Steve Blank
JULY 7, 2015
Eric was the very first practitioner of my Customer Development methodology which became the core of the the Lean methodology. He later co-founded and served as CTO of IMVU and then authored The Lean Startup. Listen to my entire chat with Eric: If you can’t hear the interview, click here. Taking My Class.
Steve Blank
DECEMBER 9, 2013
I used to be in startups where I was dealing with engineers designing our microprocessors or selling supercomputers to research scientists solving really interesting technical problems. My customers were 14-year old boys. It was a lifelong lesson that taught me to never start a business where you hate your customers.
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www.kernelmag.com
MARCH 8, 2012
The Scene Developers Nailing that elusive technical co-founder. Certainly few would argue that hiring is easy, however in my experience the most significant startup talent shortage – certainly in London – comes at the earliest stage: the number of technically-minded founders. New technology for enquiring minds.
David Teten
OCTOBER 1, 2015
I’ve talked with a number of software development shops who are eager to get into the business of cofounding companies, i.e., getting product revenue and equity instead of just consulting revenue. The question is: how should they be compensated when cofounding a company? equity that belongs to departed cofounders)?
Steve Blank
JUNE 11, 2009
Posted on June 11, 2009 by steveblank When my students ask me about whether they should be a founder or cofounder of a startup I ask them to take a walk around the block and ask themselves: Are you comfortable with: Chaos – startups are disorganized Uncertainty – startups never go per plan Are you: Resilient – at times you will fail – badly.
Startup Lessons Learned
OCTOBER 4, 2008
Maybe youd like to start with The lean startup , How to listen to customers , or What does a startup CTO actually do? ) Because of IMVUs reputation, Ive also had the opportunity to serve as an advisor or board member for more than a dozen startups. October 13, 2008 6:47 PM Luke G said. Eric, love the blog. Connect (off)line?
A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks
MARCH 11, 2014
They have many, many man-years of development and customer development in them. ” So I’m looking at it, and the first thing I think is the design is simple. Edwin: Would I be able to attract other people if the design would be different? Jason: Some people think the design matters a lot more than that.
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