Nivi · April 27th, 2010
I watched most of the Startup Lessons Learned Conference from home. Thanks to the magic of justin.tv, I also brushed my teeth, had breakfast, cleaned the bathrooms, and did a couple phone calls at the same time. Here are my two favorite talks from the conference.
Steve Blank: Customer Development 2.0 “Why Accountants Don’t Run Startups”
Steve‘s talk is a must-watch. I’ve watched it twice now.
Video: Customer Development 2.0
Kent Beck: Beyond agile programming
Kent Beck is a natural speaker, brilliant, and humble to boot. Fans of agile software development and extreme programming will especially enjoy this talk. At least watch until he talks about scratching goats — that’s my favorite part.
Video: Beyond agile programming
There were many other excellent talks at the conference — see them all here. Now I’m looking forward to the Startup School conference, coming later this year.
Topics Customer Development · Lean
This presentation was fantastic and one of the best on the day. I have been reading through Steve’s books and I would highly recommend them for any entrepreneur who wants to get on the fast track and make sure their business succeeds.
Watch this, Take notes and put it into action now it will really impact your business.
Nivi, I have posted a recap of blog posts commenting on the conference at http://www.skmurphy.com/blog/2010/04/25/startup-lessons-learned-conference-coverage-roundup/ which I will update through the end of May.
Two other excellent SLLConf roundups are:
http://docs.google.com/View?id=atp5cgp89zw_396dqk483hd which has good notes for most of the sessions
http://node.typepad.com/1/2010/04/recap-from-startup-lessons-learned-2010-.html which summary of the best live tweets from the conference.