SoCal CTO
OCTOBER 6, 2011
Beware of Mentors. I’m going to take that thought out into the field and validate it with my customers. I’ve spoken to dozens of customers, I have a validated customer persona, built an MVP to test key behavioral hypotheses, and the data doesn’t back what you’re saying." Customer Validation 101.
socalTECH
APRIL 10, 2018
Most of our mentors are people who have been successful entrepreneurs and investors, who have been there, and understand how to get a company to the next sage. They fail to understand what the market is, what their differentiation is to their customers. Blake Caldwell: We believe heavily in customer in customer development.
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Tech Zulu Event
FEBRUARY 8, 2013
Customer Development. There is a mentor program that accompanies the class. What you will get at NEXT: You will be taught the what, how, and why of the customer development process. You will be part of a powerful support network of mentors and other NEXT attendees from over 25 cities around the world.
SoCal CTO
SEPTEMBER 8, 2010
Often board members give entrepreneurs two bits of advice regarding scale: Get a mentor. " 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. If you want to build an important company, then at some point you have to scale.
SoCal CTO
AUGUST 3, 2010
Though this was 2000 , and all startup & VC blogs we've grown to love didn't exist yet, I did have mentors available. 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.
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