article thumbnail

Customer Validation - 33 Great Articles

SoCal CTO

How I Test The Market Validity Of A Product Customer Development Gut Checks Build a Path to Customers from Day 1 Top 3 Ways to Fail at Customer Development Creating Startup Success – Customer Development + Business Model Design Customer Development and Marketplaces Hubris, Passion and Customer Development Free Customer Development Help – Survey.io

Customer 227
article thumbnail

My Favorite Entrepreneur Story in a Long Time

Both Sides of the Table

This article originally appeared on TechCrunch. This morning I was reading my social media and came across an article that Christine Tsai had posted on Facebook. What I learned from the article? The distinctive design of his packaging. Here is the article from the LA Times. What touched me? That crazy rooster.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

How GoToMyPC Kicked pcAnywhere’s A$$

InfoChachkie

A version of this article previously appeared on Forbes. Noted American architect Frank Lloyd Wright famously cautioned his design disciples that form should not compromise function. However, for many online startups, form should drive the design process. Good thing I was never entrusted with product design.

Symantec 227
article thumbnail

Building Products for Mass Adoption

Both Sides of the Table

I think this is a perfect way to think about the world when you’re designing your product / company. Quite honestly I see way too many company pitches that are designed for Techies but I only want to invest in products designed for Normals. As per Chris’s article, Techies will use your product.

Product 348
article thumbnail

Selecting a Software Development Company in 2024

TechEmpower

Is user interface and graphic design a necessity? You'll discover firms that are prolific in design/interface and light on development, and vice versa. This article will primarily focus on locating and evaluating development companies, rather than design firms. Or is your project a clean slate?

article thumbnail

Unusual Perk For SoCal Technology Firm: Unlimited, Paid Vacation

socalTECH

The firm's policy recently came to light in a WSJ article. The firm--which looks to be recruiting Java Developers, project managers, and UX/UI designers in its LA location--apparently lets employees take off as much time as they feel like they need, as one of the perks for working for the company.

article thumbnail

The Importance of Proprietary Deal Flow in Early-Stage VC

Both Sides of the Table

I think the issue I have always had with investment bank pitches was best summed up in this article about Y Combinator in which Paul Graham apparently made the following quotes. ” The other Paul Graham quote from the article is this: “The other thing they say is that they can’t tell on Demo Day which are the good start-ups.