Comments on: Viva Manchvegas! http://www.raydeck.com/2006/11/viva-manchvegas/ Startup perspective on the business of technology Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:38:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.1 by: Enlight Solutions - Dan Pickett’s Blog » BarCamp Manchester http://www.raydeck.com/2006/11/viva-manchvegas/#comment-1751 Fri, 24 Nov 2006 21:04:11 +0000 http://www.raydeck.com/2006/11/viva-manchvegas/#comment-1751 [...] My favorite speaker was Ray Deck. He spoke about Startups and Marketing (his slides can be found here). One of his very profound points is that there are 3 things necessary for a successful business model: customers, their need, and a product that satisfies the need. The cool part of this he helped us realize - your product is only 1/3 of the equation. Often, I think having cool technology can fool us into thinking that a market is there when it’s not. You have to have the other two pieces of the pie. Without a customer and what Guy Kawasaki describes as “pain” (a need), you will not succeed in the business world. You have to have all three elements for a successful business model. [...] […] My favorite speaker was Ray Deck. He spoke about Startups and Marketing (his slides can be found here). One of his very profound points is that there are 3 things necessary for a successful business model: customers, their need, and a product that satisfies the need. The cool part of this he helped us realize - your product is only 1/3 of the equation. Often, I think having cool technology can fool us into thinking that a market is there when it’s not. You have to have the other two pieces of the pie. Without a customer and what Guy Kawasaki describes as “pain” (a need), you will not succeed in the business world. You have to have all three elements for a successful business model. […]

]]> by: Ray Deck http://www.raydeck.com/2006/11/viva-manchvegas/#comment-1728 Mon, 20 Nov 2006 15:42:13 +0000 http://www.raydeck.com/2006/11/viva-manchvegas/#comment-1728 Go for it - the PTO bounced my application to patent intersecting circles. Glad to be helpful. Go for it - the PTO bounced my application to patent intersecting circles. Glad to be helpful.

]]> by: Dan Pickett http://www.raydeck.com/2006/11/viva-manchvegas/#comment-1727 Mon, 20 Nov 2006 14:52:19 +0000 http://www.raydeck.com/2006/11/viva-manchvegas/#comment-1727 Ray, I really enjoyed your talk. Is it alright if I use some of your graphics and points in a blog post wrapping up BarCamp? I also will subscribe to your blog. You communicated a great message that I want to help pass on - a solid product is only 1/3 of a successful business formula. Ray,

I really enjoyed your talk. Is it alright if I use some of your graphics and points in a blog post wrapping up BarCamp?

I also will subscribe to your blog. You communicated a great message that I want to help pass on - a solid product is only 1/3 of a successful business formula.

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