January 9th - 11th, 2013 will be the dates that you learn how to make your startup dreams a reality. DareToBeLean is going to be a great 3 day workshop, on the beach in Tamarindo Costa Rica, that covers everything you need to know to...
I'm very pleased to say that I will be presenting an Ignite talk at the Lean Startup Conference in San Francisco in December. I will talk about some anti-patterns that I see in software development for startups. In short, my advice is...
In this week's “news from the startup front”, here's what our team of code commandos is reading, writing and watching: Patrick Vlaskovits, “The Lean Entrepreneur” to kick-off DareToBeLean AgilityFeat joins C3 working space in Cambridge MA...
AgilityFeat is now a proud member of the C3 co-working space in the Cambridge Innovation Center! Home of the Venture Cafe every Thursday, and over 400 start-ups every day, this is a great organization we are now proud to be part of! ...
Patrick Vlaskovits to lead Customer Development workshop at D2BL2013 3-day workshop to be held on the beach in Costa Rica Software development firm AgilityFeat is pleased to announce that Patrick Vlaskovits will be leading a full day...
My wife and I love the TV show "The Big Bang Theory." And given the name of the show, this clip is particularly funny to me because software betas are discussed in the context of a relationship. Leonard and Penny are flirting with the...
In this week's “news from the startup front”, here's what our team of code commandos is reading, writing and watching: Save the date for DareToBeLean Jan 9-11 2013! Resort Survey for DareToBeLean Report from MoDevTablet in Washington DC...
Does your startup have a mobile application component? You're certainly not alone, and that app should be more than just a mobile-aware website. That's one thing that I heard repeated at the #MoDevTablet conference last Friday just...
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...
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+...
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...
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...
Today's your last day to see what the buzz is about Sensei and Agile Retrospectives at Agile 2012! Lithespeed has launched their Sensei product into beta, and we at AgilityFeat are particularly proud of it because our team of Costa Rican...
Uber is a very cool and innovative company whose mobile app makes it easier to hail a private limo service. This is the kind of great startup that any innovative city's government should be excited to have serving their area. But...
The Agile Dev Lab is open for business at Agile 2012 in Dallas Texas! This week we will be here from 9am-5pm Tuesday - Thursday doing Acceptance Test Driven Development (ATDD) with Cucumber and Ruby to build the website wishlisting.org...
This post is part of my ongoing "BizDev Travels" series. Philadelphia, PA - July 30 2012 I made a stop in Philadelphia on Monday July 30 as part of my recent biz dev travels. There's a lot going on in Philadelphia's entrepreneur scene. ...
This post is part of my ongoing "BizDev Travels" series. Boston, Massachusetts - July 26 2012 The final stop of my day on Thursday was to a meetup for crowdfunding. This was billed as the first ever in person crowd funding event in the...
This post is part of my ongoing "BizDev Travels" series. Cambridge, Massachusetts - July 26 2012 After my previous visit to Babson College's Demo Day, I headed over to 1 Broadway in Cambridge to check out the regular Thursday gathering...
This post is part of my ongoing "BizDev Travels" series. Babson Park, Massachusetts - July 26 2012 I spent two days in the Boston area, and I had intended for my first stop to be a morning meeting up of entrepreneurs, but traffic in New...
I hinted at it previously, but now the fancy landing page is ready and I am proud to invite you to join us in Costa Rica in early 2013 for an awesome 3 day hands on workshop for entrepreneurs! The workshop is called Dare To Be Lean, and...
If business development is all about meeting people, then I'm going to be doing more classic customer development and "get out of the office." My plan to promote AgilityFeat's development services and our upcoming DareToBeLean workshop...
Do you have a project idea but don't know what it will take to get it done? Do you have a software development project going now but need a different perspective? I love meeting with other entrepreneurs and startups and talking tech. I've...
Are you an entrepreneur, investor, or startup developer in Philadelphia? Let's meet and talk startups! My Office Hours Do you have pressing questions about your startup you would like to ask a developer and entrepreneur? I'd love to give...
Do you have a project idea but don't know what it will take to get it done? Do you have a software development project going now but need a different perspective? I love meeting with other entrepreneurs and startups and talking tech. I've...
Words to know and live by for a lean Startup Here at Agility Feat we use Lean methods to keep our business responsive and effective. But what does it mean to be Lean? Listed below are some of the core concepts of being Lean that we...