Validate Ideas Faster.
Build With Confidence.
Learn how to use the Lean Progress Model to map one real idea, startup, or innovation initiative, identify where you stand, and clarify what to validate next — in a short, self-paced starter course.
Validate Ideas Faster.
Build With Confidence.
Learn how to use the Lean Progress Model to map one real idea, startup, or innovation initiative, identify where you stand, and clarify what to validate next — in a short, self-paced starter course.
Most Innovation Efforts Fail —
Not From Bad Ideas, But Bad Process
Whether you are exploring a new idea, validating an active startup, or leading innovation inside an organization, the challenge is often the same: too much activity, too little validated progress. Without a clear model, teams keep building, debating, or waiting — instead of learning what matters next.
A Practical Framework to Validate Ideas Before You Invest Further
Lean Innovation Kickstart introduces the Lean Progress Model — a stage-based framework for turning innovation uncertainty into measurable progress. You will learn how the model works, apply it once to a real idea or initiative, and clarify what needs to be explored, validated, or decided next.
Based on the methods outlined in the Lean Innovation Guide book and refined through real-world projects with startups and enterprise teams, this course replaces guesswork with evidence-based decision-making.
- Understand where your initiative stands
- Clairfy your next validation focus
- Avoid investing too early
- Build a shared language for progress
- Applicable to startups, future founders, and innovation teams alike
The Lean Progress Model
Structured Methodology
A unique tool that creates predictable innovation outcomes through a proven step-by-step system.
Evidence-Based Decisions
Replace opinions with data and customer insights to validate every step of your startups and innovation journey.
Common Language & Understanding
Aligns co-founders, employees and innovation teams with shared structure and language that create seamless collaboration across the whole organization.
80% Higher Product-Market Fit Success Rate
Our academy graduates consistently achieve their innovation objectives
5 Clarity Shifts You’ll Experience
This short course helps you move from vague innovation activity to a clearer view of where you stand and what to validate next.
Everything You Need to Get Started With Innovation Clarity
Four focused modules plus starter resources. The goal is not full implementation yet — it is to understand the Lean Progress Model, apply it once, and clarify your next validation step.
This Course Is for People Ready to Turn Ideas into Evidence
You do not need to be advanced. You only need a real idea, initiative, or innovation challenge you want to understand more clearly.
- You are exploring a new business or innovation idea
- You are an active founder trying to validate your next move
- You lead innovation inside a company and need clearer structure
- You want a practical framework, not abstract theory
- You can spend 60–90 minutes applying the model once
- You want clarity before investing more time, budget, or resources
- You want a complete implementation system in one short course
- You expect live coaching or certification at this level
- You want a purely academic innovation theory course
- You are not willing to apply the starter exercise
- You need advanced scaling, portfolio, or team-governance training immediately
What Learners Are Saying
Real results from innovators, founders, and corporate teams who applied these methods
"The biggest value was the clarity the framework brings to innovation work. Instead of debating ideas endlessly, we learned how to structure discovery, test assumptions quickly, and make confident decisions about what to pursue next. It changed how I think about moving ideas forward."Daniel Foster
Head of Product Innovation, Digital Platform
Learn From a Practitioner, Not Just a Professor
Dr. David Griesbach
Your Lean Innovation Instructor
With years of hands-on experience helping startups, scale-ups, and large companies innovate more effectively, your instructor brings a rare combination of academic rigor and street-level practicality to Lean Innovation.
As the author of a dedicated book on Lean Innovation, they've distilled hundreds of real-world innovation projects into a clear, repeatable framework that anyone can learn and apply — regardless of industry, company size, or technical background.
This course isn't built from slides downloaded from a business school. It's built from the trenches — from running actual experiments, validating real products, and helping teams transform how they approach uncertainty and opportunity.
- Published author on Lean Innovation methodology
- Built Switzerland's first Lean Startup Master course back in 2013
- Advised startups and enterprise innovation teams globally
- Proven track record of helping teams launch validated products
Lean Innovation Guide – The Foundation Behind the Methodology
The Lean Innovation Guide documents the principles, frameworks, and practical lessons that underpin the Lean Progress Model and the training programs of the Lean Innovation Academy.
Drawing on years of research, real-world application, and continuous refinement, it captures the thinking behind a structured approach to innovation that helps founders and innovation teams move from ideas to measurable progress.
- Lean Innovation Principles
- Repeatable Innovation System
- The Lean Progress Model
- Innovation Leadership & Culture
- Turning Ideas Into Measurable Progress
- Practical Implementation Tools
Learn More About The Book And Framework →
Start Building Innovation Clarity for Less Than Most Business Books
Consider what you'd normally pay for this level of innovation training — then see what you're getting here.
€39
Optional Upgrade: Momentum Sprint Course
Turn your first Lean Progress Map into a simple validation roadmap with clear assumptions, first experiments, and next actions.
✓ Define validation objectives
✓ Plan first experiments
✓ Clarify next actions
✓ 30-day action roadmap
100%
Try It Risk-Free for 30 Days
Go through the course, apply the starter exercise, and use the Lean Progress Model on one real idea or initiative. If it does not help you gain more clarity on your next innovation move, request a full refund within 30 days.
Try It Risk-Free
Take up to 30 days to explore the course and apply the frameworks to your projects.
Not Happy? Get a Full Refund
If you're not completely satisfied for any reason, simply request a refund within 30 days.
No Questions Asked
We won't make you jump through hoops or explain why. Your satisfaction is our priority.
Frequently Asked Questions
Everything you need to know before enrolling
Is this course for future founders or only active startups?
It is for both. You can use the course to explore an early idea before building, or to bring more structure to an existing startup or innovation initiative.
How long does the course take to complete?
The core content takes approximately 60-90 minutes to complete. However, it's entirely self-paced. You can go through it in a weekend sprint or spread it over a few weeks. You also get lifetime access, so you can revisit any module whenever you need a refresher or want to apply a specific framework to a new project.
Is this only for startups, or also for corporate innovators?
The model applies to both contexts. Startup founders use it to reduce risk and validate faster. Corporate innovators use it to align teams, clarify progress, and avoid stalled initiatives.
Is this the full Lean Progress implementation system?
No. This is the starter course. It introduces the model and helps you apply it once. Deeper implementation, roadmapping, tools, and repeatable execution are covered in advanced programs.
Do I need to read the book first?
No. The course is designed to stand alone. The book provides additional background if you want to go deeper into the methodology.
Is the Momentum Sprint Course included?
No, it is an optional next step available separately.
Do I get access to future updates and new content?
Yes. When you enroll, you get lifetime access to the current course content plus all future updates, bonus materials, and new modules we add over time. As Lean Innovation methods evolve and we gather new case studies and tools, you'll receive those updates at no additional cost. Your one-time investment covers everything — now and in the future.
Stop Guessing. Start Validating.
Your Next Breakthrough Awaits.
For less than the cost of a business book, you'll get a complete innovation framework, practical templates, and lifetime access to a system used by the world's most effective founders and innovators. The only risk is waiting.