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Q&A on Startups, DevOps, and Agile

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Raj Bhargava (CEO of JumpCloud ) and I have been talking about how startups can leverage DevOps and Agile more. The post Q&A on Startups, DevOps, and Agile appeared first on Feld Thoughts. We created a conference on DevOps last year for our portfolio companies and it was a huge hit.

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Rally Software Acquired By CA Technologies for $480 Million

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I can’t remember if Ryan used the word Agile at that time, but I remember scribbles on a white board that listed out all the different software that Ryan had used at BEA to manage his dev team and how maddening it was to try to integrate information in Word, Excel, Project, a dev workbench, a set of testing tools, and the support / QA system.

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Get Your FAAAC On!

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Last week, in the midst of Denver Startup Week, we had a full day Foundry Group Exec conference. Amongst other things, it describes a start-upper’s most valuable core attributes: fire, ability, agility, adaptability, and clear, concise communication skills. We had seven topics of one hour each, led by a different set of execs.

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Rally Gives $1.3 Million To The Boulder Community

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Part of that vision became the agile software development products that Rally makes. At the time, no one really knew how this would end up, but we all believed that it was important for the local startup community (which included companies anywhere in Colorado, not just Boulder) to give back to the community that helped support it.

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Q&A With The Founders Of AgileZen

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Recently AgileZen has topped the leaderboard for TwtPick.in’s survey on tools and services for a lean startup. And, if you are a software developer using Lean or Agile methodologies, take a look at Rally and AgileZen. AgileZen was one such company and the acquisition has been a successful one for everyone.

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StartUp: Learning Entrepreneurism – New Course at CU Boulder Digital Works

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As entrepreneurship in Boulder continues to grow, Boulder Digital Works is offering a new course with Robert Reich (co-founder of OpenSpace, OneRiot, and the Boulder New Tech Meetup) called StartUp: Learning Entrepreneurism. Download detailed information and an application for StartUp: Learning Entrepreneurism if you are interested.

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Accelerating Technology Change and Continuous Learning

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Though the notion of a “lean startup” that uses both Agile and Customer Development approaches is ostensibly strongly customer focused, the purpose of these methodologies is for the company to find an maximize its market, not specifically to optimize the user experience. I think he totally nails it. What do you think?