SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 19, 2012

I was talking with an early-stage founder who has a product vision and wants to get it built. He is not a technical person, but is somewhat web savvy. He wanted to get input from me on what he's doing, and he wants to begin to ask developers what it would take to build his product. Founder : Ummm. what do you mean?

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Develop Development Technical Review CTO Coach 354

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. Preaching What You Live. One of the best students I ever had. Enter Eric Ries .

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Startup Class Press Custom Development 229

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 21, 2011

walking around seeing coders buried deep into code, focused on completing their product before the clock expired. Some experience developers, project managers, and even some designers. At the end of the development time allotted for each team, They get up to present their days work. Product Design. Development.

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Santa Monica Startup PHP HTML 90

SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

Instead of making a few dollars per sale and hoping for thousands of sales, you sell to only a few customers, and charge much higher rates. My Obsession With The Product - Feld Thoughts , May 3, 2010 For some reason I’ve been doing a lot of interviews lately. They’re deep into Customer Development ,” he said. Here’s why.

Startup 248

Startup Venture Capital Conference Social Media 248

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 15, 2010

Bill Gross is the man responsible for the overwhelming amount of monetization on the web. Golden rule of branding for me: 1) name your company or product your URL and 2) don’t paint yourself into a corner. &# Tweet&# = corner. Zazzle] and c) artisan products [etsy, foodzie]. High Profile Deal of the Week: 1.

Venture Capital 271

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. So let’s be very specific: let’s assume your dream job is product manager at Google, working on the Analytics product. love to find great products and services made by entrepreneurs who are trying to change the world.

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Technical Review Startup Product Technology 175

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 5, 2012

While everyone developed their products throughout the day, SWLA teams briefly said hi to Marc Nager (StartupWeekend CEO) during a quick Skype call who was down in New Zealand facilitating Startup Weekend. The 1st place winner was SnazzyRoom, an online styling tool for mixing and matching items on the web ( SnazzyRoom.com ).

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Startup Mahalo Technical Review Idealab 66