Eric Ries Is Coming To Boulder
I’ve been interested in different approaches to software development going back to 1987 when – in my first company Feld Technologies – my partner Dave Jilk and I started talking about “semi-custom software development” (way ahead of its time). During the same period (1987 – 1990) and I did some work at MIT under Eric von Hippel on “user driven innovation with regard to software development” which today would probably fall under the heading of “open source software development approaches.”
In 2002 I became exposed to the idea of “agile software development” and subsequently was a first round investor in Rally Software which is now the market leader in Agile application lifecycle management software. Building on this, I’ve recently become fascinated with the notion of continuous deployment, a concept that has been popularized by Eric Ries and others.
I gave a talk at the fbFund Rev program about a month ago on the same day that Eric gave a talk. Since I was hanging around for the day, I listened to Eric’s talk, which was great. I mentioned it to David Cohen at TechStars who told me that he had been emailing with Eric about having Eric come to Boulder to do his thing.
Eric has decided to come to Boulder on 8/19 and 8/20 and give two talks. The first – on 8/19 – will be about The Lean Startup and will happen over dinner, followed by a moderated table discussion and then a final Q&A with Eric. Tickets include dinner with a discounted price is available for early stage entrepreneurs and students.
On 8/20, Eric will lead a half day in-depth workshop on the Lean Startup. This is a great chance to really go deep on some of the concepts behind building Lean Startups. A limited number of tickets are also available for this workshop. Early bird pricing expires on August 6th.
Eric has superb ideas around software development and lots of experience to back it up – it’s awesome that he’s coming to Boulder to share some of this with the community here.
Will you guys be recording this for people who cant make it?
The half day workshop won't be recorded. I'm not sure about the dinner – I'll ask Eric and post back here.
not sure about the dinner? man that was the part i was wanting to watch, who cares about the rest =P
I saw Eric's Lean Startup presentation at a Texchange event here in Austin and highly recommend you attend if you have the chance.
Yeah, I was going to film us all eating. Yeah, the talk part of it!
Hey Brad-
Would love if there was a live stream set up. Any chance of that?
I'll also ping Dave on this.
Cheers,
Ryan
Chauncey – You really need to get your ass up to Boulder. Just do it! Heather and I will even pick you up at the airport if you'd like.
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But don't you think that there's a lot of groupthink in software development, in the sense that everyone jumps on some new bandwagon, despite the lack of any proof that it works better, and then you're ostracized if you dare to suggest that maybe it's a stupid idea?
[...] @ksowocki What are Brad’s thoughts on the Lean Startup methodology coming from @ericries / IMVU ? I saw Eric Ries present his Lean Startup ideas a month or so ago and really enjoyed it. I’ve been a big fan of his blog and think he’s gone some great ideas. I particularly like the notion of continuous deployment. If you are interested, Eric is coming to Boulder on 8/19 and 8/20. [...]
You know who else is coming to Boulder….Me! My partner Toby and I founded a music company in 2005, sold it to BM in 2008 and have just left to start a new gig. We're relocating ourselves from LA to Boulder in the upcoming few weeks and are very excited to join the amazing folks already there.
Awesome! Email me if you need a tour guide to the entrepreneurial scene and I’ll hook you up.