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Document Your MVP for a Developer

SoCal CTO

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. what format would you and the developer want that in? Conversations with a technical advisors or possible developers should be iterative.

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Steven Blank Kills It at Greycroft CEO Summit

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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. I’m going to save that for a future blog post.

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Are Business Plans Still Necessary?

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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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Startup Weekend LA | Recap February 2012

Tech Zulu Event

It’s also a very exciting time here in LA Tech with over 6 accelerators and incubators springing up over the past year. Tyler has helped coach dozens of companies through pitching and presenting at Launch Conf and formerly TechCrunch 50. Pitches kicked off with 13 teams in total presenting. What a SWLA.

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Top 57 Online Startups Meets Technology Meets Product Posts for November 2010

SoCal CTO

I continue to collect great content that is the intersection of startups, products, online and technology. The United States is now a debtor nation to China and that the bill is about to come due. These are probably the two sites where I've posted the most reviews. One out of ten of Americans are out of work.

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StartupWeekend Next Teaches Teams How to Level Up

Tech Zulu Event

Customer Development. What you will get at NEXT: You will be taught the what, how, and why of the customer development process. Single founder teams are welcome but may have to work twice as hard. StartupWeekend Next will focus on 5 core parts : The Entrepreneur’s Journey. The Flipped Classroom Approach.

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Top 30 Startup Posts for July 2010

SoCal CTO

5 Lessons from 150 startup pitches - A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks , July 11, 2010 I just reviewed several hundred startup pitches for Capital Factory. Coming up with a memorable tagline can present an even greater challenge. Customer Care Today. Most were on paper and video; 20 were invited to pitch in person.

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