{"685368":{"#nid":"685368","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Minimum Lovable Interaction: Introducing HCI frameworks as part of the \u0022zero to one\u0022 startup creation phase","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESpeaker:\u003C\/strong\u003E Rahul Saxena, Director of CREATE-X at Georgia Tech\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbstract: \u003C\/strong\u003ETreat a startup not as \u201ca product to ship,\u201d but as a socio-technical interaction system to be iterated until the smallest repeatable interaction reliably creates user progress. Optimize that interaction first; everything else (features, pricing, growth) composes around it.\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBio:\u003C\/strong\u003E Rahul Saxena is the Director of CREATE-X at Georgia Tech and previously served as Associate Director for the program\u2019s Startup Launch accelerator. His career spans roles as a venture capitalist, startup CEO, entrepreneur, mechatronic design engineer, and published academic researcher.\u003Cbr\u003ESaxena earned his Bachelor\u2019s and Master\u2019s degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Georgia Tech, a European Master\u2019s degree in Fluid Mechanics from the Von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics, and an MBA from Emory University. He spent a decade with Seraph Group, a hybrid angel\/venture capital firm, where he evaluated and invested in early-stage companies across all industries. During that time, he also served as CEO of a portfolio company and sat on multiple boards, with several companies achieving successful acquisitions.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E----\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch2\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EIPaT: GVU Lunch Lecture Series\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe IPaT: GVU Lunch Lecture Series is free and features guest speakers presenting on topics related to people-centered technologies and their impact on society. Lunch is provided at 12:00 p.m. and the talks begin at 12:30 p.m. Join us weekly or watch video replays. Most lectures are held in the Hodges Room, 3rd floor, Centergy One building in Technology Square.\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/ipat\/lunch-lectures\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003Ehttps:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/ipat\/lunch-lectures\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIn the zero to one phase, introducing HCI as part of the venture creation Lean Startup process\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"In the zero to one phase, introducing HCI as part of the venture creation Lean Startup process"}],"uid":"27513","created_gmt":"2025-09-29 17:08:45","changed_gmt":"2025-09-29 17:13:54","author":"Walter Rich","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2025-10-02T12:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2025-10-02T13:30:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2025-10-02T13:30:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2025-10-02 16:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2025-10-02 17:30:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2025-10-02 17:30:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"location":"Hodges Room, 3rd floor, Centergy One building in Technology Square","extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"69599","name":"IPaT"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"188084","name":"go-ipat"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"177814","name":"Postdoc"},{"id":"78771","name":"Public"},{"id":"174045","name":"Graduate students"},{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}