Are you looking to build the next BIG web-based startup?

The bad news: 90% of startups fail.

The good news: Lean Startup methodology can help you to systematically find success (or fail faster and cheaper).

At this session we’ll discuss why most startups fail, how to do it better with Lean Startup and why Drupal is an ideal platform for building a web-based startup application!

Lean Startup methodology is so popular it's almost becoming passe, but it definitely contains valuable lessons worth learning. Greg and David will give you their first-hand perspective from several experiments inside CARD.com and David's many less-than-soaringly-successful startups. :-) We'll talk about idea generation, testing methodologies and feature deployment. This session will look at how the team at CARD.com has dramatically accelerated our growth by leveraging:

• Open Source Software
• Lean Startup practices
• API interaction with partner organizations

Along the way we'll also talk a little about:

• Some thoughts on running a professional services business focused on the Drupal community
• Some sample Key Performance indicators useful for any SaaS, PaaS or similar business
• How to perform A/B tests