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06-04-2021
Quick iOS Prototyping In Flinto | Meng To - UI/UX Designer

Quick iOS Prototyping In Flinto | Meng To - UI/UX Designer

Source: blog.mengto.com

There are many iOS prototyping tools out there: Briefs 2, POP, Prototypr just to name a few. The one that really struck me as the most efficient is Flinto by far. Ironically, it’s the only Web-based tool amongst them. And there is nothing better out there. It will literally take minutes to create a prototype that looks like it was made using Xcode Storyboard.

Tags: prototyping ios design mockups
06-04-2021
Pivoting when Using Lean Startup for Product Development

Pivoting when Using Lean Startup for Product Development

Source: infoq.com

The lean startup approach expects that you are able to decide whether to persevere or pivot during product development. The build-measure-learn loop help startups to get quick feedback from customers and learn about their needs, which support pivoting decisions. In the lean startup principles, Eric Ries describes the purpose of pivoting in product development:

Tags: leanstartup pivoting
06-04-2021
12 pieces of advice from the frontline of

12 pieces of advice from the frontline of "Startup-ing" - Medium

Source: medium.com

Ideas are worthless. Execute. No one wants to sign your NDA. No one cares that you think your idea is so special. Guess what? Any VC or well connected person in Silicon Valley will know 10 other people with the same idea, some of whom will be working on it. Talk to people. Get feedback. Improve your idea. Most importantly make it happen. That is where the value is - execute. "Vision without execution is just hallucination" Henry Ford knew what was up.

Tags: entrepreneurs entrepreneurship startup
06-04-2021
Do Things that Don't Scale

Do Things that Don't Scale

Source: paulgraham.com

Actually startups take off because the founders make them take off. There may be a handful that just grew by themselves, but usually it takes some sort of push to get them going. A good metaphor would be the cranks that car engines had before they got electric starters. Once the engine was going, it would keep going, but there was a separate and laborious process to get it going.

Tags: startup scale paulgraham entrepreneurship
06-04-2021
Lessons Learned: What is customer development?

Lessons Learned: What is customer development?

Source: startuplessonslearned.com

When we build products, we use a methodology. For software, we have many - you can enjoy a nice long list on Wikipedia. But too often when it's time to think about customers, marketing, positioning, or PR, we delegate it to "marketroids" or "suits." Many of us are not accustomed to thinking about markets or customers in a disciplined way. We know some products succeed and others fail, but the reasons are complex and the unpredictable. We're easily convinced by the argument that all we need to do is "build it and they will come." And when they don't come, well, we just try, try, again.

Tags: startup customerdevelopment leanstartup