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November 29, 2016
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Fail Often

Lessons learned after working for a year on a product that failed.

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Gabriel Valdivia

November 29, 2016

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Transcript

  1. Hi.

  2. Oct 2014

  3. Oct 2014

  4. Oct 2014

  5. Oct 2014

  6. Nov 2014

  7. Feb 2015

  8. Feb 2015

  9. May 2015

  10. Sep 2015

  11. Jan 2016

  12. Feb 2016

  13. Lessons

  14. Know when to transition from selling mode to close mode.

    1

  15. Fall in love with the problem, not the solution. 2

  16. Explore early and often. 3

  17. Avoid sharing everything with everyone all the time. 4

  18. Take your best idea and throw it away. 5

  19. A united team is more powerful than an individual who

    is right. 6

  20. Focus on building relationships, not products. 7

  21. @gabrielvaldivia