The Buffalo Lean Startup is a group of smart and driven high-tech entrepreneurs that are interested in learning how to discover customers and build products they want using the revolutionary new Lean Startup and Customer Development principles first developed by Steve Blank and refined by Eric Ries. Lean Startups (which can include for profit and not for profit organizations, new product/innovation organizations within larger companies and even government agencies) achieve success faster than …

Lean/Agile Western New York is a user group promoting the growth and learning of Lean and Agile software development in the western New York community. The primary focus will be on management and leadership considerations of various aspects of Lean & Agile such as Organizational Transformation, Lean PMO, team processes and development practices.