Alistair Croll
Croll attended Dalhousie University where he received a B.Comm degree.
Alistair Croll is a bestselling author, conference organizer, and founder. He co-founded Coradiant (the web performance pioneer), along with the Year One Labs accelerator. He’s launched and chaired some of the world’s leading events on cloud computing, network performance, digital government, and big data and AI.
He has written books, one of which (
Lean Analytics) has been translated into over 10 languages and is considered widely to be required reading for startup founders.
Alistair has served as a Visiting Executive at Harvard Business School, lectured on numerous campuses in Europe and North America, and spoken on stage in over 20 countries.
Propose, Prepare, Present: How to Become a successful, effective, and popular speaker at industry conferences takes you behind-the-scenes of the conference process, illustrating how to plan, submit, and deliver a talk that truly matters. Alistair, event organizer, provides you with numerous examples based upon his experience with a wide range of conferences. These include Web2Expo, O’Reilly’s Strata, TOC Conferences, and Velocity.
Every year, tens of thousands of companies (from aspiring upstarts to industry giants) apply to speak at conferences. They pump millions of bucks into these events, hoping they can find some new customers, strengthen their brand, and meet some new partners. But sadly for them, things do not quite go that way. Submitted topics aren’t picked; and when they are, they come across as tone deaf sales pitches.
Lean Analytics: Use Data to Build a Better Startup Faster steers you in the right direction. Whether you’re a startup founder attempting to disrupt an industry or an entrepreneur attempting to provoke some change from within, your toughest challenge is creating some product that people truly want.
Here is a book which shows you how to validate your initial idea, locate the right customers, decide what you should build, how to monetize your business, and how to spread the word. Full of over 30 case studies and insights from more than 100 business experts, this book provides you with hard-won and real-world information that no entrepreneur can possibly afford to go without.
Look at 6 sample business models and how they map to new ventures of all sizes. Understand Lean Startup, analytics fundamentals, and the data-driven mindset. Find the One Metric That Matters to you. Learn how to draw a line in the sand, so that you’ll know it’s time to move forward. Apply Lean Analytics principles to large enterprises and established products.
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Alistair Croll: F.A.Q
What was the first book Alistair Croll wrote?
The first book written by Alistair Croll was Managing Bandwidth, published in 1999.
What was the most recent book Alistair Croll wrote?
His most recently released work was Just Evil Enough on March 6th, 2025.
Will there be any more books by Alistair Croll?
Alistair Croll does not have any upcoming books with a set publication date within the next few months at this time.
How many books has Alistair Croll written?
Alistair Croll has written 5 books. All of his books are Non-Fiction Books.