SoCal CTO
DECEMBER 19, 2012
In fact, let me provide an important warning: If you create these documents, don't have input from a technical resource, take it to a development shop and they provide you a price. Customer Development Notes I'm assuming founders are having customer development conversations.
Both Sides of the Table
NOVEMBER 3, 2009
That died with waterfall software development. I’m not even talking about your 12-page Powerpoint presentation that you need to raise venture capital or to talk with potential biz dev partners. Do you really want to spent $100k building a product to discover through Customer Development that the market is too small?
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Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 7, 2010
We made lots of assertions about what features we thought people would want, how to price them and how to overcome the objections that people have to managing data in the cloud. This is exactly the reason I like people who present to me to start with their personal bios. So the whole customer development cycle is very streamlined.
Both Sides of the Table
MARCH 11, 2011
He presented the idea at the TED conference in the mid 90′s and was literally boo’d while he was on stage. He said it was better than the Yellow Pages because he would provide pricing transparency. Funny story, after Bill presented at TED (back when Amazon was still a small company) Jeff Bezos was in the audience.
SoCal CTO
SEPTEMBER 8, 2010
Pricing models, the freemium myth and why you may not be charging enough for your product - Seth Levine's VC Adventure , August 12, 2010 I’ve been pulled into a number of product and pricing meetings recently (for reasons unknown I’ve become the Foundry pricing and productization guy). clearly didn’t cause this.” How it happens.
SoCal CTO
DECEMBER 1, 2010
The Ultimate Combination of Startup Business Development Methods - ArcticStartup , November 16, 2010 I've been a huge fan of Steven Blank's Customer Development methodology for a long time. Your First Iteration of an Idea Will Be Wrong. think his slides are great (and by far much easier on the eye then mine.). What went wrong?
SoCal CTO
JANUARY 5, 2011
Both Sides of the Table , July 22, 2010 An updated Digital Trends presentation - Jeff Hilimire , June 2, 2010 I do what I hate - Jessica Mah , January 7, 2010 Startup Equity Allocation - charliecrystle.com , January 11, 2010 When good investment decisions end up backing more women CEOs: Conversation with Cameron Lester at Azure Capital.
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