Startup Lessons Learned 2011 Roundup

This is a recap of the presentations from the 2011 Startup Lessons  Learned Conference. My intent is to provide links to the presentations, videos, and relevant blog post for each session.

Update Aug-5-2014: none of the Justin.TV links resolve at this point because of their exit from the video hosting business. As I find other sources for the video I will correct the broken links. The conference personnel have recovered the 2010 presentations but have yet to post the 2011 videos.

• “State of the Lean Startup Movement” by Eric Ries,  Startup Lessons Learned Blog
  • Slides:  “Welcome to the Lean Startup Movement“
  • “The Start Something Startups” by Grace Eyre
  • Mind Map of Eric Ries Keynote at SLLConf 2011 by Udi H. Bauman
• “Conversation with Mitch Kapor and Eric Ries”
  • Speaker: Mitch Kapor (@mkapor) – Managing Partner, Kapor Capital
• Case Study:  Votizen, How and When to Pivot
  • Speaker: David Binetti (@dbinetti)- Founder and CEO, Votizen
  • Slides: Votizen Case Study & “When and How to Pivot“
• Case Study: Wealthfront’s Continuous Deployment in an SEC-Regulated Environment
  • Speaker: Pascal-Louis Perez (@pascallouis) VP Engineering and CTO, Wealthfront
  • Slides: Continuous Deployment in an SEC Regulated Environment
• A Conversation with Intuit CEO Brad Smith and Eric Ries
  • Speaker: Brad Smith (@intuitinc) – President and CEO, Intuit
• Food on the Table One Year Later: From the Concierge Minimum Viable Product to a Scalable Business
  • Speaker: Manuel Rosso (@manuelrosso), Founder, Food on the Table
  • Slides: “From Concierge MVP to Scalable Business“
• IGN Entertainment Case Study: “BigCo Lessons Learned”
  • Speakers:
    • Roy Bahat (@roybahat) President, IGN Entertainment
    • Tony Ford (@tony4d)- Dir of Engineering, IGN Entertainment
  • Slides: “Lean Startup at IGN“
• Case Study: “The Epic Pivot – Heroku’s Story”
  • Speaker: Adam Wiggins (@hirodusk) – Co-Founder, Heroku
• Afternoon Overview by Eric Ries, Startup Lessons Learned
• Design + Lean Startup = Lean UX
  • Panel:
    • Janice Fraser (@clevergirl)- CEO, LUXr
      • Slides: “Fuzzy Bunnies“
    • Tim McCoy (@seriouslynow) – Dir Integrated Product Development, Cooper Design
      • Slides: “Product Stewardship“
    • Jeff Gothelf  (@jboogie) Director of User Experience, TheLadders
      • Slides: “How TheLadders.com Got Out of the Deliverables Business“
    • Josh Seiden – Program Director, LUXr NYC
      • Slides:  “How To Work With a Designer“
      • Blog post “LeanUX Panel at Startup Lessons Learned 2011“
    • Zach Larson (@zachlarson)- Entrepreneur/Former CPO, SideReel
      • Slides: “We Wrote On The Walls“
• Keynote:  When The Board Room is Bits
  • Steve Blank (@sgblank)
  • “Why Board Meetings Suck” by Steve Blank
  • “Reinventing the Board Meeting — Virtual Valley Ventures” by Steve Blank
  • “Transparency: It’s Bigger Than Boardroom Bits” by Steven Milstein
• Case Study:  Dropbox, Epic Scale, One Year Later
  • Speaker: Drew Houston (@drewhouston) – Co-Founder and CEO, Dropbox
• Case Study: Agile Practices Applied to Sales and Marketing
  • Speaker: Clara Shih (@clarashih) – Founder and CEO, Hearsay Social
  • Case Study’ “Hearsay Social Lessons Learned“
• Case Study: IMVU, One Year Later
  • Speaker: James Birchler (@jamesbirchler) – Director of Engineering, IMVU
  • Slides: “Learning From Experiments at IMVU“
• Case Study: Groupon, Using Lean Startup Principles to Manage Hypergrowth
  • Speaker: Suneel Gupta (@guptathink) – VP Product, Groupon
• Closing Remarks by Eric Ries, Startup Lessons Learned

Overviews

• Eric Santos: “Quotes From SLLConf 2011“
• Morgan Linton: “Reflections on Startup Lessons Learned 2011“
• John Manoogian: “My Notes From Startup Lessons Learned Conference 2011“
• Vincent van Wylick “Thoughts About Startup Lessons Learned Conference“

Remote Locations

• Venkat Ramana “Startup Lessons Learned Simulcast in Chennai India“

Notes:

• Last year: 2010 Startup Lessons Learned Conference Coverage Roundup