"How to start a startup?" - Building products that people will buy
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This document discusses how to build products that customers want. It recommends focusing on understanding the job the product does for customers and how they buy rather than just the product itself. Startups often fail because they fall in love with their solution rather than understanding the customer's problem. The document also briefly outlines the history of software development methodologies and recommends using the lean startup approach to minimize risks by searching for a business model and documenting plans using the lean canvas tool.
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"How to start a startup?" - Building products that people will buy
- 1. Build Products That Customers Want Tal Atzmon
- 4. McDonald’s approach: Focus on the Product
- 6. Focus on the Job the product Does
- 7. Understand how customers buy in order to deliver your product
- 8. What do Startups do wrong?
- 9. Fall in with the Solution
- 10. Fall in with the Solution Problem
- 15. 1990s - Scrum
- 16. ~2010 - Lean Startup
- 17. Lean Startup is a set of tools
- 18. Search for a Business Model Minimize Risks
- 19. Document Plan A: The Lean Canvas
- 22. 2019, $35B
- 23. 2008, $0
- 33. If you build it, they won’t come...