SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 6, 2011

Beware of Mentors. I’m going to take that thought out into the field and validate it with my customers." I’ve spoken to dozens of customers, I have a validated customer persona, built an MVP to test key behavioral hypotheses, and the data doesn’t back what you’re saying." Customer Validation 101.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

Customer Development. This class is designed to help entrepreneurs understand where they are going wrong.”. There is a mentor program that accompanies the class. What you will get at NEXT: You will be taught the what, how, and why of the customer development process. The Flipped Classroom Approach.

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Often board members give entrepreneurs two bits of advice regarding scale: Get a mentor. Even so, it’s difficult (and perhaps impossible) to operate a small business or startup and not negotiate agreements with employees, vendors, customers, and others. Of the 8 founders at the dinner, half of them had a design/ui/ux background.

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SoCal CTO

AUGUST 3, 2010

Though this was 2000 , and all startup & VC blogs we've grown to love didn't exist yet, I did have mentors available. 0160; If I need $250,000 to get to 100 customers, or $1 million to get to X, and I can raise both amounts from either Angels or VCs, where do we turn? Customer Care Today. They ignore/disrespect the platform.

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