A couple weeks ago Keith Cline and I got together for a chat on the Venturefizz podcast. Keith and Venturefizz were early partners of CloudHealth Technologies, helping us recruit key early talent and establish our employment brand in the Boston
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About starting a company & being an entrepreneur
Pitch Deck Post-Mortem
I recently came across my original pitch deck for CloudHealth Technologies. It was like finding a time capsule in the ground, perfectly preserving a moment from when CloudHealth was a one-person business fueled by nothing more than hopes and dreams.
Finding Your MVP Thru Internal Systems
One of my early Lean experiments at CloudHealth Technologies was to go on a hunt for businesses that had built internal systems to manage their public cloud cost and infrastructure. I knew I would be building a new product category,
A Fork Stuck in the Road
I’ve binge watched enough Netflix behind-the-music documentaries to know that if CloudHealth were a rock band, today would be the scene where I announce I’m leaving the band. Yes, today is my last day at CloudHealth by VMware.
Do You Have the Right Customers for Product Market Fit?
In the early formative phases of CloudHealth, I ran an experiment called “The Sale.” The idea of the experiment was to try to sell my crude Minimum Viable Product (MVP) for $50K, which was my estimated average selling price for
6 Steps to Creating a Personal Board of Advisors
After leaving my job to start CloudHealth Technologies, I asked several colleagues I respected in the industry to become advisors for my journey. My first advisor was Jeff McCarthy, a partner at North Bridge Venture Partners, who agreed to let