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NOVEMBER 4, 2012

It’s why I love the idea of the FailCon conference and hope to speak there one day. 4:30 How did you come up with the idea of customer development? 37:45 Let’s talk about the dichotomy between customer development and Y Combinator? Maybe the first step is talking openly about it.

Startup 350

Startup Ideas Education Class 350

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NOVEMBER 3, 2009

I remember going to an Under the Radar conference in 2006 in the heat of the Web 2.0 Unfortunately this was reinforced by the many conferences that rushed to espouse the benefits of Web 2.0 That died with waterfall software development. There were tons of young entrepreneurs showing their latest Web 2.0 Do so at your peril.

Web 2.0 334

Web 2.0 Venture Capital Web Technical Review 334

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. Draw Your Ideas - A VC : Venture Capital and Technology , May 16, 2010 I saw Jack Dorsey give this talk at The 99% Conference last month. They’re deep into Customer Development ,” he said.

Startup 248

Startup Venture Capital Conference Social Media 248

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MARCH 11, 2011

He presented the idea at the TED conference in the mid 90′s and was literally boo’d while he was on stage. He wanted to build direct customer relationships to get product feedback but only 2% of customers would ever return their registration cards. But also when you’re developing so is your competitor.

Competition 350

Competition Idealab Product CitySearch 350

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MARCH 11, 2010

I’ve heard the insufferable speeches at conferences. I understand that many people argue that “fail fast&# just means launch products and learn from customers. Why fail fast is wrong, irresponsible, unethical and heartless : I’ve read all of the fail fast, fail cheap articles. This is wrong.

Startup 308

Startup Entrepreneur Customer Custom 308

SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Paul Graham on trends for the future - Business of Software Blog , August 25, 2010 Paul Graham spoke at last year's Business of Software conference. Making Money From Social Games - ArcticStartup , August 23, 2010 Games Developer Conference Europe 2010 (GDCE) took place last week in Cologne, Germany. Develop your business plan.

Startup 191

Startup Venture Capital Blogging CTO Hire 191

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 had several emails back and forth where he provided basic details on the concept. What went wrong?

Technical Review 175

Technical Review Startup Product Technology 175