Prioritizing feature development after the release of your first MVP is very hard. So we’ve going through a few exercises and thought processes to help us prioritize feature development without losing complete control over the process. Development Time – Time is one of a startup’s biggest enemies. Virality. MORE >>

What worries me a bit is how often I read that startups should hire a developer / hands-on lead developer. But often the result of a Founder hiring a developer or lead developer or even a VP engineering is a gap created between the founders and the developers. How will we find and interview developers? MORE >>

Use Customer Development to identify and refine the potential profitable niche and stay in close contact with customers as you build, to be sure you’re building something they’ll want to have…and keep. Filed under: Customer Development. Customer DevelopmentThis is a guest post by my Startup Owner’s Manual co-author Bob Dorf. MORE >>

But at the early stages of product development, when you’re putting rough versions into customers’ hands, being responsive is your best tool for keeping people happy and learning how to improve the product itself. Customer Development customer development customer support lean startupMost customers tolerate bugs. MORE >>

Customer Development is all about gathering a list of what features customers want by talking to them, surveying them, or running “focus groups.” Customer Development is about Testing the Founder’s Hypothesis Any idiot can get outside the building and ask customers what they want, compile a feature list and hand it to engineering. MORE >>