TechEmpower

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

As the technical partner, we want to be real partners in the business-making sure the technology helps achieve the business objectives. Imagine your prototyping is over, and you're building a production system. Our business model nudges us slightly toward the sound, safe (stodgy?) Think of the money!

Guinea 200

Guinea Application Development Ruby Web Development 200

Steve Blank

MARCH 8, 2011

Could we even could find 40 Stanford graduate students interested in being guinea pigs for this new class? Startups, are not about executing a plan where the product, customers, channel are known. Agora’s selling points are its ability to reduce users’ IT infrastructure cost and enhance revenue for service providers.

Lean 300

Lean Business Model Customer Development Guinea 300

David Teten

MARCH 12, 2012

I’ve attached below my original, much more detailed blog post about the details of how we’ve designed our office to help people stay healthy and be as productive as possible. An additional incentive to remaking the workplace into a healthy, exercise-supportive environment is the cost benefit. (Thanks Tim!)

Product 166

Product Portfolio Venture Capital Vesting 166

YoungUpstarts

APRIL 25, 2019

It’s great for testing out new product ideas in a short period of time. You can easily include a new product category for a period to test and see if it proves to be profitable. Subsequently, you can stock up on the products in your warehouse if you find that there is demand for the product.

Guinea 113

Guinea eCommerce Stock Demand 113

Up and Running

DECEMBER 5, 2014

” Through feedback from her friends, Olson was able to tweak the design over time until it became just the product that met their needs, and she was able to branch out into a wider market. He advertised that he would do local drop offs around his general area for those who wanted a quality product quickly. Be your own guinea pig.

Guinea 155

Guinea Green SBA Canada 155

Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Here’s an example: Say your product is a sugary mixer for cocktails. You Don’t Know Your Customer (The Decision Maker) Who do you think is the person deciding whether to buy your product? Suppose you’re selling a B2B SaaS product for law firms that saves them time. How do you know, and what are their incentives to buy?

Guinea 62

Guinea Founder Venture Capital Reputation 62