Abby Fichtner writes The Hacker Chick Blog, co-organizes Boston's 2500 member Lean Startup Circle, and was Microsoft's Evangelist for Startups where she helped hundreds of startups as they build out the next generation of software. Her background is a mixture of developing bleeding-edge technology for startups and coaching teams on how to improve how they develop software. She's extremely passionate about building communities where innovation thrives and in helping others to push the edge on what’s possible because she believes that each & every one of us is capable of changing the world.