{"id":7703,"date":"2016-04-27T13:19:39","date_gmt":"2016-04-27T17:19:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/?p=7703"},"modified":"2016-04-29T10:06:30","modified_gmt":"2016-04-29T14:06:30","slug":"customer-development-cycle-what-they-dont-teach-you-at-cal-optometry-about-growth-hacking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/customer-development-cycle-what-they-dont-teach-you-at-cal-optometry-about-growth-hacking\/","title":{"rendered":"Customer Development Cycle, What They Don&#8217;t Teach You at Cal Optometry About Growth Hacking"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div>By Larry Chiang<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>I&#8217;m dating a 4th year optometrist. Cal does not commercialize the technologist because getting an optometrist grad to <b>growth hack<\/b> would not be popular.<\/div>\n<div>\n<table style=\"border: 1px solid black; padding: 8px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"bottom\">\n<td width=\"48\"><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 48px; height: 48px; padding-right: 8px;\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/613751289587957760\/ZN0VKUOa_normal.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/span><\/td>\n<td><b style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">Larry Chiang (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/larrychiang?refsrc=email&amp;s=11\">@LarryChiang<\/a>)<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\">\n<div><a style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/larrychiang\/status\/725369445078552576?refsrc=email&amp;s=11\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">4\/27\/16, 10:02 AM<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">An example of career-cross-training = sales and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23growthHacking&amp;src=hash\">#growthHacking<\/a>\u00a0skills + PLUS optometry degree from Cal\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/m5YeXscbX8\">pic.twitter.com\/m5YeXscbX8<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<table style=\"border: 1px solid black; padding: 8px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"bottom\">\n<td width=\"48\"><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 48px; height: 48px; padding-right: 8px;\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/613751289587957760\/ZN0VKUOa_normal.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/span><\/td>\n<td><b style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">Larry Chiang (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/larrychiang?refsrc=email&amp;s=11\">@LarryChiang<\/a>)<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\">\n<div><a style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/larrychiang\/status\/725370982001598464?refsrc=email&amp;s=11\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">4\/27\/16, 10:08 AM<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">RT\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Lever\">@Lever<\/a>:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/triketora\">@triketora<\/a>\u00a0Diversity in tech shouldn&#8217;t be limited to engineering. &#8220;Why we need more women in sales\u201d\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZzrF8wbu1G\">linkedin.com\/pulse\/why-we-n<\/a>\u2026&#8221;<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" id=\"2350CC5C-D09A-40E3-85F3-1C6EADAA3A89\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/image170.jpg\" alt=\"image1.JPG\" \/><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div>Let&#8217;s celebrate <span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23cs183s&amp;src=hash\">#cs183s<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<table style=\"border: 1px solid black; padding: 8px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"bottom\">\n<td width=\"48\"><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 48px; height: 48px; padding-right: 8px;\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/378800000075140923\/7654ddb269c1666895159beb995cf300_normal.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/span><\/td>\n<td><b style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">Lever (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lever?refsrc=email&amp;s=11\">@Lever<\/a>)<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\">\n<div><a style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lever\/status\/657340391411220480?refsrc=email&amp;s=11\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">10\/22\/15, 4:38 PM<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/triketora\">@triketora<\/a>\u00a0Diversity in tech shouldn&#8217;t be limited to engineering. &#8220;Why we need more women in sales\u201d\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gVRjvfu5wX\">linkedin.com\/pulse\/why-we-n\u2026<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<table style=\"border: 1px solid black; padding: 8px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"bottom\">\n<td width=\"48\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 48px; height: 48px; padding-right: 8px;\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/613751289587957760\/ZN0VKUOa_normal.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/td>\n<td><b>Larry Chiang (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/larrychiang?refsrc=email&amp;s=11\">@LarryChiang<\/a>)<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\">\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/larrychiang\/status\/723184995913756672?refsrc=email&amp;s=11\">4\/21\/16, 9:21 AM<\/a><\/div>\n<div>As a Cal optometrist, they don&#8217;t pay you for your great degree. They pay you to DISTRIBUTE cc <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Britopian\">@Britopian<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23cs183s&amp;src=hash\">#cs183s<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qNqyiB7b3M\">pic.twitter.com\/qNqyiB7b3M<\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">Step one. Collecting email addresses from a &#8220;Pop Up Dry Eye Clinic&#8221; you produce.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Larry Chiang I&#8217;m dating a 4th year optometrist. Cal does not commercialize the technologist because getting an optometrist grad to growth hack would not be popular. 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