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Laurent Roger

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French Entrepreneur yeslinkwith.me, leanimation.com co-Founder of Tribugift.com, Founder of Cineact (VL'11), GB Innovation Inc (Texas), co_Founder of Openskymap (VL'12) – Angel Investor (1), Mentor of startups and traditional business (2 restaurants currently). Passionate about helping others. Thanks to European timezone, i can work when you sleep and i go to bed late when you call.

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The effectual cycle represents the thinking process in a form used in creating products, markets, and ventures. It’s not a prescriptive “do this, do that” algorithm, but rather a set of heuristics that uniquely and universally apply to the challenges that entrepreneurs are bound to face.
http://pear.ly/cwu21

Using the lean-startup process for my own projects and to help others as investor, mentor or just friend.
I've tested numerous tools around lean startup : lean canvas, validation board, MVP with mockups, animated video with Powtoons, landing pages.

Meteor Software Development

I'm playing since 2011 with Meteor, awesome open-source platform for building web apps.
I use end-to-end testing, continuous integration, agile process, lean-startup tools to set-up MVPs.

http://www.meteor.com

Computer Security and Forensics

I worked on computer security projects for several years at DoD.
Former computer forensic certified examiner (CFCE), if the proof is still stored somewhere, i'll find it ;) If nobody can help you, Probie, call Abby !

http://www.iacis.org

Digital Cinema, 3D, Computer Graphics

I attend Siggraph in 1990 for the first time, setup a virtual reality center and experiments to study when you get sick for real in VR.
I helped cinema owners, screen advertising companies and film distributors to migrate from 35mm film to digital cinema.
I delivered more than 1000 DCPs (Digital Cinema Package), built and screened the first real-time 3D preshow in a cinema.

http://vimeo.com/2394868

Do you want to get informations about planes tracking, flights and airlines, air traffic regulations, flight status API, ADS-B, Acars ?
Do you want to know why it costed dozen of M$ to localize the AF447 plane crashed in the Atlantic Ocean between Rio and Paris ?

http://www.radarvirtuel.com

European and French Market

Yes, it seems to be a nightmare to deal with Europe and France : dozen of languages, local regulations, people are rude (sometimes), you can't avoid dog poo in streets and parks.

But Euro is unique currency for 17 member states of the European Union, we love doing business too, and they are beautiful countrys in Europe with good food and culture :)

Innovative Thinking, Problem Solving

Starting first with the normative Value Engineering method, i've experimented other methods like ASIT (Advanced Systematic Inventive Thinking - R.Horowitz).
As detailled here (http://www.researchgate.net/publication/234066097_DESIGN_THINKING_VS._LEAN_STARTUP_A_COMPARISON_OF_TWO_USER-DRIVEN_INNOVATION_STRATEGIES) I'm trying to benefit from both Lean Startup and Design Thinking.

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Can anyone suggest alternative applications that provides remote desktop access from a Windows computer to a Mac?

i can add to Naeems's good proposals : Timbuktu (http://www.arrisi.com/products/product.asp?id=1027) and GoToMyPC (http://www.gotomypc.com/remote-access/).
Configure carefully these softwares in order to have a strong security : no default or autologin access, very good password, encryption if data is sensitive.

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Computer Security

Laurent Roger answered

How to upload images to a server in titanium? I have a php script in the server that receives the images, but it's not working: can't upload images.

you should rather put this question on stackoverflow.com, catch the error message, paste your code so experts can understand what's going wrong.
Example : http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2532478/how-to-upload-images-from-iphone-app-developed-using-titanium

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Laurent Roger answered

I need to sell my Android app project to a company quickly. It is a 3 part education app that is new to the market basics of the situation in details.

Please clarify ;) the situation :
- do you have a contract with developers ?
- do you own the app ? or does it belong to the developers until you pay them ?
- why are the developers asking payment ?
- do you have a running app ? which needs does it covers ?
- did you set a company ?
- who are your investors ? why they don't help you ? what do they expect ?
- do you have schools using your app (even for free) ?
- can we see the app features ?
- how many competitors do you have ? what is your unfair advantage ?
- why did you spend one year on this without a real customer ?
- why are you looking for a company rather than paying customers ?
- who are your customers ?
- what are the 3 main problems you solve for your customers ?
- do you know schools that uses classroom management apps ? which apps ? how much does it cost them annually ?
- do you want to stop or continue this project ?
- have you ever heard of "Lean Startup" ?

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Sales Process

Laurent Roger answered

How do I know if a developer is good?

For me a good developer is someone that will deliver a mobile app that achieves your goals. That means :
- he can help you to define/refine your goals with mookups, iterative and agile developments, you should take a little time to understand what your role as "product owner" is (http://www.romanpichler.com/blog/one-page-product-owner/)
- he will deliver the mobile app on the app store : he has already done that, he is aware of what is possible or not according to Apple's rules, ask him to show you working examples of available apps, did he deploy on all iOS versions or on iOS7 only, which model of iPhone/iPad does he have for his tests ....
- he can give you some advices if you need to deliver your app on another mobile platform (Android at least, WindowsPhone) because Apple does not catch all the market, if you really need a native app or if you can deal with a web app.
You can also book a pair programmer to review his code during the iterations, check the QA (quality assurance) and test the app as a user, have a look at www.airpair.com.
Don't hesitate to have a call with an expert on Clarity if you need help.

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Developers

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Software Development

Laurent Roger answered

I am a computer science student with a project idea I am looking to build. How do I determine whether an app or a website is better to begin with?

Before building something, did you test your idea ? Life's too short to build something nobody wants ;)
You can use clarity, sohelpful.me to conduct some interviews, build a landing page with quickmvp.com, unbounce or launchrock to validate that you solve a real problem. Then when your idea is validated, your can build a MVP (Minimum viable product) that might be for example a website (imho faster and easier to build than an app) to test your assumptions. Then if early adopters need functionnalities that really need to run as an app, you can provide them on pc, tablet or smartphone using your core web backoffice.
If you want to discuss with me, feel free to have a free call here https://clarity.fm/laurentroger/white665 or here http://www.sohelpful.me/laurentroger

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Technology

Computer Science

Software Project Management

Laurent Roger answered

What is the best way to start with mobile considering that I don't have have programming background? (only html and basic CSS) ?

Do you expect to run a business with this app ?
If yes, fill a leancanvas (on paper or http://www.leanstack.com/), validate your assumptions with interviews of patients and psychologists, show them mockups of the app with uxpin or balsamiq. When it's validated that you can earn money (how much are they willing to pay, how many are they), outsource the development.
If no, find a student to get the job done or if the app is not very complicated, learn to do it yourself with mobile app builders (http://mashable.com/2013/12/03/build-mobile-apps/).
If you need more advice, feel free to have a free call with me https://clarity.fm/laurentroger/white665or on www.sohelpful.me/laurentroger

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Mobile applications

Mobile Development

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Laurent is a very smart guy, he is very eclectic and knows a lot of tools, technologies, methods. Ask any question to him, we will get the answer !

Alain Papazoglou Source: Clarity

Laurent is a visionary person with great culture of digital content industries. It's a pleasure to work with him.

Christophe Brossier Source: LinkedIn

Pour l'élaboration de mon business plan, j'ai trouvé en Laurent un parrain inégalable. Il a su me pousser dans mes derniers retranchements, alors que je croyais détenir le plan d'affaire du siècle. il sait détecter les points d'amélioration, il fait ça naturellement (et c'est frustrant) !
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LAURENT, is one of the most smart and humble guy that I've met, with a great devotion to his duty, even when it is not directly connected to he's own business.

Price Njanda Source: LinkedIn

I worked with Laurent more than 3 years. He helped me on both the theoretically and technically sides of my thesis. He was always present when I need advice even through he had no time. I really liked to work with him.

Thomas Duval Source: LinkedIn

Excellent expert dans le domaine informatique, spécialement pour le cinéma numérique

Frank Ferran Source: LinkedIn

Member since August 2013