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No Startup Product Survives The First Customer Contact
It was two weeks after we launched the beta for FamilyTales in mid-April that we realized very clearly that we had to make a customer hypothesis pivot. We were filling in Mike Kirkup, the director of Velocity. That's when he said, 'No startup product survices the first customer contact.' That's why it's so important to get your product out in front of customers ASAP. The problem is that a lot …
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Why tech startup founders ought to learn to code
In this new Web-centric economy, code is king. Great you can sell. Sweet, you can market. But if you don't have a product, what do you sell or market? Social media or guerrilla marketing will not help you. Whether you're in marketing, sales or biz dev, if you want to build a tech startup, learn to code and build something. Here's why. 1. Low Barrier to Learning It's easier than ever to learn …
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Why startup founders need to hear NO
"The best kind of feedback you can get is when you hear a definitive no." That's what Mike Kirkup, the director of Velocity Garage and one of the mentors for FamilyTales, told me, Ali and Beatrice. We were talking about pricing. We finally got someone to pay us $100 for subscription for our startup FamilyTales. Kirkup was telling us that we should have kept raising the price to see at what point …
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3 Startup Lessons I learned From My Mom
The two most important and influential women in my life are my sister and my mom. My mom taught me a lot that's helped me in my startup life and my entrepreneurial ventures. Here are just three startup lessons I learned from my mom. 1. Be Happy The startup life is full of uncertainty. It's uncomfortable. It's scary. I'm $100,000 in debt from my studies and I'm not going to be paid for awhile. I …
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Why aren’t there more women in tech startups?
A few days ago, Beatrice, one of my co-founders for FamilyTales, told me that out of the 32 speakers last weekend at Infect13 organized by the Canadian Undergraduate Technology Conference, there was only was speaker. It was the same for the PwC Technology Conference. So I went on a twitter rampage a few days ago. One of the responses I got was that there wasn't really enough women speakers in …
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What’s Life After Lean Startup Machine
I typically hate workshops and conferences. When I was volunteering at a youth group organization, everyone was so enthusiastic to go to conferences. It gets every so passionate and excited. The problem is that after a few weeks, this passion waivers off. That's the problem with most workshops and conferences - there's no follow-through. So when my friend told me about Lean Startup Machine …
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No Startup Product Survives The First Customer Contact
It was two weeks after we launched the beta for FamilyTales in mid-April that we realized very clearly that we had to make a customer hypothesis pivot. We were filling in Mike Kirkup, the director of Velocity. That's when he said, 'No startup …
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