Trevor Owens
Trevor Owens is an entrepreneur, investor and author who ran the lean startup training program Lean Startup Machine, founded the enterprise software company Javelin, co-wrote The Lean Enterprise with Obie Fernandez and later managed the Bitcoin-focused Bitcoin Frontier Fund. In 2026 he was head of cafe expansion at the AI insurance company CorgiCorgiCorgi, founded in 2024, is a San Francisco financial technology company with businesses in AI-powered insurance and ETFs.Open the full entry until he was dismissed in September.
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Key facts
2010–2013Lean Startup Machine
From 2010 to 2013 Owens ran Lean Startup Machine, whose workshops reached more than 150 cities.[1]
2014–2019Javelin
Owens founded Javelin and served as its CEO; it was an enterprise software company that helped innovators test the viability of new product ideas.[2]
He lists Javelin as running from 2014 to 2019, a Techstars company that raised $2 million.[1]
March 2014The Lean Enterprise
In March 2014 Wiley published The Lean Enterprise: How Corporations Can Innovate Like Startups, co-written by Owens and Obie Fernandez, on how large companies can adopt lean startup methods.[3]
2021–2026Bitcoin Frontier Fund
In August 2023 the Bitcoin Frontier Fund, led by Owens and formerly known as Stacks Ventures, launched an accelerator for Ordinals startups offering $100,000 seed investments and mentorship. Under its previous name the fund had raised $7 million.[4]
He lists the fund as running from 2021 to 2026 and backing more than 80 companies.[1]
2026Corgi
As head of cafe expansion at the AI insurance company Corgi, Owens announced the opening of its Dogpatch cafe in San Francisco, saying it had been built in 28 days.[5]
In September 2026 Corgi dismissed Owens; in an email to brokers, he said the company was scaling back its plan to open 100 locations.[6]
Sources
- Trevor Owens | Entrepreneur, Investor & Author (opens in a new window)
- Trevor Owens on Lean Startup Machine and The Lean Enterprise (opens in a new window)
- The Lean Enterprise: How Corporations Can Innovate Like Startups (opens in a new window)
- Bitcoin Frontier Fund Launches Accelerator to Boost Ordinals Adoption (opens in a new window)
- My first cafe for Corgi is officially live in San Francisco … | Trevor Owens (opens in a new window)
- Selling AI insurance was hard enough. Then they got into the cafe business (opens in a new window)