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JUNE 9, 2010

My Obsession With The Product - Feld Thoughts , May 3, 2010 For some reason I’ve been doing a lot of interviews lately. The Yin and Yang of Product and Engineering - A VC : Venture Capital and Technology , May 22, 2010 For a tech company, product and engineering are the heart and soul of the business. m pleased.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2010

He had a partially built product. In my experience, it’s naive to think you can just “get developers to build the product” although it does sometimes work. Understand where they were in terms of being able to pay or was this equity-only (sweat equity only). He needed some kind of CTO and as well Developers.

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MARCH 10, 2010

Steve Blank wrote a great post recently entitled Perfection By Subtraction – The Minimum Feature Set where he explains the real goals around defining a minimum viable product: Founders act like the “minimum” part is the goal. Only a special subset of customers will and what gets them breathing heavy is the long-term vision for your product.

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JANUARY 26, 2010

Most often at the earliest point in the life of a startup, the dominant need is certainly to produce product to get something in the market, get funding, etc. I understand the desire for hiring someone who is going to product product. How are we going to manage the product roadmap? What do we build in-house or outsource?

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MARCH 20, 2007

Dr. Karrer was valedictorian at Loyola Marymount University, attended the University of Southern California as a Tau Beta Pi fellow, one of the top 30 engineers in the nation, and received a M.S. Product Manager Entrepreneur Mark Geller SEO for Startups Startup Version 1.0 in Computer Science.

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MARCH 9, 2007

Dr. Karrer was valedictorian at Loyola Marymount University, attended the University of Southern California as a Tau Beta Pi fellow, one of the top 30 engineers in the nation, and received a M.S. Product Manager Entrepreneur Mark Geller SEO for Startups Startup Version 1.0 in Computer Science.

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MARCH 20, 2007

I would agree that Apples product design would suggest that it aims at Time Poor buyers. However, the ubiquity of the iPod including use by many folks who certainly would fall in the Time Rich category (lots of time to play with music) suggests that their product and marketing appeals to both segments. in Computer Science.

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MARCH 13, 2007

Dr. Karrer was valedictorian at Loyola Marymount University, attended the University of Southern California as a Tau Beta Pi fellow, one of the top 30 engineers in the nation, and received a M.S. Product Manager Entrepreneur Mark Geller SEO for Startups Startup Version 1.0 in Computer Science.

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MARCH 1, 2007

Dr. Karrer was valedictorian at Loyola Marymount University, attended the University of Southern California as a Tau Beta Pi fellow, one of the top 30 engineers in the nation, and received a M.S. Product Manager Entrepreneur Mark Geller SEO for Startups Startup Version 1.0 in Computer Science.

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MARCH 16, 2010

Delivery of code/product that clearly has not been tested. And the #1 reason I get calls relates to an old software engineering adage: The first 90% of a project takes half the time. We try to move on to find the actual A players. Symptoms So what do I hear about on these calls? Frequently missed deadlines. Massive overtime.

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MARCH 12, 2007

Dr. Karrer was valedictorian at Loyola Marymount University, attended the University of Southern California as a Tau Beta Pi fellow, one of the top 30 engineers in the nation, and received a M.S. Product Manager Entrepreneur Mark Geller SEO for Startups Startup Version 1.0 in Computer Science.

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MARCH 5, 2007

Dr. Karrer was valedictorian at Loyola Marymount University, attended the University of Southern California as a Tau Beta Pi fellow, one of the top 30 engineers in the nation, and received a M.S. Product Manager Entrepreneur Mark Geller SEO for Startups Startup Version 1.0 in Computer Science.

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JANUARY 2, 2013

I've had several Startup CTO Consulting sessions recently where it became apparent that the Founder needed help with the business and product as much or more than the technology. I'm a mentor at Start Engine and Founders Institute LA. I suggested that they should look for someone like me, but on the business end.

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DECEMBER 1, 2010

I continue to collect great content that is the intersection of startups, products, online and technology. Who better to answer than the company's engineering lead. So let’s be very specific: let’s assume your dream job is product manager at Google, working on the Analytics product. This post is an accusation.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2007

Dr. Karrer was valedictorian at Loyola Marymount University, attended the University of Southern California as a Tau Beta Pi fellow, one of the top 30 engineers in the nation, and received a M.S. Product Manager Entrepreneur Mark Geller SEO for Startups Startup Version 1.0 in Computer Science.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2007

Dr. Karrer was valedictorian at Loyola Marymount University, attended the University of Southern California as a Tau Beta Pi fellow, one of the top 30 engineers in the nation, and received a M.S. Product Manager Entrepreneur Mark Geller SEO for Startups Startup Version 1.0 in Computer Science.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2007

Dr. Karrer was valedictorian at Loyola Marymount University, attended the University of Southern California as a Tau Beta Pi fellow, one of the top 30 engineers in the nation, and received a M.S. Product Manager Entrepreneur Mark Geller SEO for Startups Startup Version 1.0 in Computer Science.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2007

Dr. Karrer was valedictorian at Loyola Marymount University, attended the University of Southern California as a Tau Beta Pi fellow, one of the top 30 engineers in the nation, and received a M.S. Product Manager Entrepreneur Mark Geller SEO for Startups Startup Version 1.0 in Computer Science.

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MAY 15, 2009

Social networking sites and microblogs are used not only to build company brands, but to foster productivity; social media tools help build communities around the question, "What are you working on?" Formerly, he was Managing Director of both Product Management and of Business Development at Los Angeles Times Interactive.

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MARCH 22, 2007

Dr. Karrer was valedictorian at Loyola Marymount University, attended the University of Southern California as a Tau Beta Pi fellow, one of the top 30 engineers in the nation, and received a M.S. Product Manager Entrepreneur Mark Geller SEO for Startups Startup Version 1.0 in Computer Science.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2007

Dr. Karrer was valedictorian at Loyola Marymount University, attended the University of Southern California as a Tau Beta Pi fellow, one of the top 30 engineers in the nation, and received a M.S. Product Manager Entrepreneur Mark Geller SEO for Startups Startup Version 1.0 in Computer Science.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2007

Dr. Karrer was valedictorian at Loyola Marymount University, attended the University of Southern California as a Tau Beta Pi fellow, one of the top 30 engineers in the nation, and received a M.S. Product Manager Entrepreneur Mark Geller SEO for Startups Startup Version 1.0 in Computer Science.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2007

Dr. Karrer was valedictorian at Loyola Marymount University, attended the University of Southern California as a Tau Beta Pi fellow, one of the top 30 engineers in the nation, and received a M.S. Product Manager Entrepreneur Mark Geller SEO for Startups Startup Version 1.0 in Computer Science.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2007

Dr. Karrer was valedictorian at Loyola Marymount University, attended the University of Southern California as a Tau Beta Pi fellow, one of the top 30 engineers in the nation, and received a M.S. Product Manager Entrepreneur Mark Geller SEO for Startups Startup Version 1.0 in Computer Science.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2007

Dr. Karrer was valedictorian at Loyola Marymount University, attended the University of Southern California as a Tau Beta Pi fellow, one of the top 30 engineers in the nation, and received a M.S. Product Manager Entrepreneur Mark Geller SEO for Startups Startup Version 1.0 in Computer Science.

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AUGUST 29, 2013

The SBAs are a key part of the [link] event which is co-sponsored by USC’s Marshall School of Business, School of Cinematic Arts, and Viterbi School of Engineering. USC’s Marshall School of Business will host the second annual Silicon Beach Awards (SBAs), a $50,000 venture competition focused on innovation in technology & entertainment.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2007

Dr. Karrer was valedictorian at Loyola Marymount University, attended the University of Southern California as a Tau Beta Pi fellow, one of the top 30 engineers in the nation, and received a M.S. Product Manager Entrepreneur Mark Geller SEO for Startups Startup Version 1.0 in Computer Science.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2013

Investors my tell you that, but what they can look at your product on paper and tell what it does and they will understand if it can be built. Examples might be a recommendation engine, search engine, matching engine or something with a complex interface. Third party products are used appropriately.

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JULY 23, 2012

I received a great question via LinkedIn: I'm the founding engineer and working hard to launch my startup. While I do fill that role at the moment, I'm a little hesitant to refer to myself as a CTO as we still haven't launched a product, acquired a single user, or turned or a penny in profit. What do we build in-house or outsource?

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MAY 31, 2008

- beyond the obvious 'more great engineers' who do I invite to the party and when - when do I need legal, when do I bring in complementary skill sets, how do I decide between employees vs contractors, which roles need to be core and what can be outsourced. What is 'good enough'? when should I open the doors and let people in?

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APRIL 28, 2014

I’m a long way into development and I’m 90% done and we are having issues getting it completed Developers like to over engineer. Developers like to over engineer. As a founder, you do need to be telling the developers what the business and product goals are. But my developers want to go into way too much detail. That’s correct.

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MARCH 16, 2007

Dr. Karrer was valedictorian at Loyola Marymount University, attended the University of Southern California as a Tau Beta Pi fellow, one of the top 30 engineers in the nation, and received a M.S. Product Manager Entrepreneur Mark Geller SEO for Startups Startup Version 1.0 in Computer Science.

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AUGUST 3, 2010

Many of our job postings for Engineering positions describe the company as a place “where the word ‘millions’ is used frequently and in many contexts&#. Automating the Path to a Better User Experience - The Product Guy , July 5, 2010 I started writing about Quick-UX in 2008. Showscase your products and services.

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