How To Turn Ideas Into Entrepreneurial Adventure

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Koustubha Deshpande- Head of Mobile: Marketo- CEO & Co-Founder: Vessel.io- Over 5 years of Product Experience

How to Turn Ideas into Entrepreneurial Adventure

“How to Turn Ideas into Product”

Koustubha Deshpande (KD)

What am I going to talk about

My Journey

Lessons I learnt

What I wish I’d have known before

So you have ideas

Before you start..

Keep in mind, “Ideas are cheap,

execution is everything”

Best ideas are

Something that you want

That you can build

And few others realize it’s worth doing

Let me explain, “It starts with what if..”

Idea

ProblemMobile beta testing.

SolutionBuilt a web app to automate this processLunched a websiteInvited other developers to use it.

Then, “It will be really cool

if…

Product

Finally, “Will you pay for

this…”(Bottom line is ROI)

Bummer, “hmmm / May be / One

day / If you add..”

Lesson 1. Find problem, “Ensure problem really

exist & it’s worth solving”

Lesson 2. Focus on what matters

“Make one thing great. Get one thing right.”

-Andy Dunn, Bonobos CEO

Lesson 3. Recruit the right team

“Together we will go far”

“Define what” (as opposed to the how)

Lesson 4. “Fund raising is not

really about money.”

Lesson 5.

“Successful product is never done or perfect”

Launch and Listen

Think and respond

Lesson 6.

“Set Goals Reach & Repeat”

Lesson 7.

“Don’t let people tell you your idea won’t

work.”

Thanks

 

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