Welcome to my blog. While I have been a casual observer of many blogs and an avid reader of some, I decided it was time that I share some of my thoughts, learned lessons, words of wisdom and other ramblings back to my community.

My primary community centers around product innovation, software development and the agile community. Some key beliefs that I hold are stated in the Agile Manifesto, Agile Alliance, Agile Project Leadership Network, and the Product Development and Management Association. I consult with companies seeking to improve their productivity and responsiveness to customer needs through agile methods in my company Trail Ridge Consulting.

My secondary communities involve many things including venture capital and involvement in early-stage companies, open source development, networking, Colorado outdoors, cycling, and other technical geek things. The reason I am blogging today is due to following one of my favorite venture capitalist blogger's - Brad Feld.

I love the energy, excitement, passion, fever, drive, and innovation associated with start-up companies. I myself have lead product direction and engineering for two start-ups. Requisite Inc., was purchased by Rational Software in 1997 and subsequently purchased by IBM in 2002. I led the product direction and engineering on Rational RequisitePro, the leading requirements management solution. The other venture firm I was an early player in was as VP of Engineering at Roving Planet, Inc., a wireless network management and security provider.

I hope to engage you in thoughts revolving around all of these topics, centering on product innovation, product development and agile methods. Filling in with coaching and consulting tips, early-stage companies, Colorado, cycling and other miscellaneous rants and analogies. I encourage you to comment on and challenge my ideas presented here.