Why I love Charlottesville

AgilityFeat is based in two of my favorite places on Earth:  Charlottesville, Virginia and Costa Rica.  As I often tell people, I would rather travel a lot than move away from Charlottesville.  I’m not the only person like that around here.  This video does a...

Sept 12: News from the Startup Front

This is the first in a regular new series rounding up different blogs and articles that our team of Costa Rican Code Commandos found interesting. This “news from the startup front” will focus on agile development, startups, and anything else related to our team. The...

#LeanStartup Circle #Cville is off to a great start

There is clearly a lot of interest in lean startups in Charlottesville! Lean Startup Circle Charlottesville held our first meeting last night and it was a great success, with around 25 people attending.  Our Meetup group is now up to 42+ people, with basically no...

A #Lean Scorecard for FreshBooks

What can the story of FreshBooks teach us about lean startups and agile development?  Last week I received an email that got me thinking about that. I use Freshbooks at AgilityFeat for invoicing our customers, and it’s great.  It’s an easy way for our team...

My big takeaway from #leanDC with @ericries

Last night I attended an impromptu meeting of the #LeanDC meetup.  I say impromptu because it’s my understanding they pulled the meeting together in just a few days because Eric Ries, author of the Lean Startup, was in DC this week and so it was an opportunity...