Through her research, Gülin not only isolated the trend toward automation within the industry, but addressed demand by developing a product that would eliminate outages due to human error. By Sramana Mitra (Founder, One Million By One Million) In our One Million by One Million (1M/1M) global virtual incubator, we always advise entrepreneurs to talk [...]
Posts Tagged "Customer Development"
5 Useful Things A Non-Technical Founder CAN Do
December 6, 2012 – 9:00 am
These are the skills I’ve found to be the most important as a non-technical founder to make herself useful at a startup. By Elizabeth Yin (Co-Founder, LaunchBit) For all intents and purposes, I’m the non-technical co-founder of my internet company LaunchBit, an ad network for email. I barely write a line of code anymore. So [...]
When Talking To Users Saves You Time
August 22, 2012 – 7:00 am
Jane’s team then had a similar conversation with other customers and potential customers. The product team gladly put the much smaller Feature X, minus the expensive live video feature, onto their product roadmap. They also left out a few other parts of Feature X that didn’t solve actual user problems… By Laura Klein (Principal, Users [...]
Start Now: Win A Ticket To Lean Startup Machine In Palo Alto
July 13, 2012 – 9:00 am
An intensive educational workshop, Lean Startup Machine teaches you to build solutions customers want. By Hung Pham (Workshop Coordinator, Lean Startup Machine) Time is money and we’re in the business of saving both. Join the movement that is transforming how new products are being built and launched. Attend a Lean Startup Machine workshop today – [...]
One Vision, Three Stanford Students And A Thousand Iterations On “Chocolate-Covered-Broccoli” – Roominate Customer Development
July 10, 2012 – 6:00 am
Girls wanted to be able to construct anything they could imagine, and our testing enabled us to create a toy that equipped them with the perfect tools. By Alice Brooks, Bettina Chen & Jennifer Kessler (Founders, Maykah) In January, we set out to design a toy that would inspire young girls to pursue science, technology, [...]
7 Huge Mistakes To Avoid As A Lean Startup
July 5, 2012 – 10:00 am
Lean Startup Machine requires you to abandon all ego going in. Remember to leave all ego behind going out. By Grace Ng (Director of Product Experience, Lean Startup Machine) There are so many nuances to the Lean Startup methodology that it’s easy to think you’re doing it, but you’re not. Many make the mistake, thinking [...]
My Latest 8 App Development Mantras
July 2, 2012 – 7:00 am
During a hackathon, we’re constantly evaluating whether “it’s worth it” on any given problem. By Anna Billstrom (iOS & Facebook App Developer, Self) Maybe, perhaps because I’m an English major, I tend to notice patterns in my speech. I noticed recently that I keep saying the same phrases in discussions regarding mobile app development: secret [...]
You Know Too Much
June 21, 2012 – 1:00 pm
We think too much about our own products to be able to truly understand what a new user experiences. By Laura Klein (Principal, Users Know) This is not an earth shattering revelation. Think of it more as a friendly reminder that even people who have been doing UX for a very long time can get [...]
Product Manager Cindy Alvarez Gives Advice For Startups
June 14, 2012 – 5:00 am
“Validate your assumptions about how you’re going to make money now.” By Heather McGough (Associate Producer, FailCon) I interviewed Cindy Alvarez, a talented product manager who turns understanding the customer into competitive advantage. She is a regular speaker on customer development, user research, product management, and web analytics. Failcon: What do you think was one [...]
How To Raise Money For Your Startup (Infographic)
June 5, 2012 – 1:43 pm
Build your first web startup prototype with Wix, Weebly, WordPress, etc. By Anna Vital (Founder, Funders & Founders) Over the last three years I have seen over a thousand startups in their early stages. I witnessed many of them go from an idea to funding within several months. I have also seen some of them [...]
