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Document Your MVP for a Developer

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This should be an iterative process with advisors and customers providing feedback on the product. Conversations with a technical advisors or possible developers should be iterative. For example, if you are trying to determine viral coefficient (see Startup Metrics ), then the focus should be around those aspects of the MVP.

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How Startups Can Figure Out Sales: Amos Schwartzfarb, TechStars

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We caught up with Amos to learn about his new book, and to gain some tips for startup entrepreneurs on how to figure out when you're actually ready to scale your sales team. The reason why, is my experience is in early stage sales and more specifically, in early stage customer development. The answer is almost always NO.

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LeanLA Presents: Beware of False Prophets

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Metrics-Guided. He went on to explain a bit about the customer development model from Blanks: State business model assumptions. Iceberg tip, not even scratched. Lean Approach. Model-Focused. Iterate until validated (through sales or tangible exchange). If not validated, re-state assumptions.

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Top 30 Startup Posts for July 2010

SoCal CTO

10 Blogging Tips. Think Different: How To Make Your Tagline Stand Out From The Crowd - crowdSPRING Blog , July 2, 2010 As I wrote last week in 10 Tips for Startups and Small Businesses on Naming Your Company , coming up with a great company name for your new small business or startup can be challenging and time consuming. Here’s why.

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