SoCal CTO

MARCH 11, 2013

If you do build the MVP and show it to them, they will ask you about your metrics. They really want metrics, not a product. Cases Where a Mockup is Not Enough There are a few cases where mockups or clickable prototypes may not be enough: Usability, interaction design, etc. Investors demand more than that.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 8, 2019

A recent high-profile one, Theranos , the blood-testing company, had no trouble getting customers, but promised more than their technology could deliver, Another, Shyp , an early on-demand delivery platform, blamed their demise on premature scaling. Demand continuous innovation to keep up with change.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 2, 2014

The gowns are then dry cleaned and readied for the next customer, in the spirit of the emerging sharing economy in which goods are communally used multiple times. Kelsey Doorey: "Vow To Be Chic is the first company to offer designer bridesmaid dress rentals. We will be moving into other categories based on customer demand.

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TechEmpower

OCTOBER 9, 2023

So let’s summarize what we've already found to be different about searching with LLMs: What’s Different About Search with LLMs Search methods powered by LLMs stand out as transformative tools, offering businesses an edge in their information retrieval and customer engagement processes.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

There is nothing more pure than building a product, putting it out in the world and seeing paying customers using your product and in some cases loving it. As companies get this initial customer feedback on their product they start to have to ask harder questions about unit economics: How much does it cost us to acquire a new customer?

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 22, 2016

Less than a month ago, Snapchat opened custom on-demand geofilters to everyone. Industry news was excited, but for how amazing of a product they are, custom Snapchat geofilters have remained stunningly under the radar. Well, Snapchat has made it so that anyone can create and upload a custom filter to any area they want.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

From his own successes and failures in this domain, he explains how the rules and customer expectations have changed in today’s world, and he offers some practical guidance on how to survive in this new world. Shape your business by design, not by default. Picking a niche is another good way to focus.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 22, 2016

By default, innovation in every business decreases over time, and continuous innovation requires ongoing initiatives and measures of customer perceived value. Stroh, which details the principles and metrics to follow for fostering innovation in any organization. Recognize that customers care about the whole experience.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 22, 2016

Moonshots are simply efforts that demand breakthroughs that are not possible within business-as-usual practices. The challenge is to do it by design like these guys, rather than by exception. You need to quantify measurable criteria for success, using business metrics. It takes the right people to make a breakthrough happen.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 27, 2011

If you had huge customer growth but just didn’t focus on revenue that’s a different story. So while the simplest way that people often evaluate stocks is by P/E ratios (price-to-earnings), one also needs to look at other metrics such as the PEG (price-to-earnings-growth). [of ” Harsh, but reality.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

Storage is what’s known as “highly fragmented,” meaning easier for a new entrant to get traction if it could design a better product / service / experience. The metrics were good but we wondered how much better they would be when we expanded our product. The top 5 players combined control less than 25% of the market.

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 10, 2011

Overall, the capacity-crowd consisted of plenty of different professional identities, all tuning in to hear lead presenter David Binetti, Co-Founder and Business Model Designer for Votizen. Metrics-Guided. He went on to explain a bit about the customer development model from Blanks: State business model assumptions.

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TechCrunch LA

JULY 26, 2022

That’s particularly helpful inside the food truck where there is limited space, and enables employees to serve a large capacity of customers quicker, Nile Dreiling said. The company uses a donut robot to make and fry the dough so one person isn’t constantly sitting in front of the fryer.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 22, 2023

Design the full stack, not just a new software element. With a singular focus on building unicorns, very rapid growth has been a key metric. The distributed model draws on a diverse pool, helps manage costs, and captures regional insights and focus necessary to win local customers.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 1, 2020

Design the full stack, not just a new software element. With a singular focus on building unicorns, very rapid growth has been a key metric. The distributed model draws on a diverse pool, helps manage costs, and captures regional insights and focus necessary to win local customers.

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