InfoChachkie

APRIL 16, 2012

The Lean Startup approach dictates that successful customer development is an iterative process. By conceptualizing, selling, gathering feedback and then developing a product, startups achieve success more quickly and economically. Eric (Ries) was a student in one of the very earliest customer development classes at Berkley.

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Startup Class Press Custom Development 229

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 1, 2009

We spent time out in the marketplace talking with customers, looking at their solutions, comparing ourselves with our competition and then squirreling ourselves away in our offices designing our next set of features. I was impressed with their desire to truly understand the customer. Back then it seemed foreign.

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Organization Customer Custom Tips 280

SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

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. The Yin and Yang of Product and Engineering - A VC : Venture Capital and Technology , May 22, 2010 For a tech company, product and engineering are the heart and soul of the business. Tesla is not.

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Startup Venture Capital Conference Social Media 248

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 15, 2015

Tecla Access requires additional hardware, but provides accessibility for people with less mobility through a keyboard and microphone that can attach to a wheelchair. Parking Mobility. Updated constantly through user information, this application is always developing to better acclimate itself to user needs.

Mobile 40

Mobile Pricing Tool Customer 40

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 15, 2010

Rumored: Digital Sky Technologies. Stitcher - San Francisco-based service that lets users customize talk radio programming on their mobile devices. Quirky - Platform facilitating collaborative design of consumer products through an online community. Time will tell. So far it seems the former. TBD mm in Series C; $1.2

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Venture Capital Capital Google Platform 271

SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

I continue to collect great content that is the intersection of startups, products, online and technology. Storm Clouds - A VC : Venture Capital and Technology , November 12, 2010 We have enjoyed an amazing run in the web startup and investing space over the past five or six years. This should not deter you. What went wrong?

Technical Review 175

Technical Review Startup Product Technology 175