“build fast, sell faster and conquer the world 3 lesson from our startups-
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Build fast, sell faster and conquer the world - 3 lessons from our startups
Wolves Summit14 - 16 April 2015 - Gdynia
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Who am I andwhy am I here?
desmart.com/who
Software HouseMe
Damian WinkowskiNew Business Manager
An ex-Googler, fan of technologies, that shape
the future of marketing and sales. Responsible
for building strong relationships with existing and
new customers. Social geek with a strong need
to meet new interesting people.
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1st story: JustProto changes to UXPin
desmart.com/who
Software HouseTeam
Marcin TrederCEO of UXPin, the pirate
Design enthusiast that literally lives for creating the best user experience possible. After years working as a UX Designer and UX Manager he focused on his own start-up UXPin that provides tools for UX Designers all over the world. UXPin tools are used by designers in companies like Google, Apple, Microsoft, IBM, Salesforce.
source: uxpin.com/blog
Software HouseResults
⇁ almost 30 people on the board (office in Gdynia and Silicon Valley)
⇁ 2 investment rounds (250 K USD + 1,5 M USD)⇁ over 4000 paying customers⇁ mentioned on magazines like Smashing Magazine
Software HouseOur Lessons
⇁ no matter how good is your software, without the right people on the board you won’t be successful.
⇁ choose team member wisely and make sure they are willing to work hard on the product.
⇁ CEO has to be a passionate person about the topic related to your startup
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Lesson nr 2: Find the client first, then build the product
desmart.com/who
Software HouseWhat Do We Need To Build?
source: www.changefood.org/source: http://wikigag.com/
Software HouseHow To Start Such Project?
Using uxpin.com we have created simple clickable mockups so the client could see, how the final product will look like.
Software HouseAny Results?
⇁ 32 146 registered users (01.03.2015)⇁ 213 856 recipes so far⇁ 1 500 recipes added daily⇁ product developed in AGILE (flexible changes)