Review and practice (Wed Sep 17, lecture 5)

Homework due for today

  1. Read Chapter 7 of “Lean Startup”. Prepare for class discussion!
  2. Read Pmarca Tweetstorm about startups Deliverable: Write a blog post, not paraphrasing, but responding to his thesis (Also who is Pmarca and why should you listen?)
  3. 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.
  4. 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!

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