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Advice for starting a health tech startup

Lindsey Christensen, CMO of thoughtbot talked to Michael Sheeley, former founder of RunKeeper and is now heading up Nurse-1-1, a HIPAA-compliant chat platform that connects patients directly with nurses over the course of a year on the Giant Robots Smashing into Other Giant robots podcast. In this post, she shares her most compelling learnings.

Lindsey Christensen, CMO, thoughtbot

Video

How to launch a product in 8 weeks

Are you planning to launch a new web or mobile product in 2020? Tune in as thoughtbot's Founder and COO Chad Pytel dives into thoughtbot's playbook that has guided the design, development, and launch of hundreds of successful quality products.

Chad Pytel, Founder and COO, thoughtbot

Case Study

Rapid validation of a therapist matching web app

Health Match 360 had a pre-revenue and bootstrapped first-iteration MVP and needed guidance in design and product direction. Bailey Bryant (Founder) is a licensed clinical psychologist with a passion for increasing accessibility to good mental healthcare. She and her partner, Jeremiah Harlan (CTO), applied and won thoughtbot's pro-bono Product Design Sprint initiative.

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Joël and Alejandro work on a product together.

Blog

Technical Considerations to Help Scale Your Product

Finding the right balance between writing quality software and shipping features rapidly can be difficult. Read the best practices for shipping quality software that users will love.

Joël Quenneville, Senior Developer, thoughtbot

Video

Tips for Conducting User Research Interviews

Join Boston Design Director Jaclyn Perrone as she shares tips for conducting user-research interviews, and what to do when things go awry.

Jaclyn Perrone, Design Director at thoughtbot

Blog

How to Build an AI Startup, and Do You Really Need To?

An introduction to AI that helps you validate your idea and feel empowered to move forward with your decision.

Laurie Young, Managing Director, thoughtbot

People researching and planning for their MVP

Blog

Before you MVP

There's basic yet invaluable research needed to reduce the risk of failure before building your first MVP.

Emily Bahna, Managing Director, thoughtbot

Blog

Eight Essential Steps to Reducing Product Risk

One of the biggest risks when starting a new business is accidentally building something people won’t use. Here are eight essential steps to reduce this risk.

Chad Pytel, CEO and co-founder, thoughtbot

Topics

Validate or Fail Fast

Direct user feedback is your best friend. Learn how to improve your feedback loops.

Learn more about Validation →

De-risk Your Business

Increase your likelihood of success by addressing big risks quickly and thoroughly.

Learn more about De-risking →

Accelerate time to market

Take advantage of opportunities to get your product into new users’ hands quickly.

Learn more about time to market →

Ensure Product Quality

Build for quality and you build for customer (and employee) loyalty.

Learn more about ensuring product quality →

Spotlight guide

Product Design Sprint Guide

Answer your critical early business questions with our guide through the design and prototyping process.

Start here

Who is thoughtbot?

For entrepreneurs who are passionate about building great digital products, thoughtbot offers a range of premier design and development consulting services.

Beyond high-quality development work, thoughtbot provided invaluable guidance to us on hiring, process, and upskilling our team to be self-sufficient.

— Justin Seeley, DRAFT

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