SoCal CTO
DECEMBER 19, 2012
And in the case of defining mobile/web/software, there is even more variability in terms of form and format. For example, if you are trying to determine viral coefficient (see Startup Metrics ), then the focus should be around those aspects of the MVP. Developers don't need everything to be fully documented.
Startup Professionals Musings
FEBRUARY 17, 2021
It wasn’t so many years ago that starting a new e-commerce business on the Internet was a complex custom development project, usually costing a million dollars or more. Gone are the days of required $50K computer servers onsite, with big software license fees up-front. Use the cloud and subscriptions for computing technology.
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socalTECH
OCTOBER 6, 2017
Hopscotch, led by Laurence Sotsky , has built software which enables sports teams, venues, and others to rapidly create mobile apps for their fans. We're the official mobile app for whatever our customer is. For example, we're the official mobile app of UCLA, even though behind the scenes is actually Hopscotch.
Startup Professionals Musings
JULY 27, 2014
It wasn’t so many years ago that starting a new e-commerce business on the Internet was a complex custom development project, usually costing a million dollars or more. Gone are the days of required $50K computer servers onsite, with big software license fees up-front. Use the cloud and subscriptions for computing technology.
Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 7, 2010
Examples: There is a company called GreenLink Networks based in San Diego and Philadelphia. Another example. When I first met the team in San Diego they had only been working on their software for 5 months. The exact same team had worked on 2 previous customer service startups (and 1 non-CS product).
Tech Zulu Event
AUGUST 21, 2011
Cool Car Pools for example, an application to help co-workers locate each other that they could carpool with, demoed an entire use case for us. A senior marketing director that will run online marketing, customer acquisition, and customer development efforts, 2. Finally the time came and the winners were….
Both Sides of the Table
NOVEMBER 1, 2009
I know that this all seems obvious now with the movements started by Steven Blank ( Four Steps of Epiphany ) with the whole Customer Development processes / Lean Startup movements also popularized by people like Eric Ries. I was impressed with their desire to truly understand the customer. Back then it seemed foreign.
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