SoCal CTO
MARCH 10, 2010
Steve Blank wrote a great post recently entitled Perfection By Subtraction – The Minimum Feature Set where he explains the real goals around defining a minimum viable product: Founders act like the “minimum” part is the goal. Here’s what I mean… You start with some list of product features and functions.
SoCal CTO
DECEMBER 19, 2012
He wanted to get input from me on what he's doing, and he wants to begin to ask developers what it would take to build his product. I asked some of the same questions I ask in my Free Startup CTO Consulting Sessions and then I get to a very common conversation: Me : Do you have specs? Founder : Ummm. what do you mean? Founder : Umm.
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SoCal CTO
MARCH 12, 2012
I've talked about that in lots of other posts, so you can visit some of these to help determine what you specifically need: Startup CTO or Developer Startup Software Development – Do Your Homework Before You Develop Anything Key ingredients in the equation are: How complex is the system? Do you have dollars to pay for development?
TechCrunch
DECEMBER 10, 2021
We have helped startups at pre-seed stage to create prototypes and guide their technology development plans. At seed stage, we work with them to develop their minimum viable product (MVP), and in subsequent stages, we get to help them with some of their many newly formed initiatives.
SoCal CTO
SEPTEMBER 14, 2011
Do you know the relative effort to build your prototype or minimum viable product? Ask a few CTO type people. Or ask me Free Startup CTO Consulting Sessions. You should definitely hit up the Startup Weekend events as well. There's a cutoff point once you reach roughly 3 person months of development time.
SoCal CTO
SEPTEMBER 14, 2011
Do you know the relative effort to build your prototype or minimum viable product? Ask a few CTO type people. Or ask me Free Startup CTO Consulting Sessions. You should definitely hit up the Startup Weekend events as well. There's a cutoff point once you reach roughly 3 person months of development time.
Altexsoft
OCTOBER 13, 2020
The role of discovery lead is traditionally performed by a product/project manager, CTO, CPO, or a business owner. The roster of other team members may include: Product designers. Those working in software engineering or product management should be familiar with the concept of MVP. Forming a team. Jobs identification.
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