Bootstrapper's Paradise

Building Data-Driven Products with Stephen Sklarew

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Stephen is a product and technology executive with extensive experience building and growing companies both large and small.  He is also the CEO of Synaptiq.  Synaptiq provides strategic AI and data science services to information, technology, and product officers. On this week's episode, Sean and Stephen discuss 

  • “There’s nothing more frustration than building software that no one will use”
  • Why software is more about understanding your customer than technology
  • How to be a conservative entrepreneur when it comes to financial risk
  • Why selling services is a great way to identify product opportunities
  • “It’s not worth getting others people’s money until you’ve proven your business model”
  • What it means to build a data-driven product
  • How to know when you have a product worth building
  • The critical importance of testing your value proposition early and often

    • Resources:

    • Good to Great, by James C. Collins - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/76865.Good_to_Great
    • Traction, by Gino Wickman - https://www.eosworldwide.com/traction-book
    • Scaling Up, by Verne Harnish - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22212880-scaling-up
    • 3HAG Way, by Shannon Byrne Susko - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22212880-scaling-up
    • Synaptiq Website - https://www.synaptiq.ai/

      • Connecting with Stephen:

      • Connect with Stephen on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/sklarew/
      • Connect with Stephen over Email - [email protected]

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