These aren't "scholarships" they are free passes to conferences and the write up is marketing for those conferences. "Lean Startup" is the new agile - more

These aren't "scholarships" they are free passes to conferences and the write up is marketing for those conferences. "Lean Startup" is the new agile - more consultants, gurus and conferences than actual (startup) activity. Imo Eric Ries jumped the shark when he transitioned to being a conference speaker/consultant than actually building stuff and running startups.