Startup School with David Eckoff
The mortality rate for startups is stunning. All begin with high expectations but most fail.
In this "Startup Foundations" session, modeled along the lines of the training that he conducts in Comcast NBCUniversal's "The Farm" startup accelerator, you'll learn a practical set of actions you can follow right now to dramatically improve your odds of success as a Startup Founder.
► Learn how to reduce startup risk – and the most important risk to focus on first
► Discover a powerful approach to testing your ideas that will get you moving incredibly fast.
► Get ahead of the curve by knowing the 3 biggest tactical mistakes smart people make in customer discovery (so you can avoid making them)
► Learn simple but non-obvious hacks you'll love.
"When you change what you think, you change what you do. When you change what you do, you change your results." - David Eckoff
Comcast NBCUniversal
Entrepreneur-In-Residence
David Eckoff specializes in working with teams to develop and launch industry-changing digital products and technology businesses. He currently serves as Entrepreneur-In-Residence at the Comcast NBCUniversal "The Farm" startup accelerator and innovation hub. Eckoff has led corporate innovation initiatives and led product teams in companies ranging from startup to Fortune 500. His passion is tr…
David Eckoff specializes in working with teams to develop and launch industry-changing digital products and technology businesses. He currently serves as Entrepreneur-In-Residence at the Comcast NBCUniversal "The Farm" startup accelerator and innovation hub. Eckoff has led corporate innovation initiatives and led product teams in companies ranging from startup to Fortune 500. His passion is transforming businesses, and bringing innovative ideas from the drawing board to market.
Eckoff has served in executive roles at Turner Broadcasting, as Vice President New Products; at RealNetworks in Seattle, pioneering online sports broadcasting, music, movies and games; and at Rivals.com as Senior Vice President.
He's founded multiple startups. Most recently, he cofounded technology startups Pickoff Sports and Spitter.com, leading teams developing social media engagement platforms.
Eckoff has been retained as a strategic advisor to startups and established companies. He has advised companies including Kleiner Perkins backed Zazzle.com, live interactive broadcasting platform Ustream.TV, 3D Virtual World innovator Kaneva, and more.
David Eckoff is an award-winning speaker and has guest lectured at universities about product management and innovation. He's been a keynote speaker and panelist at Charles River Ventures CEO Leadership Summit; SXSW Interactive; Perot Innovation Lab Innovation Insights; and many more. He's guest lectured at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; and at Universidad de Valparaíso in Chile. David Eckoff’s sessions have been voted “Best Session” and "Best Presenter" at numerous ProductCamp industry conferences.
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