Comments on: Startup Tips from MIT Venture Forum – Part 1 http://www.leo-chen.com/2008/03/21/startup-tips-from-mit-venture-forum-%e2%80%93-part-1/ experiences & thoughts of leo chen Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:12:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Chip http://www.leo-chen.com/2008/03/21/startup-tips-from-mit-venture-forum-%e2%80%93-part-1/#comment-10 Chip Thu, 10 Apr 2008 05:10:13 +0000 http://seattlestartup.wordpress.com/?p=15#comment-10 This all sounds very familiar...where's your scope? This all sounds very familiar…where’s your scope?

]]> By: Jeremy Cheng http://www.leo-chen.com/2008/03/21/startup-tips-from-mit-venture-forum-%e2%80%93-part-1/#comment-9 Jeremy Cheng Sat, 22 Mar 2008 12:04:41 +0000 http://seattlestartup.wordpress.com/?p=15#comment-9 Interesting points. I wish I could have gone to the talk. It's unfortunate that I was stuck slaving away at something else when this took place. I might add that although understanding your customers is definitely important, it always seemed to be the easy part for me. The harder part is transforming the knowledge about your customers into a sound design that delivers the results that you want. With that said, <a>Personas</a> is something that you might want to take a look at to help ease that process. I am not saying that it's the best way or the only way. But it's definitely worth while for considering. I often find it fun to come up with Personas too and hence, makes a fun way to work and facilitate team bonding. Interesting points. I wish I could have gone to the talk. It’s unfortunate that I was stuck slaving away at something else when this took place.

I might add that although understanding your customers is definitely important, it always seemed to be the easy part for me. The harder part is transforming the knowledge about your customers into a sound design that delivers the results that you want. With that said, Personas is something that you might want to take a look at to help ease that process. I am not saying that it’s the best way or the only way. But it’s definitely worth while for considering. I often find it fun to come up with Personas too and hence, makes a fun way to work and facilitate team bonding.

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