Justin, there is one book you absolutely must read: http://www.amazon.com/Four-Steps-Epiphany-Steven-Blank/dp/0976470705
Steve also has a blog. Start here: http://steveblank.com/2009/02/ and start working your way forward through the archives. Another excellent blog is from Eric Ries: http://www.startuplessonslearned.com/ On Feb 1, 4:12 pm, Justin Yoon <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I've been a member of this group for the past month and have > (shamefully) been slow to send through my introduction. However I have > already greatly enjoyed reading through the discussion posts and look > forward to attending one of the meet ups shortly. > > As a short introduction, I am a manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers who > is on a career break to pursue the highs and lows of a bootstrapped > startup. My company CLB7 (www.clb7.com) has been developing a web > based software, claRelease, to help make the process of changing data > simpler. From my previous experiences in audit, I have seen how > difficult it is for organisations to implement changes in a controlled > manner, while maintaining clear view of what changes have been made, > under who's approval, and what the results were. Typical solutions > involved the employment of additional staff or the internal > development of a change release application. I'm hoping that > claRelease can serve as a simple and affordable solution to this > problem. > > The core product has been developed, extensively tested, and is ready > for trial. However it isn't 100% complete as we're still finishing off > the backend management side (i.e. user management). Therefore, I would > love to draw on some of your experiences to help me plan my way > forward. > > 1. Do any of you have experience in finding organisations willing to > trial a product that has core functionality in place, but is not yet > fully completed? > > 2. What recommendations to you have to increase exposure of my product > to my target market of database administrators, IT managers, IT risk > managers and system owners? To date I have been relying on my personal > network, but I am at the stage of needing to cast the net further. > > 3. Would any of you be willing to meet with me to provide advice/ > support at the early stage of my business? I would also at the same > time love to provide advice and contacts in return if you too are a > business owner. > > Many thanks in advance, > > Justin -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach Australia mailing list. Guidelines on discussion: http://tr.im/ujKF No lurkers! It is expected that you introduce yourself: http://tr.im/ujMm To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia?hl=en?hl=en
