Taking my queue from Seth Godin, I’m posting my list of what I shipped in 2010.

As Seth describes it…

“Yes, I know you’re a master of [whatever]…
But what have you shipped?

What have you done with your connection skills that has been worthy of criticism, that moved the dial and that changed the world? 
Go, do that.”

So to close out 2010, Seth posted his list of what he shipped and asks that each of us do the same. “Doesn’t matter whether it was a hit or not, it just matters that you shipped it.”

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Last month, Jason Baptiste wrote a most excellent article on 14 Reasons Why You Need to Start a Startup. In it he said:

“They used to say that everyone should try to be a rockstar at least once in their lifetime. I’m going to add to that and say you should [also] be an entrepreneur”

My first thought was, wow! I think being part of a startup actually makes you a rockstar. I mean, you’re out there – doing things, creating things that nobody has ever done before! You’re pushing the edge on what’s possible and so making the world a little better for everyone. What could possibly be more rockstar like then changing the world?

My second was, even if you’re not at a startup or up on stage before millions of screaming fans, you should still be a rockstar. Because when you do that, when you put yourself out there and share what you’re doing – what you’re creating/thinking/building – with the world, I think only wonderful can come of it.

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It’s one thing to read about Lean Startup. It’s another to make it work with the nuances of your own startup. And so, just like in understanding our customers, sometimes you’ve just got to get out of the building and see how others are doing it.

Lean Startup Circle Meetups are awesome because they bring in startups to share their own experiences. The one shared by Buz at last night’s Lean Startup Circle Boston was so cool I wanted to share it here.

Caomhan Connolly is a 21 year old entrepreneur from Dublin ("I’m from Ireland, like everyone else in Boston" :) ).

Caomhan is the co-founder of Buz, a startup in ChinAccelerator (like a TechStars for China) that’s creating a hardware + software solution to help brick & mortar businesses get more customers through social media.

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Calling all developers who want to change the world…

My Lean Startup 101 for Developers presentation that I delivered at the Entrepreneurial Track for New England CodeCamp:

If you like this – check out The Hacker Chick Labs & join in the conversation on how you are changing the world.