FYI - there is video that shows these slides with the audio of my presenting this to UMass Lowell here (presentation starts about 10 minutes in): http://echoess.uml.edu:8080/ess/echo/presentation/c90d10f4-f507-41ae-9fa1-4ce63aa967a0
5. “Most start-ups fail not because the technology
doesn’t work, but because they’re making something
that there is not a real market for”
@EricRies@HackerChick
7. @HackerChick
Single Biggest Predictor of Failure?
300 startups surveyed (src: Don Sull, "The Upside of Turbulence”)
Sticking to Initial Business Plan
8. @HackerChick
Instead of building our startups according to myths
We can guide them with facts and knowledge
Promise of the Lean Startup
@EricRies
25. @HackerChick
We had an idea for a new product.
We went off & built it, put it on our website.
26. @HackerChick
We had an idea for a new product.
We went off & built it, put it on our website.
Not a single person clicked thru to it
27. @HackerChick
We had an idea for a new product.
We went off & built it, put it on our website.
What did we learn from that?
Not a single person clicked thru to it
28. @HackerChick
We had an idea for a new product.
We went off & built it, put it on our website.
Was there a faster way to get
through that learning loop?
Not a single person clicked thru to it
59. What is the problem?
Who has the problem? @SGBlank
Customer Discovery
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60. How important is the problem’s solution to the customer?
How valuable is the problem’s solution to the customer?@SGBlank
Customer Discovery
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