SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 6, 2011

Beware of Mentors. His basic point was: If someone, including me, tells you something isn’t a great idea and there’s no market for it there are only two acceptable responses. I’m going to take that thought out into the field and validate it with my customers. Customer Validation 101. Either: "That’s interesting.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

“The program is very interesting, basically taking Steve Blank’s view on entrepreneurship and startup development and formalizes it into a program for entrepreneurs who are trying to get started,” said Risenhoover. The idea of StartupWeekend Next is once you have your idea, what happens next?”. Customer Development.

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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. What if someone copies your awesome business idea? No, the question is: What are doing now knowing that a big company will copy your idea? Customer Validation needs to have the CEO actively involved.

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