The Portland, Oregon Lean Startup Circle Meetup. “A startup is an organization formed to search for a repeatable and scalable business model.” http://steveblank.com/2010/01/25/what...... "A startup is a human institution designed to deliver a product or service in conditions of extreme uncertainty" (Eric Ries) The number one reason that Startups fail is lack of customers (~90%), not product development failure (~10%). The Lean Startup is an approach that attempts to acknowledge this and create …

This group is for starters in Portland who wish to create software businesses that provide them a very comfortable lifestyle while contributing to the world around them. If you are building (or considering building) Software as a Service applications that require no co-founders or any outside investment, this group is for you.

Are you an IT professional interested in Agile software development methodologies (XP, Scrum, Lean, Kanban, etc) and engineering principles (pair programming, test driven development (TDD), continuous integration (CI), test automation, etc)? Are you interested in evangelizing Agile to others? Or, are you an experienced Agile practitioner who wants to share your experiences and ideas with a group of like-minded colleagues? If you answered yes and you live in Portland, then join our group!