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Building Your MVP as a Non-Technical Founder

SoCal CTO

I did a presentation this week at Coloft that looked at how Non-Technical Founders can go about getting their MVP built. Leverage Existing Platforms or Third Party Products - you want to test your social network, grab Drupal and whip something together, or even just use a hosted service. WordPress is pretty easy to hack.

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Video Hosting Platforms: Which Is Best for Your Business?

ConversionXL

Google “video hosting platforms,” and you’ll get about 50 million results, along with several paid ads. Here’s a breakdown of the key features—and drawbacks—for eight popular video hosting platforms. You don’t pay to host videos on YouTube, nor do you need a license to create your own library of publicly available videos.

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Startup Grind Turns the Tables on Mark Suster

Both Sides of the Table

Not just because meeting Clayton was influential in shaping my thinking about markets but also because Derek Andersen (who founded Startup Grind) is such an awesome host and runs a very informative events. You’ve got entrepreneurs and founders who are really – a lot of them are in the very early stage of their startup.

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Yes, but who said they'd actually BUY the damn thing?

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

By definition, if you're a startup founder you're explicitly not your customer. founder Blogger & Twitter. "If Repeat after me: You are not your customer." — Eric Ries , Lean Startup leader (repeating a conversation with a startup founder). My friend/brother/co-worker/dentist thinks it's a great idea.".

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Remind Me Why I Love You? (Why “In Person” is Everything)

Both Sides of the Table

I left the meeting and had to attend a 3-hour board meeting where two founders have been fighting and each want the other one fired. But your co-founder had been senior at one of the big enterprise software companies and if I remember correctly American Express had run a big pilot with you. Some were interesting, some weren’t.

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Is Silicon Valley Really Coming to an End?

Both Sides of the Table

By now you probably know that David Sacks , co-founder of PayPal and founder of both Geni & Yammer made some observations on Facebook that Silicon Valley “as we know it” was coming to an end. “In order to create a successful new company, you have to find an idea that. (1)

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How Actionable Insights Can Help You Optimize Your Website

Duct Tape Marketing

In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast , I interview Nils De Moor, Co-founder and CTO at Woorank. After a brief passage through the academic world where he researched simulation of distributed systems, he decided to try his luck as an entrepreneur and cofounded Woorank as the CTO. What role does hosting play?