{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Bootstrapper's Paradise","title":"Building Data-Driven Products with Stephen Sklarew","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1777,"description":"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 \n\n “There’s nothing more frustration than building software that no one will use”\nWhy software is more about understanding your customer than technology\nHow to be a conservative entrepreneur when it comes to financial risk\nWhy selling services is a great way to identify product opportunities\n“It’s not worth getting others people’s money until you’ve proven your business model”\nWhat it means to build a data-driven product\nHow to know when you have a product worth building\nThe critical importance of testing your value proposition early and often\nResources:\n\n Good to Great, by James C. Collins - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/76865.Good_to_Great\nTraction, by Gino Wickman - https://www.eosworldwide.com/traction-book\nScaling Up, by Verne Harnish - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22212880-scaling-up\n3HAG Way, by Shannon Byrne Susko - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22212880-scaling-up\nSynaptiq Website - https://www.synaptiq.ai/\nConnecting with Stephen:\n\n Connect with Stephen on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/sklarew/\nConnect with Stephen over Email - Stephen@synaptiq.ai","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/B0rBF_s0upJdRqXoy4_4rHlfSlZONOaHnrUmmpOi708/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9kYmIx/MTMxNTExY2VjZjIz/NjEzNWFhNmI4OGZl/ZDliMy5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}