Startup Lessons Learned Conference Coverage Roundup

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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)”

Welcome and Opening

by Eric Ries,  Startup Lessons Learned Blog

• video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqSUn17sJzw
  (was http://www.justin.tv/startuplessonslearned/b/262656024 )
• slides http://www.slideshare.net/startuplessonslearned/2010-04-23-startup-lessons-learned-conference-welcome-slides-by-eric-ries-sllconf
• Sarah Allen “Lean Startup Keynote“

Keynote: To Agility, and Beyond

by Kent Beck, Three Rivers Institute

• video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4qldY0g_dI
  (was 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” (Part 2: “Lean Startup Kanban Board“)
• Steve Freeman “Not a Charter for Hackers“
• Sarah Allen “Beyond Agile Development” and “Finding the Itchy Spot“
• Osma Ahvenlampi “A New Lean Startup Manifesto“
• Eric Santos “Revisando o Manifesto Ágil – notas da palestra do Kent Beck na SLLConf“

Continuous Deployment Case Study: WiredReach

by Ash Maurya, Cloudflare

• video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26ajz9bBJqI
  (was http://www.justin.tv/startuplessonslearned/b/262656299 )
• slides http://www.slideshare.net/ashmaurya/continuous-deployment-startup-lessons-learned

Agile Development Case Study: Grockit

by Farb Nivi, Grockit

• video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUH6-Tc9yGI
  (was http://www.justin.tv/startuplessonslearned/b/262658135 )
• slides (not yet) http://twitter.com/farbood/status/12829836776

Case Study: But Does It Scale?

by James Birchler, Brett G. Durrett, and Tim Fitz, IMVU

• video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAw7xK3uGpU
  (was http://www.justin.tv/startuplessonslearned/b/262659233 )
• slides: “IMVU: But Does it Scale?“

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 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDiBraAvEfU
  (was http://www.justin.tv/startuplessonslearned/b/262665259 )

Conversation: “Getting to Plan B”

with Eric Ries and Randy Komisar, KPCB

• video never made available; alternate video Stanford E-Corner “Getting to Plan B“
• Silicon Valley Entrepreneur interview on “Getting to Plan B“
• Books discussed:  “Monk and the Riddle” and “Getting to Plan B“
• MIT/SMR  “A Business Plan? Or a Journey to Plan B?” (in particular see worksheet examples)
• VentureBeat “Randy Komisar: Maybe Web Startups Don’t Need Venture Capital“
• Dave Concannon’s “Book Review of Getting to Plan B“

Minimum Viable Product Case Study: Aardvark

by Damon Horowitz and Max Ventilla of Aardvark/Google

• video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LeNL4OJDnQ
  (was 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“

Pivot Case Study: Flowtown

by Ethan Bloch and Dan Martell of Flowtown

• video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLgaFR3ZxxQ
  (was http://www.justin.tv/startuplessonslearned/b/262667025 )
• slides: “Pivot Case Study: Flowtown“

Pivot Case Study: KISSMetrics

by Hiten Shah, KISSMetrics

• video not recovered from justin.tv
  (was http://www.justin.tv/startuplessonslearned/b/262668427 )
• slide http://www.slideshare.net/hnshah/kissmetrics-case-study-about-pivots

Customer Development 2.0: Why Accountants Don’t Run Startups

by Steve Blank

• video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMKV8_zopwY
  (was 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“
• Venture Hacks “Two Great Talks from SLLConf“
• Sean Murphy “Steve Blank Plans to Crowdsource E-Schools“
• Alexander Mimram “If You Want to Start a Startup Leave Your MBA Behind“

Is Customer Development Marketing? Food on the Table Case Study

by Manuel Rosso, Food on the Table

• video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgT3_R9J65w
  (was http://www.justin.tv/startuplessonslearned/b/262671499
• slides http://www.slideshare.net/startuplessonslearned/food-on-the-table-case-study-at-sllconf-by-manuel-rosso
• Paul Trebilco “Startup Lesson #1“

Customer Development Case Study: Dropbox

by Drew Houston, Dropbox

• video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9hg-mUx8sE
  (was http://www.justin.tv/startuplessonslearned/b/262672510 )
• slides http://www.slideshare.net/gueste94e4c/dropbox-startup-lessons-learned-3836587
• PPT http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2/Dropbox%20-%20Startup%20Lessons%20Learned.ppt
• Joshua Porter “Search Engines Don’t Create Intent, They Harvest It“

Customer Development Case Study: PBWorks

by David Weekly, PBworks

• video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geF6AIOLkRI
  (was http://www.justin.tv/startuplessonslearned/b/262673321 )
• slides: “PBWorks Case Study at SLLConf“

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 not recovered from justin.tv
  http://www.justin.tv/startuplessonslearned/b/262674992
• Brant Cooper “Intermediate MVPs“

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“
• SLLConf on slideshare:  http://www.slideshare.net/sllconf
• Adam Wiggins “Startup Lessons Learned“
• Steve Blank “Woodstock for Entrepreneurs: the Startup Lessons Learned Conference“
• Anand Rajaram “Drinking from the Fire-hose – Lessons I learned from the Startup Lessons Learned Conference : Part 1“
• Michael Denomy “Startup Lessons Learned Conference“
• Deyan Vitanov “What’s Bugging Me About the Lean Startup: Promoting a Mindset of Marginal Incrementalism“
• Kurt Carr “My Lessons Learned” Intro, Part 1, Part2
• Alan Cooper “To Pivot, Or Not To Pivot“
• Richard Jordan “Live Blogging Startup Lessons Learned Conference“
• Damien Detcherry “Review of the lean start up conference: ‘Start up lessons, San Francisco, April 23th, 2010’“
• Tristan Kromer “Top Takeaway From Startup Lessons Learned“
• Tristan Kromer “Customer Development with Network Effects“

Remote Sites Recap

• Mathew Mamet “Startup Lessons Learned in Boston“
• Desmond Pieri “I did not learn anything new at Friday’s Lean Startup Conference; And that’s good!“
• Start Europe “STARTup Lounge Vienna #1 Roundup“

I will update this list 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.