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. Eric (Ries) was a student in one of the very earliest customer development classes at Berkley.

Startup 229

Startup Class Press Custom Development 229

SoCal CTO

JANUARY 5, 2011

Steve Blank , January 25, 2010 10 Tips for Adding Game Mechanics to a Non-Gaming Service - ReadWriteStart , September 21, 2010 Startups & VCs: Learn How to Design, Market, & Eat Your Own. - First Principles.

Startup 378

Startup Venture Capital Blogging CTO Coach 378

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 13, 2013

It’s what I call “ the evangelical phase ” of a company in which you’re out trying to persuade customers that a product you’ve designed is going to meet their needs better than other solutions on the market. This is a very important to do when you first start a company.

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Sales Startup Resource Customer 393

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 12, 2008

Newport Beach-based Jazz Semiconductor said today that it has licensed its high-precision RF models and design kits for RF to Fujitsu Microelectronics Limited. The technology involved allows users to create RF, systems-on-a-chip (SoC) designs that will be fabricated at Fujitsu's 300mm fab in Japan, in 90nm and 65nm process technologies.

Technology 100

Technology Design Custom Development Networking 100

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2010

Before they’re presenting I want to know “what unique experiences you bring to the table that are going to give your business a faster time to market, a better designed product, more knowledge of your customers problems – a higher likelihood of success.&# It’s what many VC’s call, “An unfair advantage.&#.

Entrepreneur 267

Entrepreneur Startup SaaS San Diego 267

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 15, 2010

Quirky - Platform facilitating collaborative design of consumer products through an online community. My take was that this follows three trends: a) customer involvement in product design, b) mass customization [e.g. Zazzle] and c) artisan products [etsy, foodzie].

Venture Capital 271

Venture Capital Capital Google Platform 271

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

Customer Development. This class is designed to help entrepreneurs understand where they are going wrong.”. What you will get at NEXT: You will be taught the what, how, and why of the customer development process. StartupWeekend Next will focus on 5 core parts : The Entrepreneur’s Journey.

Class 98

Class Mentor Startup UCLA 98

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2011

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. It’s still there 30 years later!

Competition 350

Competition Idealab Product CitySearch 350

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 21, 2011

Some experience developers, project managers, and even some designers. Just like Startup Weekend most had never meet their team mates until the day of, and came together to develop a possible prize winning product in eight hours. Product Design. Development. All coming to join in on the fun.

Santa Monica 90

Santa Monica Startup PHP HTML 90

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. We're looking to choose a design put together by one of our readers as the official t-shirt for OnStartups. What went wrong?

Technical Review 175

Technical Review Startup Product Technology 175

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. He went on to explain a bit about the customer development model from Blanks: State business model assumptions.

Startup 86

Startup Santa Monica Los Angeles Custom Development 86

SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

They’re deep into Customer Development ,” he said. Your Process Doesn’t Work. friend of mine asked me to chat with a startup he’d invested in.

Startup 248

Startup Venture Capital Conference Social Media 248

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 28, 2014

What you really need is a VP of Marketing and Customer Development, who can help with lead generation and honing the message, rather than an executive to manage a sales team and existing customers. Evangelism marketing is an advanced form of word of mouth marketing (WOMM), now largely replaced by Facebook and Twitter.

CTO Hire 100

CTO Hire Funding Cloud Computing CIO 100

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 22, 2013

What you really need is a VP of Marketing and Customer Development, who can help with lead generation and honing the message, rather than an executive to manage a sales team and existing customers. Evangelism marketing is an advanced form of word of mouth marketing (WOMM), now largely replaced by Facebook and Twitter.

Startup 97

Startup Invest CTO Hire Cloud Computing 97

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 1, 2010

What you really need is a VP of Marketing and Customer Development, who can help with lead generation and honing the message, rather than an executive to manage a sales team and existing customers. Evangelism marketing is an advanced form of word of mouth marketing (WOMM), now largely replaced by Facebook and Twitter.

Startup 90

Startup CTO Hire Cloud Computing CIO 90

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 6, 2012

In fact, Customer Experience (CX) turns the product development chart upside down. It is now CX and UX (User Experience) that is driving adoption rates and even design aspects. We are rapidly changing from an Information Age to a time of Customer Experience. Customers are to a very large degree driving the train.

Customer 72

Customer Custom Blogging Startup 72

SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

" Solving the Innovator’s Dilemma – Customer Development in a Big Company - Steve Blank , August 23, 2010 One of the ways I learn is to teach. Of the 8 founders at the dinner, half of them had a design/ui/ux background. Developer. Lessons at the end.). An inauspicious birth. It sounds like shareware."

Startup 191

Startup Venture Capital Blogging CTO Hire 191

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 5, 2012

Those with their ideas selected were out on the prowl, looking to recruit the top designer or developer in the room. Till then — keep the ideas flowing, the customer development at full-speed and your lean cycle and iterations spinning as fast you can! By 10:00 PM, teams were working away into the night.

Startup 66

Startup Mahalo Technical Review Idealab 66

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 15, 2015

For many disabilities, empathic developers have provided new utilities that improve certain functions for the iPhone or Android. While it largely depends on your disability, application diversity gives users the versatility to use these different utilities at their own merit and accommodation.

Mobile 40

Mobile Pricing Tool Customer 40

SoCal CTO

AUGUST 3, 2010

The Phantom Sales Forecast – Failing at Customer Validation - Steve Blank , July 22, 2010 Startup CEO’s can’t delegate sales and expect it to happen. Customer Validation needs to have the CEO actively involved. Customer Development Diagnostics over Lunch. and tips for buyers looking for logo design.

Startup 217

Startup Venture Capital Blogging Software Review 217