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43: Strategizing Product Validation
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Length:
40 minutes
Released:
May 24, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Rob Walling joins Derrick once again as a guest co-host while Ben is traveling in Hong Kong. Rob was Derrick's co-founder at Drip, runs MicroConf, and hosts the Startups For the Rest of Us podcast.
Derrick and Rob discuss the latest Level updates and strategize how best to approach previewing product mockups to potential customers. They discuss how the early phase of a startup is very fulfilling because you can be very creative, but also stressful because of risk and uncertainty. Rob gets Derrick's feedback about offering one-on-one founder consulting in his spare time.
Links and resources:
Rob Walling on Twitter (https://twitter.com/robwalling)
Startups for the Rest of Us (http://www.startupsfortherestofus.com/)
Derrick Reimer Website (http://www.derrickreimer.com/)
Derrick Reimer on Twitter (https://twitter.com/derrickreimer)
MicroConf (https://www.microconf.com/)
Ben Orenstein Website (http://www.benorenstein.com/)
Ben Orenstein on Twitter (https://twitter.com/r00k)
Level Live #3: A Fireside Chat with Rob Walling (https://youtu.be/lDb-93uWVLw)
Drip (https://www.drip.com/)
Twist (https://twistapp.com/?lang=en)
Basecamp (https://basecamp.com/)
Soylent (https://www.soylent.com/)
Derrick and Rob discuss the latest Level updates and strategize how best to approach previewing product mockups to potential customers. They discuss how the early phase of a startup is very fulfilling because you can be very creative, but also stressful because of risk and uncertainty. Rob gets Derrick's feedback about offering one-on-one founder consulting in his spare time.
Links and resources:
Rob Walling on Twitter (https://twitter.com/robwalling)
Startups for the Rest of Us (http://www.startupsfortherestofus.com/)
Derrick Reimer Website (http://www.derrickreimer.com/)
Derrick Reimer on Twitter (https://twitter.com/derrickreimer)
MicroConf (https://www.microconf.com/)
Ben Orenstein Website (http://www.benorenstein.com/)
Ben Orenstein on Twitter (https://twitter.com/r00k)
Level Live #3: A Fireside Chat with Rob Walling (https://youtu.be/lDb-93uWVLw)
Drip (https://www.drip.com/)
Twist (https://twistapp.com/?lang=en)
Basecamp (https://basecamp.com/)
Soylent (https://www.soylent.com/)
Released:
May 24, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
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