SoCal CTO
OCTOBER 6, 2011
His basic point was: If someone, including me, tells you something isn’t a great idea and there’s no market for it there are only two acceptable responses. I’m going to take that thought out into the field and validate it with my customers. Customer Validation 101. Beware of Mentors. It was a top post on StartupRoar on Tuesday.
Tech Zulu Event
FEBRUARY 8, 2013
“The program is very interesting, basically taking Steve Blank’s view on entrepreneurship and startup development and formalizes it into a program for entrepreneurs who are trying to get started,” said Risenhoover. The idea of StartupWeekend Next is once you have your idea, what happens next?”. Customer Development.
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Both Sides of the Table
NOVEMBER 1, 2009
We spent time out in the marketplace talking with customers, looking at their solutions, comparing ourselves with our competition and then squirreling ourselves away in our offices designing our next set of features. I used to always tell my development team, “you need to design a product that my dad could use.
Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 15, 2010
Because GoTo.com was his idea. But bill is a BIG idea guy. Quirky - Platform facilitating collaborative design of consumer products through an online community. My take was that this follows three trends: a) customer involvement in product design, b) mass customization [e.g. Overture sold for $1.6
Startup Professionals Musings
APRIL 28, 2014
This person may be an extraordinary communicator, who rallies employees, customers, and colleagues around the vivid future he sees. Or he may be the founder’s brother, idea person, or inventor, who can’t be bothered actually working on the nuts and bolts of the real business. Chief Evangelist. Chief Sales Officer (VP Sales).
SoCal CTO
JUNE 9, 2010
Guide to Evaluating Startup Ideas - Tony Wright dot com , May 27, 2010 A great developer I once worked with was kvetching at lunch one day. He’d been working at a well-funded startup for about a year and had come to terms with the fact that the startup was really a pretty dumb idea. Below are 50 ideas for step 2.
Startup Professionals Musings
FEBRUARY 22, 2013
This person may be an extraordinary communicator, who rallies employees, customers, and colleagues around the vivid future he sees. Or he may be the founder’s brother, idea person, or inventor, who can’t be bothered actually working on the nuts and bolts of the real business. Chief Evangelist. Chief Sales Officer (VP Sales).
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