Overview
The Startup Lessons Learned Conference (#sllconf) was Friday April 23rd, 2010. This post is an effort to capture press coverage and blog commentary on the conference that will be of use to entrepreneurs. I will update it periodically through the end of May 2010 as I become aware of new blog posts. Please feel free to contact me and suggest a post you have found useful.
The conference was streamed live to more than 60 locations by Justin.tv, their video archive is at http://www.justin.tv/startuplessonslearned/all If you missed the conference and are planning to watch the videos I would encourage you to read this blog post first: “Tips for Getting the Most Out of the Startup Lessons Learned Conference (SLLConf)”
9AM Welcome and Opening
by Eric Ries, Startup Lessons Learned Blog
video http://www.justin.tv/startuplessonslearned/b/262656024
slides http://www.slideshare.net/startuplessonslearned/2010-04-23-startup-lesso...
Sarah Allen “Lean Startup Keynote“
9:30AM To Agility, and Beyond
by Kent Beck, Three Rivers Institute
video http://www.justin.tv/startuplessonslearned/b/262656520
slides http://www.slideshare.net/KentBeck/to-agility-and-beyond
Kent Beck “The Learn/Measure/Build Cycle“
William Pietri “Responsible Technical Debt: Not An Oxymoron“
Steve Freeman “Not a Charter for Hackers“
Sarah Allen “Beyond Agile Development” and “Finding the Itchy Spot“
10:20AM Continuous Deployment Case Study: WiredReach
by Ash Maurya, WiredReach
video http://www.justin.tv/startuplessonslearned/b/262656299
slides not yet
10:40AM Agile Development Case Study: Grockit
by Farb Nivi, Grockit
video http://www.justin.tv/startuplessonslearned/b/262658135
slides (not yet) http://twitter.com/farbood/status/12829836776
11AM Case Study: But Does It Scale?
by James Birchler, Brett G. Durrett, and Tim Fitz, IMVU
video http://www.justin.tv/startuplessonslearned/b/262659233
slides not yet
11:30AM Panel “But What About Design?”
moderator: Dave McClure, 500 Hats; Panelists:
Andrew Chen, Futuristic Play
Siqi Chen, Zynga
Laura Klein, Users Know
Rashmi Sinha, SlideShare
video http://www.justin.tv/startuplessonslearned/b/262665259
1:15PM “Conversation: Getting to Plan B”
with Eric Ries and Randy Komisar, KPCB
video not yet
Silicon Valley Entrepreneur interview on “Getting to Plan B“
Books discussed: “Monk and the Riddle” and “Getting to Plan B“
2PM Minimum Viable Product Case Study: Aardvark
by Damon Horowitz and Max Ventilla of Aardvark/Google
video http://www.justin.tv/startuplessonslearned/b/262666394
WSJ: “Why Startups Must Pay Attention to What’s Behind the Curtain“
Aardvark “Anatomy of a Large Scale Social Search Engine“
2:20PM Pivot Case Study: Flowtown
by Ethan Bloch and Dan Martell of Flowtown
video http://www.justin.tv/startuplessonslearned/b/262667025
slides not yet
2:40PM Pivot Case Study: KISSMetrics
by Hiten Shah, KISSMetrics
video http://www.justin.tv/startuplessonslearned/b/262668427
slide http://www.slideshare.net/hnshah/kissmetrics-case-study-about-pivots
3:30PM Customer Development 2.0: Why Accountants Don’t Run Startups
by Steve Blank
video http://www.justin.tv/startuplessonslearned/b/262670582
slides http://www.slideshare.net/sblank/why-accountants-dont-run-startups-sllc
Sarah Allen “Startups Search for a Business Model“
4:15PM Is Customer Development Marketing? Food on the Table Case Study
by Manuel Rosso, Food on the Table
video http://www.justin.tv/startuplessonslearned/b/262671499
slides http://www.slideshare.net/startuplessonslearned/food-on-the-table-case-s...
Paul Trebilco “Startup Lesson #1“
4:35PM Customer Development Case Study: Dropbox
by Drew Houston, Dropbox
video http://www.justin.tv/startuplessonslearned/b/262672510
slides http://www.slideshare.net/gueste94e4c/dropbox-startup-lessons-learned-38...
PPT http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2/Dropbox%20-%20Startup%20Lessons%20Learned.ppt
4:55PM Customer Development Case Study: PBWorks
by David Weekly, PBworks
video http://www.justin.tv/startuplessonslearned/b/262673321
slides not yet
5:15PM Customer Development Panel: But Who Should Actually Get Out of the Building?
moderator Sean Ellis, 12in6; Panelists:
Cindy Alvarez, KISSMetrics
David Binetti, Votizen
Brant Cooper, Market By Numbers
Matt Johnson, Grockit
video http://www.justin.tv/startuplessonslearned/b/262674992
Summaries & Overviews That Apply to More Than One Talk or Session
Startup Lessons Learned Conference Notes – Fri, April 23, 2010 by Troy Angrignon, (@troyangrignon), Ali Sohani (@alisohani), Grishma Govani (@strangeloops), Sarah Allen (@ultrasaurus), Kevin Donaldson et. al.
Kevin Donaldson “Summary of Startup Lessons Learned Conference“
Mathew Mahoney “Twitter Recap of Startup Lessons Learned Conference“
NYT: “The Rise of the Fleet Footed Startup“
Nathan Artz “Tricks Learned from Startups Lessons Learned Conference“
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