THE AGILITYFEAT BLOG
At AgilityFeat, we are more than just designers and coders. We are also thought leaders. Our team has spoken at conferences around the US, Europe, and Latin America. We were early leaders in applying agile methodologies to nearshore software development in Latin America. We shared these lessons in this blog through 2015. These days, we blog mainly about our other passion, WebRTC. Find us at https://webrtc.ventures/blog/.
Sept 26: News from the Startup Front
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...
Resort survey for DareToBeLean
Help us choose the resort for DareToBeLean! I could use your help choosing the location for the Dare To Be Lean workshop this coming January 2013! In case you don’t already know what Dare To Be Lean is, here’s the quick rundown....
3 Lessons from #MoDevTablet
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...
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...
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...
#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+...
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...
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...
Check out the Sensei demo at #Agile2012
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...
Last day at the #AgileDevLab #Agile2012!
Get your green now before it's too late! Green Cucumber tests, that is. This is the last day of the Agile Dev Lab at the Agile 2012 conference, where we are working on the website wishlisting.org for charities to use for very specific...
@Uber’s Innovation vs Regulation and Protectionism in Cambridge
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...
#AgileDevLab open at #Agile2012 to support @AHIPVA!
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...
Philly is fertile ground for startups
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. ...
Partners not clients
Looking for a Partner not a Client As developers we are constantly striving to create a valuable product for our customer, but if that development process is going to be successful then both the customer and our team have to be involved...
Crowdfunding in Boston
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...
Venture Cafe in Cambridge
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...
Babson College Demo Day
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...
Announcing Dare To Be Lean!
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...
BizDev Travels Series
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...
The Potential Pitfalls of Outsourced Development
The Potential Pitfalls of Outsourced Development If you are looking for a nearshore agile team for a project there are some common problems to look out for, or you risk losing time and money. The short and sweet summary of these problems...
Ask a #startup developer #Philly July 30
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...
Costa Rica is one of the most stable Latin American countries
I've blogged before about what a great place Costa Rica is to do business if you are considering nearshoring to Latin America, and so I want to reiterate that from another source. Here are a few paragraphs excerpted from "Doing Business...
#Startup Developer Office Hours in #Philly July 30th
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...
Ask a #startup developer #Boston July 26-27
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...
Lean Startup Vocab
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...