Ash Maurya is the creator of the one-page busi-ness modeling tool Lean Canvas and the author of Running Lean. He regularly hosts sold-out workshops around the world, serves as a mentor to several accel-erators, including TechStars, Accelerace, and Slingshot, and guest lectures at several universities, including MIT, Harvard, and the University of Texas, Austin. He serves on the advisory board of a number of startups, consults for new and established companies, and contributes to leading business publications and websites. He lives in Austin, Texas.
