Show #74 Kent Beck on Lean Startups, TDD and startups

The Startup Success Podcast

This week Bob and Pat talk with one of the founders of Agile development: Kent Beck. Kent was there at the beginning when pair programming, test driven development, continuous integration and the rest of the Agile development toolbox began to reshape IT; now he’s back for how the Lean Startup methodology is changing how startups get built. In this wide-ranging interview we talk to Kent about Agile and startups, several of his new projects including his startup, poker workout, and more.

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Bob Walsh is on Twitter at http://twitter.com/bobwalsh or you can email him at bob.walsh@47hats.com.

Patrick Foley is on Twitter at http://twitter.com/patrickfoley or you can email him at patrick.foley@microsoft.com

URLs mentioned/relevant to this show:

• Extreme Programming Explained: Embrace Change (2nd Edition) by Kent Beck
• The Learn/Measure/Build Cycle
• Test Driven Development screencasts with Kent Beck
• Poker Workout
• Kent Beck on Twitter
• Poker Workout on Twitter
• The Agile Manifesto