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Kristian Bouw Serial entrepreneur and self-taught engineer

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A developer, designer, and serial entrepreneur, Kristian is the founder and CEO at NotionTheory where he's helped over 30+ companies build and deliver their products to market in web, mobile, hardware, and virtual reality. He's a mentor to a host of startups and a frequent speaker on development and growth topics.

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Kristian is a master of the lean startup. The reason: he made past mistakes in a startup and has learned from them. Now he wants others to avoid the same mistakes. He was a coach at the Lean Startup Machine event and provided a lot of value to our team. He is now walking me through a personal biz idea. Originally, I wanted to build my product right away, but instead Kristian is walking me through the proper steps. Kristian = training wheels for those want to ride the biz bike for the 1st time.

Source: Clarity Stuart Powell Nov 18, 2014

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Kristian is a valuable lean startup guru. He is able to identify with your potential customer from the moment you pitch to him, helping you make crutial pivots in your product. He does this by concentrating on the problem you are trying to solve and providing feedback that makes your solution even more useful to your user/ potential user.

Source: Clarity Nicholas Carducci Nov 18, 2014

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Kristian Bouw

DC - NYC - SF

A developer, designer, and serial entrepreneur, Kristian is the founder and CEO at NotionTheory where he's helped over 30+ companies build and deliver their products to market in web, mobile, hardware, and virtual reality. He's a mentor to a host of startups and a frequent speaker on development and growth topics.

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I Generated $20k Pre-Sales in Only 2 Weeks, and So Can You

I secured $20k of presales in just 2 weeks before every starting my second company, and I never once asked for the sale. Every client I've received has come to my company pre-sold on our product, making the sales process frictionless.

Schedule a call to learn how to implement the same strategies with your own product / service and get a road map to accelerate what you learn about the problem, your customer, and the product they're willing to pay for.

Choosing the Right Customer Segment

At any given point in time, you're product can solve a problem for a gamut of potential customers.

Who are your potential customers? Who are the early adopter customers that are willing to pay for a solution? With so many potential use cases, how do you go about choosing the right customer segment to start with to make sure you're not wasting your time (or your customer's)?

I've helped ten's of companies overcome the obstacle of identifying their early adopter customers to gain traction and revenue in an accelerated timeframe.

Turn Your Product Into a Business

It doesn't matter how beautiful or innovative your product is, it will fail if customers do not buy. Having a product does not equal having a business and the clear distinction starts with a business model and customers.

You love what you've created but you're struggling to turn your creation into business you can making a living from.

I've been fortunate enough to not only create my own dream job, but help others find theirs too.

How to Build Your Startup Without a Technical Cofounder

Life's too short to waste time searching for a technical cofounder. Learn how you can validate the problem you're solving, who you're solving it for, and the solution customers are willing to pay for before you've ever built the product.

If you need help knowing:

- How to run experiments to validate the problem you're solving.
- How to deliver your product as a service and find paying customers.
- How to maximize your learning and mitigate risk.
- How to optimize your product before you've ever built it.

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Kristian is a master of the lean startup. The reason: he made past mistakes in a startup and has learned from them. Now he wants others to avoid the same mistakes. He was a coach at the Lean Startup Machine event and provided a lot of value to our team. He is now walking me through a personal biz idea. Originally, I wanted to build my product right away, but instead Kristian is walking me through the proper steps. Kristian = training wheels for those want to ride the biz bike for the 1st time.

Stuart Powell Source: Clarity

Kristian is a valuable lean startup guru. He is able to identify with your potential customer from the moment you pitch to him, helping you make crutial pivots in your product. He does this by concentrating on the problem you are trying to solve and providing feedback that makes your solution even more useful to your user/ potential user.

Nicholas Carducci Source: Clarity

Member since October 2014