Both Sides of the Table
MAY 27, 2013
But the thing I am most proud of about Rob is that he has taken a company with a uniquely talented founder & CTO – Nick Halstead – and managed to build a very tight working relationship with Nick where we drive world-class product development without having the usual founder / CEO conflicts. Rob is driven to learn.
David Teten
OCTOBER 1, 2015
Ideally, the economics of a development investment look like those of a cash investment; typically, a seed investor will get no more than about 20% of a company for his capital. Second, the company must eventually own the product development and maintenance functions in-house. Even more importantly: they went through it.
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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks
AUGUST 30, 2010
On this day we stopped looking at the hosted version as a new product line, and started looking at it as a market test; to see if we could build enough of a customer base to warrant a major investment in the hosted invoicing market space. With that in mind, things started flying off our "must-have" list.
David Teten
AUGUST 19, 2019
In addition, I’ve noted a few multi-product lending firms, e.g., Kapitus and United Capital Source , which provide RBI as one of many structural options to companies seeking capital. . We have a special program if you are pre-seed and need product development. Alternative Capital. “ You qualify if you have $5k+ MRR.
View from Seed
OCTOBER 15, 2014
Thus, one of the major focus areas for the startup and the board will likely be product development. To convey that succinctly, use a section in your doc that lists out 2-4 major product milestones, with some light context as needed: Section 5: Hiring.
Startup Lessons Learned
SEPTEMBER 30, 2008
Own the development methodology - in a traditional product development setup, the VP Engineering or some other full-time manager would be responsible for making sure the engineers wrote adequate specs, interfaced well with QA, and also run the scheduling "trains" for releases. Labels: product development 15comments: mukund said.
Both Sides of the Table
OCTOBER 17, 2010
Anyone who works in the venture business or frankly just lives in Silicon Valley will be used to hearing a buzz word rise up out of nowhere to capture the technology zeitgeist and find its way into every entrepreneur’s product development plan or every aspiring entrepreneur’s pitch deck.
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