Report: Of Makers and Sales

The Lean Startup movement has taken foot in Munich, with their very active chapter Lean Startup Munich. During their May event, “Of Makers and Sales”, which was held on the 21st, the Munich startups MeetingMole, DieProduktMacher and StoryHome shared their input.

What is a Lean Startup?

Lean Startup works on the premises that a startup should focus on iterative product releases. This should minimize market and investment risks, and will increase the chance of a startup being successful.
Lean Startup Munich facilitates the possibility to meet and share experiences about startup lessons learned and the “Lean Startup” Methodology.

Of Makers and Sales

A (Meeting) Mole digs into its experiences

The founders Jenny Richter and Joni Stolt shared their lessons learned when setting up MeetingMole –  a B2B Software solution aimed to improve content sharing before and after a customer meeting.

Their lessons learned covered a broad range of topics:

• Starting a new company / product:
  • Always keep your options open
  • The importance of communication, planning and documentation
  • Take your time to develop the product and find real solutions
• Team-work
  • Respect for different roles in the team, including your own
  • Managing expectations inside the team, and with the customer
• Startup Mindsets: “If you see a problem, you own it.”

A little Bit goes a long way

Matthias Wolf from DieProduktMacher shared product littleBits that combines the best of two worlds: Arduino and Lego. It translates the Internet of Things (IoT) into small building-blocks which are color-coded and have pre-defined capabilities. These blocks easily click together to make your very own solutions.

After the presentation there was ample time for the event-participants to build their own solutions. For those people who were not able to join the event – and for those that just can’t get enough of littleBits: On the 20th of June, the event Bits’n Beatz will be held. This happeing will combine the possibility to play with the building-blocks with a party in the evening.

Sneak KickStarter Preview: StoryHome

Lean StartUp was also able to get a sneak preview on the new Kickstarter campaign from StoryHome. This device gives you the possibility to save and share stories, songs and other sounds. With the large amount of expats in the room, the added value of this solution was clear to most.

 

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