In the second part of my interview with Eric Ries, we discuss (1) acquiring customers without launching and (2) opening up board meetings to the entire company. At IMVU, Eric and the management opened up board meetings to the entire company. Why? To give people the information they need to do their jobs. To teach [...]
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Opening board meetings to the entire company
March 25th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Board of Directors, Interview, Launch, Organization, Podcast
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What is the minimum viable product?
March 23rd, 2009 · 44 Comments · Customer Development, Interview, Podcast
Eric Ries and I recently sat down to talk about minimum viable products: the product with just the necessary features to get money and feedback from early adopters. The minimum viable product (MVP) is often an ad on Google. Or a PowerPoint slide. Or a dialog box. Or a landing page. You can often build [...]
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How to be an angel investor, Part 2
March 16th, 2009 · 9 Comments · Angels, Interview, Podcast
Naval and I recently put together a talk for AngelConf, a conference for new angel investors. The conference was organized by Y Combinator and included an great group of notable angels like Ron Conway. According to the AngelConf website, “Investing in startups seems mysterious and difficult. How much are you supposed to invest? What legal [...]
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Vinod Khosla: "Big opportunities are changing the structure of society"
October 16th, 2008 · 3 Comments · Interview, Investment Theses, VC Industry
There’s an outstanding interview with Vinod Khosla on PBS’s web site. Here are some of the highlights. On the real big opportunities: “The real big opportunities are changing the infrastructure of society. We are talking about things like the $200 billion engines market for automobiles and trucks, things like lighting, billions of dollars spent on [...]
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Tom Perkins of Kleiner Perkins Interviewed
January 21st, 2008 · Comments Off · Interview, Quotes, Timing, VC Industry
Tom Perkins from Kleiner Perkins slaps us with knowledge in this interview with Creative Capital. Here are some choice quotes from the beating: On Timing “It’s always a good time to be in venture capital.” “You can’t look at the stock market and decide whether or not to invest in a startup.” “The growth of [...]
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