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Openview: Scrum Inc. formación in situ

por | Ago 2, 2011 | Blog | 0 comentarios

Openview: Scrum Inc. training on location

Inside OpenView's corporate relocation program

Scott Maxwell creció en Silicon Valley, pero estos días prácticamente dirige una agencia de desarrollo económico en la sombra en Massachusetts. Como fundador de OpenView Venture Partnersuna empresa de capital riesgo con sede en Boston (y antes como director de la oficina de Boston de Insight Venture Partners), ha conseguido que más de media docena de empresas de todo el mundo se instalen aquí.
OpenView targets software and Internet companies that have already created a product or service, and begun generating revenue. "We look for companies that have around $5 million in revenue when we invest," Maxwell says, "so it's really expansion investing, giving them the resources they need for growth." OpenView will invest in start-ups anywhere in the world, Maxwell adds, "but the company needs to have a North American strategy." Often, that entails setting up a new headquarters in the U.S. and hiring a CEO here. OpenView's current fund totals $233 million, Maxwell says, and typically the firm puts about $7 million or $8 million into a company as its initial investment.

Mientras era socio de Insight (una empresa con sede en Manhattan), Maxwell llevó a tres empresas - Astaro, Imceda Softwarey Acronis - a Burlington desde Alemania, Australia y Rusia, respectivamente. Intronis, a cloud-based back-up service that started life in New Jersey, is now operating out of OpenView's Fort Point Channel office, and Zmags, una empresa de merchandising en línea fundada en Dinamarca, tiene ahora su sede en el mismo barrio. Otras dos empresas, Exinda y Open-ehan establecido su sede en Boston tras recaudar fondos de OpenView.

Most of the companies are still relatively small; all told, they account for perhaps 250 jobs in the state, according to OpenView's figures. "Boston is just the best place to set these companies up," Maxwell says. Often, they start by using space in OpenView's offices.

"It's really difficult to grow a company in Silicon Valley," he continues. "There's too much competition for hiring, the costs are high, and people in Massachusetts work a lot harder. For business-to-business companies, the labor pool is incredible here, and there are plenty of salespeople. And I say all that as a California native."
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Jeff Sutherland ha sido asesor principal de Openview Venture Partners desde 2006, donde puso en marcha Scrum Inc. in situ y empezó a trabajar con empresas de cartera para implantar Scrum. Recientemente se ha trasladado al Centro de Innovación de Cambridge, ya que el equipo Scrum Inc. se ha ampliado.

Openview utiliza Scrum en todas partes para las operaciones del grupo de riesgo. Unas 14 empresas de cartera aplican Scrum en el desarrollo de software y muchas de ellas utilizan Scrum en ventas, marketing, finanzas, administración e incluso para los equipos de alta dirección.

Para la próxima formación ScrumMaster en Openview, consulte scrumfoundation.com.

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