Read Chapter 7 of “Lean Startup”. Prepare for class discussion!
Read Pmarca Tweetstorm about startupsDeliverable:Write a blog post, not paraphrasing, but responding to his thesis (Also who is Pmarca and why should you listen?)
PTPTours pilot team: meet as a team for 60 minutes.
Review Pilot Project (P2P Tours), specifically the section about “team deliverables.” That’s your goal. Begin working towards it.
Review and update your plans with new or refined hypotheses.
Prioritize which ones to test next and formulate the MVP or experiment.
Assign one or two to test by each team member. Refine and agree on what you think the product will actually do.
Actually try and validate them by getting out of the building. Keep notes in trello.
Team Deliverable:Update notes, hypotheses, vision in trello and prepare to talk about out of the building experiences.
Term product ideas: Get together for 60 to 90 minutes with 2 other students, not on your team. Talk through your term project ideas, make new ones, brainstorm. Deliverable:Each student create proposal for one new product and comment on at least two others..
Discussion
Everyone: 5 minutes to post to Latte, see: Latte Post
Everyone: Post-it note exercise
Role of Common Sense in formulating hypotheses. Other types of hypotheses
Art class “critique.” How to listen and hear. How to critique constructively
Discussion:team by team, Present P2PTours. 5 minutes per team. TAs please time?
Possible Hypotheses for it?
What is your revised vision so far for P2PTours?
What are the leap of faith assumptions?
Write results of this discussion for your team in Trello.
Revised Vision?
Discussion:About possible term projects
Go throughall the proposals for a quick critique.
Review lists of products for part two of the course.
See which ones look good. Start thinking about which one you want to be part of!