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398: How to apply the Steve Blank customer development process with Julio Vasquez

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Today’s guest says one of the big mistakes that he made is building his app right after he had the initial idea. Looking back on it he would talk to his customers potential customers first to help him figure out what features to build and how to market it. You’ll hear us do a mock customer interview using the process developed by Steve Blank.

Julio Vasquez is creator of DayToday.

Julio Vasquez
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DayToday
http://www.daytoday.co/

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397: How Joshua Javaheri Raised $500K While in College

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You will hear how a college student raised half a million dollars with just a pitch deck and designs of his app. He reveals what he put into the pitch deck and some tips you can use if you are looking to raise money. Also, he talks about why you should start a company while in college and some tips on how to leverage your school to make the right connections.

Joshua Javaheri is the CEO and Founder of Lucky Day.

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396: Tips for Building Enterprise Apps Quickly and Efficiently with Burley Kawasaki

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Today’s guest talks about a shift that’s happening in the app space from consumer facing apps to enterprise apps for internal use and he shares how you can quickly and efficiently create enterprise level apps. Also, listen to his tips and tricks on how to build a product roadmap that is focused on your core competency.

Burley Kawasaki is the Senior Vice President, Products & Strategy at Kony, Inc.

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393: How to Communicate with Engineers with Sean Porter

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Are you a product or design person that has a hard time communicating your vision to a developer? Well today’s guest shares the core skills of a good product manager and how to properly communicate to engineers. Also, listen to the story of how a dinner with another founder led to him selling his company to that founder’s business.

Sean Porter is VP of Product & Engineering at FullContact.

Sean Porter
https://twitter.com/seannui

FullContact
https://www.fullcontact.com/

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391: The Analysis You Should Do Before Building Your Product with Keith Casey

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If you’re like me you just go from idea to building without thinking through the whole idea. Well, I think that’s a big mistake and today’s guest tells us that development is the easiest part of the process and shares the analysis that we should do before we actually build the product. Also, listen to the way that he frames the questions that he poses to potential customers to get to the heart of the problem that makes it easier to make the sale.

Keith Casey is the Director of Product at Clarify, Inc.

Keith Casey
https://twitter.com/caseysoftware

Clarify.io
http://clarify.io/

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