SVPG
SEPTEMBER 12, 2010
For nearly every organization that has grown beyond a very early stage startup, one of the most common, yet difficult, questions is the optimal way to split up the product work. Alignment with User/Customer. I’m referring here to alignment with the actual customers and users of the site or service.
Mucker Lab
AUGUST 27, 2014
It’s probably not too controversial to say that the median level of sophistication of early stage entrepreneurs in Los Angeles is lower than that of Bay Area. Oftentimes they see a market need and simply want to serve those customers. From my experience, it’s not necessarily about “quality,” but rather about “sophistication.”
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SoCal CTO
JUNE 26, 2012
Investors and early customers were becoming worried about the ability of the founder to deliver. For most early-stage startups the list of product features that are under consideration for a 6 month (or even a 12 month) period is not that big. In two cases many of these were coming from customers using early releases.
David Teten
OCTOBER 1, 2015
Customer development would be reduced to a single person exercise that could be repeated in parallel dozens of times over, ultimately yielding 30+ companies a year. I recently joined CoVenture , an early-stage venture capital firm that develops products and invests cash in exchange for equity. Our model at Casual Corp.
A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks
OCTOBER 24, 2011
Because then you’d miss out on: Whether it’s better experience to build a complete, tiny startup or to do more in-depth customer development for a meatier problem. So that means stuff like thinking about what a business model might be, it does mean customer development. So I have a question for you, Jason. Patrick: Exactly.
YoungUpstarts
MAY 30, 2019
Upon arrival, I incorporated a few elements from my previous stop into this new endeavor, including a battle-tested Agile Scrum process and the corresponding technology. When they do, teams lose efficacy in three vital areas that can ultimately hurt the customer: focus, transparency, and predictability. Manage Your Workflow — Or Else.
www.vccafe.com
MARCH 11, 2013
VC Cafe covers early stage Israeli and European tech & mobile startups. Steve Blank on Lean Customer Development. Customer service. Google Custom Search Engine. Customer Relationship Management. great web customer acquisition tutorials. VC & Startup Resources. Seed Startups. Codeacademy.
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