SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 6, 2011

In both cases, the answer was that the founder would go to find other ideas, turn those into paper descriptions and validate it with customers. Customer Validation 101. The Fallacy of Customer Development Hubris Versus Humility: The $15 billion Difference Less is More, More or Less Yes, but who said they’d actually BUY the damn thing?

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InfoChachkie

APRIL 16, 2012

Article first published as Steve Blank Discusses Origin And Future Of Lean Startup Movement on Technorati. free weekly Infochachkie articles! The Lean Startup approach dictates that successful customer development is an iterative process. Steve is also a Stanford Professor and noted marketing entrepreneur.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 13, 2013

This article originally appeared on Inc.com. I did have the wherewithal to visit potential customers and try to understand the pain points that I thought could be solved with our solution. Steve Blank calls this “ customer development ” in which you built an initial product that is in search of “product / market fit.”

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 6, 2012

These magazines are full of wonderful photos and articles depicting the “good life”. Today we are in the era of “Customer Experience”. In fact, Customer Experience (CX) turns the product development chart upside down. It is now CX and UX (User Experience) that is driving adoption rates and even design aspects.

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Equity-Only CTO and Equity-Only Developers - SoCal CTO , November 1, 2010 I had a recent email dialog with the founder of a company looking for a CTO for their startup. Was it a Startup Founder Developer Gap ? We're looking to choose a design put together by one of our readers as the official t-shirt for OnStartups.

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SoCal CTO

AUGUST 3, 2010

How to be a successful iPhone developer - 47 Hats , July 20, 2010 I came across this YouTube video of Brian Greenstone from Pangea Software talking about how his company made $1.5 Ashley co-wrote a recent Newsweek article titled “Forget Brainstorming.&# Customer Validation needs to have the CEO actively involved. at a $2.5M

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