YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 10, 2012

Talented product developers. If you can harness the knowledge, natural enthusiasm, and peer influence of your very best customers — I call them “Rock Star” customers — they’ll market, sell, and help develop breakthrough products for your firm better than your internal resources can do, and often at a fraction of the cost.

Customer 154

Customer Fractional CTO Canada Technical Review 154

Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 29, 2013

Eric has talked often about recognizing a startup as an organization designed to create a new product or service under conditions of extreme uncertainty. Most commonly, that’s uncertainty about whether you can build the product at all (what MBAs call “technical risk”) or whether anybody will use or buy it (“market risk”). in ten years?

Lean 165

Lean Technical Review Startup Software Review 165

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Many writers have outlined the critical success factors for product companies, like sell every unit at a profit, patent the design, and continuous product improvement. The distinction between product companies and services companies is easy to see. The distinction between product companies and services companies is easy to see.

Product 228

Product Angel Investor Venture Capital Partner 228

37signals.com

DECEMBER 5, 2011

Follow us on Twitter for more information on our products. The unimportance of product names. Don’t waste too much time on picking a perfect name for your product. We usually decide upon a product name by seeing what the product does. Everybody knows what a product name should be. Apr 27 2010.

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Product Name Naming Product Software Review 44

ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

Not because they have a conversion problem but because they never really nail the product or how to market it. This is a customer development problem. Steve Blank, a serial entrepreneur in Silicon Valley, developed a methodology for creating businesses that runs in parallel with the traditional product development process.

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Customer Development Conversion Developer Customer 126

The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 15, 2022

Whether they were critical to product development, marketing, or a successful exit, each of these individuals can have a significant impact on the amount of money the business is worth. A complete business plan will also include financial projections, sometimes referred to as a pro-forma.

Merger 143

Merger Acquisition Due Diligence Valuation 143

Hippoland

OCTOBER 9, 2016

Demonstrate that you can pull the trigger on things quickly — whether it be getting customers, hiring / firing employees, or product development. It would turn out that “famous” investors referring companies don’t necessarily refer better companies. And convey this in your pitch. Sometimes this is true.

Seed Stage 48

Seed Stage CTO Hire Email Later Stage 48

The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

The term “startup” often refers to companies in high-tech industries such as information technology, biotech, social media, robotics, hardware manufacturing, etc. Still, it can also refer to enterprises that produce goods or provide services typical of more established firms (e.g., Increased Productivity.

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Startup Social Media Global Incubator 134

YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

If your organization’s mission is to improve the lives of others with your product(s), you will perform better than any executive hell-bent on merely selling more product(s). Is there a sense of desperation to sell more or a caring urgency to improve others’ lives with the product or service offered?

Operations 113

Operations Sales Restful Green 113

Steve Blank

MAY 14, 2012

———– Whether your venture is a new pizza parlor or the hottest new software product, beware: These nine flawed assumptions are toxic. These founders specify, design, and build a fully featured product using classic product development methods without ever leaving their building.

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Balance Sheet Business Model Customer Development Metrics 335

Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 29, 2009

Startups especially can benefit by using technical debt to experiment, invest in process, and increase their product development leverage. The biggest source of waste in new product development is building something that nobody wants. Unfortunately, customers hated that initial product.

Technical Review 168

Technical Review Software Review San Francisco Lean 168

Up and Running

JULY 2, 2014

We had personally invested $70,000 of our own money at this point, and we were hoping to raise at least another $250,000 to help us hire a team, launch our company, and begin to build our product. We had a beta product launched, 20 beta testers, and lots of interest from different investor groups. Our attorney should have known.

Technical Review 118

Technical Review Angel Investor Due Diligence Dilution 118

Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 20, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, October 20, 2008 The engineering managers lament I was inspired to write The product managers lament while meeting with a startup struggling to figure out what had gone wrong with their product development process. He has a good team, and theyve shipped a working product to many customers.

Software Review 164

Software Review Engineer Management Technical Review 164

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

This post describes how the traditional product development model distorts startup sales, marketing and business development. For example, some startup sales execs believe hiring the core sales team is a key objective. Here’s what the product development diagram looks like from a sales perspective.

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Customer Development Developer Silicon Valley Customer 228

Up and Running

JULY 13, 2022

Visual trust refers to a subconscious interaction that someone has when they come to the site. If your business has secured a patent for a product or started the application process, you can highlight this on the site with a US Patent badge and the accompanying information. The more quality and customized your design is, the better.

Elevator Pitch 140

Elevator Pitch Web Design Affiliate 140

David Teten

MAY 1, 2013

You want your company to show up first in the search results whenever someone is looking for a product you sell. Third, as Tom Treanor explains , “[C]hanging your marketing materials, email addresses, and online and offline references, and links to your old site is a long, painful, and costly process.”

Naming 114

Naming Semantic Venture Capital Startup 114

Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

She’s also the author of a book — Smart Marketing Execution: How To Accelerate Profitability, Performance, And Productivity. 7:15] How do you manage the fact that somebody is hiring you to do marketing, but you can’t really do marketing if you don’t get into every aspect of their business? [10:20]

Marketing 73

Marketing Differentiation Sacramento Small Business 73

Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 14, 2009

This may sound crazy, coming as it does from an advocate of c harging customers for your product from day one. Their product definition fluctuates wildly – one month, it’s a dessert topping, the next it’s a floor wax. In fact, this company hasn’t shipped any new products in months. What’s going on?

Customer 167

Customer San Francisco Lean Hockey Stick 167

The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

There’s a reason why I refer to early-stage VC funding as vulture capital, and to be honest it’s pretty accurate. Focus on Product Development First. We prioritized validation from our customers by listening carefully to what our customers wanted and focusing on early-stage product development.

Early Stage 85

Early Stage Venture Capital Bootstrapping Pre-Money Valuation 85

Up and Running

JULY 26, 2016

Just for reference, Slidebean is a SaaS presentation software where users can add content, and a finished presentation is designed automatically. We call growth hacking the process of figuring out this extremely complex puzzle of selling a product better and faster than anyone else. 1x hacker in charge of product/development.

Revenue 60

Revenue Acquisition Channel Campaign 60

www.lanceglasser.com

MAY 13, 2012

Product development. Queuing theory and product development. The Essential Product Investigation Phase Gate. So you want to ship the product early? The minimum viable product. Stock buybacks. The Year of the Black Swan. Definitions of common financial terms. A Model for Return on Engineering Expenses.

CTO 40

CTO CTO Hire Technical Review Architecture 40

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 1, 2018

A good culture ensures a strong connection between your product, purpose, people and work environment to support your long-term strategy. Though most founders would agree culture is important in an organization’s success, it often takes a back seat to product development and generating a profit in the early stages of an organization’s life.

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Cofounder Hiring Leadership Employee 113

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 31, 2012

Many writers have outlined the critical success factors for product companies, like sell every unit at a profit, patent the design, and continuous product improvement. The distinction between product companies and services companies is easy to see. The distinction between product companies and services companies is easy to see.

Angel Investor 227

Angel Investor Venture Capital Partner Networking 227

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 30, 2008

If the CEO wants to completely change the product in order to serve a new customer segment, you need someone in the room who can digest the needs of the new (proposed) business, and lay out the costs of each possible approach. Labels: product development 15comments: mukund said. Have you worked with or for a great CTO?

CTO 168

CTO Fractional CTO CTO Hire Technical Review 168

ConversionXL

AUGUST 24, 2021

Some companies refer to individuals carrying out general marketing tasks as marketing managers, while others distinguish the leaders in their marketing departments this way. A content marketing manager’s role may focus on overseeing the production and execution of content across social media, the company’s website, email, and other channels.

Management 141

Management Marketing Campaign Social Media 141

Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 28, 2010

It’s common, perhaps the norm, for startups to pivot like that—to discover that a product is catching on in unintended ways worth pursuing. First, because the amateurs weren’t SEC-registered, the site had to refer to them with awkward terms like “geniuses.&# Thus far the results are encouraging.

San Francisco 158

San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment SEC 158

crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 10, 2018

Look to movies and pop culture references that predict what the future may look like for inspiration. This trend continues as more companies adopt dark and light colors into their products. Many Instagram influencers hire professional photographers to capture this look. Color is an important part of branding and product design.

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Design Stock Technical Review Curation 48

Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 2, 2008

Alas, they arent published in a dead-tree medium yet, so I cant say something like "they are the essential reference on my bookcase." but rest assured they would be. A Fundraising Survival Guide [link] Raising money has a mysterious capacity to suck up all your attention. Take a look and let me know what you think.

San Francisco 125

San Francisco Software Review Technical Review Continuous Deployment 125

Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 8, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, June 8, 2009 Datablindness Most of us are swimming in a sea of data about our products, companies, and teams. I had it all set up to a jury-rigged SurveyMonkey - PayPal minimum viable product. So the product development team was busy creating lots of split-tests for lots of hypotheses.

San Francisco 84

San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment DC 84

Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 15, 2009

This condition makes it much easier for teams to innovate, experiment, and achieve sustained productivity. One large source of waste in development is “double-checking.&# One is used by engineers to refer to the process of getting code fully integrated into production.

Continuous Deployment 167

Continuous Deployment Software Review San Francisco Lean 167

The Next Web

NOVEMBER 22, 2013

Nick Kishfy is the CEO of MojoTech , a design and development agency with offices in Providence, RI and New York, NY. If you’ve ever looked for a design and development agency to build your product, you know that lack of options is not a problem in this industry. As the buyer, it’s daunting, if not downright scary.

Design 126

Design Search Networking Developer 126

Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 3, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, August 3, 2009 Minimum Viable Product: a guide One of the most important lean startup techniques is called the minimum viable product. MVP, despite the name, is not about creating minimal products. We have to manage to learn something from our first product iteration.

San Francisco 168

San Francisco Product Lean Continuous Deployment 168

SVPG

MARCH 5, 2011

If you take a look at the list of open product positions at the end of my recent newsletter, you’ll notice a record number of VP/Director of Product positions. However, it also represents an increased recognition of the importance of strong product leadership.

Product 82

Product CTO Hire Hiring Leadership 82

Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 31, 2010

Its in reverse-chronological order, so start with page 3 or just use Seans handy reference. Its in reverse-chronological order, so start with page 3 or just use Seans handy reference. (You can read the rest of his posts on his blog : Introduction , Part 1 , Part 2.) All video from the conference is available for free at Justin.tv

San Francisco 133

San Francisco Lean Technical Review Software Review 133

Feld Thoughts

APRIL 17, 2012

After months or years of iterating and pivoting, they finally have the right product for the right market at the right price. My friend Chris Moody , President/COO at Gnip , refers to this as the execution phase of a business and there is no better example of execution in our current portfolio than the team at Gnip.

China 137

China Portfolio Product Development Engineer 137

Gust

OCTOBER 31, 2011

Many writers have outlined the critical success factors for product companies, like sell every unit at a profit, patent the design, and continuous product improvement. The distinction between product companies and services companies is easy to see. The distinction between product companies and services companies is easy to see.

Angel Investor 143

Angel Investor Venture Capital Partner Networking 143

Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 29, 2010

I believe it means were achieving product/market fit for a set of ideas. These case studies range in size and scope: from pre-product/market fit to already exited, bootstrapped to venture-backed, solo practitioner to large organization. Ideas, products, and capital flow easily across borders. Congratulations. Not anymore.

San Francisco 120

San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment DC 120