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Beyond Fast 
How to fund, design, build, and monetize your ambitious 
software products and start-ups -- faster. 
Rob Meadows 
CEO 
Oct 30 - 2014
Top Start-up & Product Risks: 
Market 
2 
Financing Product Technology 
We must eliminate risks faster to increase our odds of success.
3 
A Fast World A Faster World 
? Next Day 
? Next Hour 
? Soon 
? Now 
? Seconds 
? Milliseconds 
? 1 click 
? No clicks
4 
Fast Financing Faster Financing 
? Angels + 
? Your Customers 
? Friends & Family + 
(Crowd Funding) 
? Venture Capital
5 
Fast Product Faster Product 
? A Great Idea 
? Lean/Agile 
? MVP 
? A Great Pain Point 
? Workshops 
? Prototype
6 
Fast Product Faster Product 
? Your Experience 
? User Feedback 
? Fail Fast 
? Customer Interviewing 
? Analytics + User Testing 
? Build The Right Thing
7 
Fast Design Faster Design 
? Wireframes 
? Design Samples 
? Mockups 
? Whiteboard + Prototype 
? Style Tiles 
? Dynamic Style Guide
8 
Fast Technology Faster Technology 
? Mobile web 
? No Tests 
? Pair Programming 
? MVP 
? Native mobile 
? Test-Driven Development 
? Pull Requests 
? V1
9 
Fast Technology Faster Technology 
? Performance Profiling 
? New Relic 
? Midnight Deployments 
? CI/CD 
? In-house/Outsourced 
? Partnerships
Fast Money Faster Money 
? SEO/SEM 
? Ads 
? App Purchases 
10 
? Customer Referrals 
? Subscriptions 
? In-App Purchases
Example: Style Tiles in Photoshop 
11
Example: Dynamic Style 
12 
Guide in Sketch
Example: Prototype in Invision 
13
14 
We are a digital product development and 
venture firm. Our mission is to enable everyone 
in the world to create extraordinary technology. 
hello@originate.com

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Beyond Fast: How to fund, design, build, and monetize your ambitious software products and start-ups -- faster. // ICMA 2014

  • 1. Beyond Fast How to fund, design, build, and monetize your ambitious software products and start-ups -- faster. Rob Meadows CEO Oct 30 - 2014
  • 2. Top Start-up & Product Risks: Market 2 Financing Product Technology We must eliminate risks faster to increase our odds of success.
  • 3. 3 A Fast World A Faster World ? Next Day ? Next Hour ? Soon ? Now ? Seconds ? Milliseconds ? 1 click ? No clicks
  • 4. 4 Fast Financing Faster Financing ? Angels + ? Your Customers ? Friends & Family + (Crowd Funding) ? Venture Capital
  • 5. 5 Fast Product Faster Product ? A Great Idea ? Lean/Agile ? MVP ? A Great Pain Point ? Workshops ? Prototype
  • 6. 6 Fast Product Faster Product ? Your Experience ? User Feedback ? Fail Fast ? Customer Interviewing ? Analytics + User Testing ? Build The Right Thing
  • 7. 7 Fast Design Faster Design ? Wireframes ? Design Samples ? Mockups ? Whiteboard + Prototype ? Style Tiles ? Dynamic Style Guide
  • 8. 8 Fast Technology Faster Technology ? Mobile web ? No Tests ? Pair Programming ? MVP ? Native mobile ? Test-Driven Development ? Pull Requests ? V1
  • 9. 9 Fast Technology Faster Technology ? Performance Profiling ? New Relic ? Midnight Deployments ? CI/CD ? In-house/Outsourced ? Partnerships
  • 10. Fast Money Faster Money ? SEO/SEM ? Ads ? App Purchases 10 ? Customer Referrals ? Subscriptions ? In-App Purchases
  • 11. Example: Style Tiles in Photoshop 11
  • 12. Example: Dynamic Style 12 Guide in Sketch
  • 13. Example: Prototype in Invision 13
  • 14. 14 We are a digital product development and venture firm. Our mission is to enable everyone in the world to create extraordinary technology. hello@originate.com