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Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Tuesday, September 30, 2008 What does a startup CTO actually do? Often times, it seems like people are thinking its synonymous with "that guy who gets paid to sit in the corner and think technical deep thoughts" or "that guy who gets to swoop in a rearrange my project at the last minute on a whim."
by Steve Owens, Founder and CTO of Finish Line ProductDevelopment Services. The lean start-up movement has been based on a single insight – which the purpose of a start-up is to discover a businessmodel that works. Reducing product turn time. Extending the runway. The Lean Start-Up Environment.
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aka: An Open Letter to the Next Big Social Network) - 500 Hats , November 1, 2010 I've held off writing this post for a long time, because I couldn't quite get my head around all the issues. few years ago I also started following Alexander Osterwalder in his blog about his BusinessModel Generation -mantra. But I don’t think so.
The application of agile development methodologies which dramatically reduce waste and unlock creativity in productdevelopment. See Customer Development Engineering for my first stab at articulating the theory involved) Ferocious customer-centric rapid iteration, as exemplified by the Customer Development process.
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Initially, IMVU sought to quickly build a product that would prove out the soundness of their ideas and test the validity of their businessmodel. For people we hired from larger companies especially, this was challenging. where an initial bad impression affects a significantly larger percentage of potential customers.
Instead, we built a product first (that’s expensive!) and then started hunting around for the right target market (that’s usually the cheap part of productdevelopment). Detailed market research isn’t necessary for all businesses. We neglected to do our market research. First, what’s market research?
The one-page pitch format is also more suitable for SaaS businesses that are constantly testing new ideas. Your pitch is going to cover your strategy (what you’re going to do), your tactics (how you’re going to do it), your businessmodel (how you will make money), and your schedule (who is doing what and when).
I bill out at somewhere near 200 an hour most of the time. They don’t bill as much as I do, and they do the work in a fraction of time. Doing things all yourself as a business owner is an absolute time drain that we all need to take a magnifying glass to and figure out how not to succumb to this one.
Smart teams understand quickly that all three skills are essential - if you can't recognize the need, you won't be able to hire for it or value it. are just emerging for business people (customer development, businessmodel generation,). Developers who understand and can execute on a businessmodel.
But six months in, you’re gonna cry when you see someone else put out that same product you’re pitching me right now. Like I said, forget everything else and just get your product out the door. Inevitably, the excuses begin: I need to hire people to build the product. I don’t know any developers. No phone system.
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