Category Archives: leanstartup
What are the possible career paths for an interface developer?
This depends a great deal on your personality and what you want to do. As a UX developer, you get deeply involved in how users will use the application — which lends itself well to a Product Management role. Product … Continue reading
CourseAdvisor – Capturing the Long Tail of Online Education
I’m famous! Well, not really. But there was a nice write-up in BostInnovation on CourseAdvisor and the start-up days when I worked there. I guess I started as somewhere near employee number 10. CourseAdvisor was ahead of its time in … Continue reading
Heroku | The Next Level
What if enterprise apps were built the way you’d build an agile Ruby app? What if they were a pleasure to work with, deploy, and manage? Original Post: Heroku | The Next Level. Yesterday’s acquisition of Heroku by Salesforce.com looks … Continue reading
Yoav Shapira of HubSpot on how HubSpot Implements Agile Development using Java.
I had a chance to sit down with Yoav Shapira of HubSpot recently to ask him about how HubSpot uses Scrum and how they organize their Agile development process. It was valuable and interesting — and he was kind enough … Continue reading
What’s the Little Idea?
I was reading Max Levchin‘s insightful post On Ambition (along with Bijan Sabet‘s response Does a small amount of capital lead to small companies?) and I wanted to add to the conversation. The central thesis I believe distills to this: … Continue reading
Betahouse is Expanding!
If you’re in the Boston / Cambridge area and interested in tech startups then you should know about Betahouse (if you don’t already). Jon Pierce announced today that Betahouse is expanding and offering a much more flexible set of offerings … Continue reading
“Unexpected Startup Lessons”
Very interesting article — poses the question “Is it better to spend money and go without salary to get an MBA? Or to put the same time/cash toward doing a startup. In this guy’s case, the answer was easy. The … Continue reading
Lean Startup Slideshare from Eric Ries
Been reading a lot about #leanstartup’s? Here’s a slideshare that will give you a good overall introduction to the ideas behind it. The Lean Startup View more presentations from Venture Hacks .
TechStars Graduate Localytics Raises $700K For Mobile App Analytics Suite
Mobile app analytics provider Localytics, a graduate of the 2009 TechStars Boston class, has scored approximately $700,000 in funding to add to the $18,000 it had already received from TechStars as part of the program. via TechStars Graduate Localytics Raises … Continue reading
Lean Into Spring with Lean Startup Circle Boston – Lean Startup Circle Boston (Cambridge, MA) – Meetup.com
This looks like a great networking opportunity for anyone interested in tech startups in the Boston/Cambridge area. I know a number of the people who are attending or organizing and it looks to be a great event. Lean Into Spring … Continue reading