Come celebrate the launch of Alex's first new book since the global phenomenon Business Model Generation. Hosted by Bob Dorf (co-author of the Startup Owner's Manual), this event includes a live remote Q&A with the authors (via Skype). You don’t want to miss the beginning of this next wave. Be sure to ask your questions on Twitter with the hashtags: #VPDesign and #VPDNYC before and during the event. Dr. Alexander Osterwalder is the lead author of the international bestseller Business Model Generation, passionate entrepreneur, and demanded speaker. He co-founded Strategyzer, a software company specializing in tools and content for strategic management and innovation. Dr. Osterwalder invented the “Business Model Canvas,” the strategic management tool to design, test, build, and manage business models. Follow him online @alexosterwalder. One of the world’s foremost lean startup and corporate lean innovation experts, Bob Dorf co-authored the Startup Owner’s Manual, a bestseller in a dozen languages that details the lean process guiding hundreds of thousands of startups and intrapreneurs plus at least 350 university classrooms worldwide. He's a teacher and lecturer lecturer on the powerful Customer Development methodology. A top-rated global keynote speaker and workshop leader, Bob travels the world training corporate and startup innovators alike.