We're about lean organizations in general, and about applying lean thinking to software companies in specific. Lean Software Development can be used to improve the effectiveness of teams that may already be using agile software methods. This meetup is about exploring the philosophy of systems thinking and theory of constraints as it applies to software development.

We work under the principles that there are three key elements to start with that will create a successful startup: good people, a product the market actually wants, and money (either by spending as little money as possible or having access to enough money to it see through to customer interaction). Startups that fail at any one of these three key elements will likely fail. But all three are doable. And that’s what makes startups so exciting – they may be hard but they are doable. Cofounder Clu …

Are you a Code Ninja, Design/UX Maestro, Business Hustler, Domain Guru or Superhero of all these trades? Then you are in the right place - Welcome to StartupMonthly!   From ZERO to Startup in ONE Month!   StartupMonthly is an organization based in Silicon Valley which is devoted to helping entrepreneurship communities around the world create, quickly innovate, and grow high tech startups. StartupMonthly is run by a team of entrepreneurs that brings together a community of forward thinking an …

I love helping startups think through how to solve their problems, especially when it comes to building awareness and acquiring early customers. Unfortunately, it isn't scaling for me to go to coffee, lunch or drinks with someone every day. So I'm starting office hours. What I can promise: I will be there to meet, and I will hang out the whole time so you can show up late, even if no one else is around.

… CLINE actively leans away from engineering and toward science. There is something about the immediacy of writing code and designing hardware that grabs hold of our brain, holds us down in the trees, and won't let us float up to where we might see the forest. As a result, there is less and less science in Computer Science. Lots of practice, very little theory. CLINE is the anti-engineering prescription this valley needs but won't admit needing. Medication time! Thank you, and welcome to the jung …