Lucas Carlson

Lucas Carlson is an author (fiction and non-fiction) and entrepreneur, profiled in The New York Times best-selling book The Lean Entrepreneur. As a keynote speaker in the technology arena and innovation leader in the cloud space, Lucas helps companies discover opportunities for growth. Lucas is also a publisher and popular blogger at www.craftsmanfounder.com, where he guides entrepreneurs toward success.Lucas was formerly the CEO and founder of AppFog, a massively popular startup acquired by CenturyLink in 2013. AppFog signed up more than 100,000 developers, raised nearly $10M in venture funding and has become an industry leading Platform-as-a-Service.He moved to Paris with his family, plays go, practices magic and plows through as many books as humanly possible.