Written by Ford | Oct 25, 2013 | Agile, Events, Lean Startup
Last night I had the pleasure of attending Boston’s Lean Startup Circle, titled “Sprinting Towards Innovation”. Lead by C. Todd Lombardo the Principal Innovation Catalyst at Constant Contact, the evening was a very hands-on event that focused on a...
Written by Ford | Oct 21, 2013 | Agile, Lean Startup, Startups
Agile methodologies in software development have been around for a long time. The Agile Manifesto was written almost 13 years ago in fact. Initially a hit with developers who were struggling to find a better way to build software, Agile thinking has been adopted...
Written by Ford | Oct 3, 2013 | Agile, Lean Startup, Nearshore Agile, Outsource
Last weekend I attended Lean Startup Machine in Boston. It was a learning-packed 72 hours and I think all entrepreneurs should attend one. In addition to the hands-on exercises applying Lean Startup Methodologies, it was a great way to meet other entrepreneurs and be...
Written by Ford | Sep 11, 2013 | Lean Startup
Eric Ries recently posted an article on LinkedIn called “Five Ways You May Be Failing Your Company (Or Making It Fail Itself)”. The takeaways were culled in-part from last year’s Lean Startup Conference. The article offers succinct, actionable advice for...
Written by Ford | Jun 7, 2013 | Agile, Lean Startup
Last week I went to the Lean Start-up Meetup in Boston where Florian Motlik of Codeship lead a discussion with Amos Benninga from GrabCad, Dan Rowe from ETSY and Ken Eimer from InsightSquared on Continuous Deployment. The presentation was excellent, a great mix of...
Written by Ford | May 28, 2013 | Agile, Lean Startup, Startups
You got to know when to hold em.. We’re believers in Lean Startup here at AgilityFeat. In addition to our boutique UX/ Design and Software Development Services, we’re working on a few business ideas to scratch our collective entrepreneurial itches. One of those...
