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Document Your MVP for a Developer

SoCal CTO

Business Concept The key first part of the conversation with a developer is having a good capture of the business more broadly. You might also have a business plan, marketing plan, financials, competitor analysis or other kinds of background document. It would be great to get notes and summaries from these.

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Steven Blank Kills It at Greycroft CEO Summit

Both Sides of the Table

We’re here for Greycroft’s CEO Summit – a gathering of the CEO’s of their portfolio companies with guest speakers covering topics including how to build your team, PR, customer development, etc. It is the key to “customer development” that Steve Blank talks about. And market your brand, not your personality.

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Why “The Culture of Failure” is Imperative to Startup Communities

Both Sides of the Table

I think the fact that NorCal didn’t have strong industries in financial services, manufacturing, autos, marketing or other traditional industries also made experimentation more acceptable. But as usual there is a short summary to know the key topics where you can just skip to the critical point in the video you want to watch.

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Your Product Needs to be 10x Better than the Competition to Win. Here’s Why:

Both Sides of the Table

Summary notes, as always, provide below. He wanted to build direct customer relationships to get product feedback but only 2% of customers would ever return their registration cards. So when he saw the browser it instantly dawned on him that this would be the greatest customer development tool ever. I further that.