Blog

I was invited as a panelist to a "business underground conference", called StartUP (link in Hungarian). The event was truly grassroots: it was organized in just two weeks and sponsors were not given publicity - despite (or perhaps due to) this it had a great lineup, with fresh startups, marketers, VCs, government represented. The audience was also thoughtful, and had fun with commenting online via the projector. Check out some photos from the conference.

Topics covered an excellent 101 for startups, with a surprisingly good signal-to-bullshit ratio:

Yesterday I had the rare opportunity to have dinner with Craig Larman and Bas Vodde at Kőleves here in Budapest - two demi-gods of Agile Development & Scrum. I've been a long time fan of Craig's books, and have several editions of his Applying UML and Patterns title.

It was very exciting to speak with these guys and to absorb the knowledge and wisdom they hold. Craig's repeated reference to the 14 principles of "The Toyota Way" really reminded me of Miyamoto Musashi's The Book of 5 Rings.

"I'm not worthy" is all I can mutter :)

(And thanks to Stefan for inviting me in the first place) :)