FluffyLean Startups

Lean Fluffy Startup?

Lean Thinking

Cloud Computing

Small Company

Old School StartupCode incognito for a year Get VC’s to believe

Buy lots of cool servers

Invest lots of

$$$ in me?

Lean Thinking

Learn from users

Implement bare

minimum

Release

Tell everyone

Minimum Viable Product (MVP)

Focus On Your Core Business

Leverage Other People WorkOpen SourceSoftware As A Service (SAAS)

!NOT_INVENTED_HERE

Sweet, I just added Google Maps to my mobile app!

Let’s see…if I download some map data from a government website……..

OR

SIP service for ½ cent/min Implement REST service Setup SIP server Code up sockets, channels, timeouts,

queues, security, etc

SAAS Example

But Making Phones Ring Is Not My Core Business!

Twilio makes phones ring for 2 cents/min REST API Development & Operations teams supporting

platform

Leveraging Twilio

Well worth the extra cost

This Includes Tools

Code Repository Team Collaboration Requirements

Cloud Computing

Purchase Upfront

Pay As You Go

OR

Redundant servers in multiple datacenters

Databases with remote backup Content distribution network Load balancing Server monitoring Auto-scaling High availability storage

Act Like The Big Boys

Configurable In A Console

For a few hundred a month!

Less Time On System Administration

Fewer Headaches

Configured from a console Backups Patches Replication Migrate to larger server on-demand

Amazon Relation Database Service

Powerful Combination

Learn From Users

Implement Bare

Minimum

Deploy to Cloud

Tell Everyone

Short User Feedback Loops

Focus On Your Core Business

Cheap Resources

Pay As You Go

The Rules Of The Game Are Changing

Incognito

Collaboration

Rapid Feedback

The Rules Of The Game Are Changing

Months or years Days or weeks

Time To Market

The Rules Of The Game Are Changing

Significant Just Enough

Upfront Capital

Everyone Can Play Now!What company will you start?