Comments on: Top Five Suggestions For Entrepreneurs From IDEO http://blog.simeonov.com/2008/05/02/top-five-suggestions-for-entrepreneurs-from-ideo/ Simeon Simeonov on entrepreneurship, innovation & venture capital Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:31:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Firms like IDEO | henrybelfast http://blog.simeonov.com/2008/05/02/top-five-suggestions-for-entrepreneurs-from-ideo/#comment-19018 Sun, 27 Feb 2011 23:14:41 +0000 http://simeons.wordpress.com/2008/05/02/top-five-suggestions-for-entrepreneurs-from-ideo/#comment-19018 [...] source [...]

]]> By: Simeon Simeonov http://blog.simeonov.com/2008/05/02/top-five-suggestions-for-entrepreneurs-from-ideo/#comment-17864 Wed, 18 Mar 2009 19:47:24 +0000 http://simeons.wordpress.com/2008/05/02/top-five-suggestions-for-entrepreneurs-from-ideo/#comment-17864 Great resource. Thanks, Alan.

]]> By: Alan Nevil http://blog.simeonov.com/2008/05/02/top-five-suggestions-for-entrepreneurs-from-ideo/#comment-17863 Wed, 18 Mar 2009 16:50:31 +0000 http://simeons.wordpress.com/2008/05/02/top-five-suggestions-for-entrepreneurs-from-ideo/#comment-17863 Another resource for startups is a company situation in san francisco. http://www.agencycollective.com

They are heavily involved in storytelling. I worked with them on a long project two years ago, one of the main creatives is an ex-ideor. We developed online software with them. Great usability experts over there. I highly recommend them.

Good luck.
Alan

]]> By: Big Think mobile edition http://blog.simeonov.com/2008/05/02/top-five-suggestions-for-entrepreneurs-from-ideo/#comment-17289 Mon, 12 May 2008 22:27:34 +0000 http://simeons.wordpress.com/2008/05/02/top-five-suggestions-for-entrepreneurs-from-ideo/#comment-17289 [...] a keynote talk. It was all off the record to me, but I can link to his discussion of the workshop, Top Five Suggestions for Entrepreneurs from IDEO, which was aimed at helping entrepreneurs understand how IDEO comes up with product [...]

]]> By: Scott Lewis http://blog.simeonov.com/2008/05/02/top-five-suggestions-for-entrepreneurs-from-ideo/#comment-17285 Fri, 09 May 2008 16:58:12 +0000 http://simeons.wordpress.com/2008/05/02/top-five-suggestions-for-entrepreneurs-from-ideo/#comment-17285 To dharmeshs question on which customer, one thing IDEO was clear on was that your existing customers cannot be the sole source and may not even be the primary source for innovation. We see this in software all the time, the customer ends up in a small box of what they can imagine your product doing next. Meanwhile a much larger opportunity is grabbed by a competitor.

As I understand it, the idea of oberservation and synthesis in the IDEO methodology are to look in places you wouldn’t normally look and try out ideas well beyond your starting point. Look for similar situations in different industries.

Basic product management would also suggest that the best buyers to talk to are the non-customer buyers. Those that are prospects but haven’t found the solution to their problem yet in what they think you offer.

It was a great conference and I enjoyed meeting you Sim as well as everyone else in attendance.

]]> By: Simeon Simeonov http://blog.simeonov.com/2008/05/02/top-five-suggestions-for-entrepreneurs-from-ideo/#comment-17284 Fri, 09 May 2008 06:22:39 +0000 http://simeons.wordpress.com/2008/05/02/top-five-suggestions-for-entrepreneurs-from-ideo/#comment-17284 Thanks, Jules.

]]> By: julespieri http://blog.simeonov.com/2008/05/02/top-five-suggestions-for-entrepreneurs-from-ideo/#comment-17278 Mon, 05 May 2008 21:23:29 +0000 http://simeons.wordpress.com/2008/05/02/top-five-suggestions-for-entrepreneurs-from-ideo/#comment-17278 Some other alternatives to IDEO:

Continuum (Boston)–similar–high–price structure but very robust strategically and serious Boston office. IDEO is stronger on West Coast.

Altitude, Boston. Spin-out from Continuum.
Manta Design. Same as above.

]]> By: IDEO at Nantucket « Jules Pieri http://blog.simeonov.com/2008/05/02/top-five-suggestions-for-entrepreneurs-from-ideo/#comment-17273 Sun, 04 May 2008 14:41:27 +0000 http://simeons.wordpress.com/2008/05/02/top-five-suggestions-for-entrepreneurs-from-ideo/#comment-17273 [...] friend Sim Simeonov, of Polaris Venture Partners, did a nice write-up of one of the IDEO sessions on Nantucket.  He included a little video interview on how being a designer affects my being an [...]

]]> By: Simeon Simeonov http://blog.simeonov.com/2008/05/02/top-five-suggestions-for-entrepreneurs-from-ideo/#comment-17272 Sat, 03 May 2008 17:39:41 +0000 http://simeons.wordpress.com/2008/05/02/top-five-suggestions-for-entrepreneurs-from-ideo/#comment-17272 Dharmesh, great question. I will plan to write on the topic.

]]> By: Simeon Simeonov http://blog.simeonov.com/2008/05/02/top-five-suggestions-for-entrepreneurs-from-ideo/#comment-17270 Sat, 03 May 2008 15:39:52 +0000 http://simeons.wordpress.com/2008/05/02/top-five-suggestions-for-entrepreneurs-from-ideo/#comment-17270 Thanks, Greg–much appreciated.

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