Lean startups and/or successful open source projects
applying the agile methodology to building kick-ass products
SFD Szeged 2011
What to expect
1 statement & 2 uncomfortable questions
Basic tools of a lean startup
The Startup Genome Project
A failsafe recipe for being epic
Shameless plugs
GOAL:
a starting point to lean startup methodologies
Explain their value with paleo-ecology
Attending applying the agile methodology to building kick-ass
products by @kvantomme #custdev #szszk2011
Kristof Van Tomme
Belgian
Bio-engineer
Pronovix
Drupal architect
Entrepreneur
PM of the Drupal Association
Hungarian connection
Techno-optimist
Biotech
Drupal evangelist
Husband and Father
Strategist
CEO
PM Drupal Association
DITA
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1 statement, 2 uncomfortable questions
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The people that build Free Software are developers
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http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_grote_golf_van_Kanagawa
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As an Open Source developer you are riding a Tsunami, decoupling
value from development
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Why are we doing this?
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How are we going to keep doing this?
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/50/Pinnawala_01.jpg
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What will you do when hourly rates go down to commodity levels
with no license fees to compensate?
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Don't just burn the value! Figure out how to monetize and make
your contribution sustainable
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Run your project as a business
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What are your assumptions about your future business? Find out
with the Business Model Canvas http://bit.ly/kOSjXL
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Business Model Generation: A Handbook for Visionaries, Game
Changers, and Challengers http://amzn.to/iATiKq
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Even if you don't want to build a business...
Lean startup
Agile/Lean=Shorter feedback loops=>
Maximize learning
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Customer development = Get out of the building!
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The Entrepreneur's Guide to Customer Development: A cheat sheet
to The Four Steps to the Epiphany http://amzn.to/kmZs4P
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Got a product idea? How many minimum viable products (MVP) can
you build TODAY?
Drupal is great at MVP's
Registration form
Webform
Ultrafast prototype (Views+CCK)
Service links (for virality)
There's a module for that
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Drupal Gardens is the ultimate Minimum Viable Product factory
www.drupalgardens.com
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Pivots allow a startup to move into a more interesting market
while staying grounded in previous experience
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The startup Genome project assesses startups by measuring the
thresholds and milestones that Internet startups move through
Aaa
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What type of startup team are you? Technical Business -
mixed?
What type of startup are you?
Automizer
Social transformer
Integrator
Challenger
Sales
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What is your goal? Get rich; build an awesome product OR change
the world?
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What about the recipe for being epic?
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Value is a lot like energy, interesting stuff happens when you
can build a potential and manage a controlled release
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Open source Software like Mitochondria decouples value
deployment from value generation.
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The most epic projects are sustainable projects
Cambrian explosion
source?
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The Cambrian explosion, resulted in a large range of body plans
and life strategies in a short geological time
Evolutionary triggers
Open Source+Cloud computing+Mobile=Big value explosion
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Conclusion
4 must-do's after this presentation
Fill out a business model canvas
Read the Startup Genome Project report
Figure out what kind of project/company you are/want to be
Start building Minimal Viable Products ... NOW!
Shameless plugs
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