android.
He is also a mentor for 500 Startups Accelerator & Seed FundPresentation of Patrick Vlaskovits, 500 startups and has spoken at SXSW, GROW Conference, EBN Congress, The Turing Festival and The Lean Startup Conference.
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