Ching-Mei Chen (陳慶梅)
AmCham Taichung Dinner
April 28, 2015

A Bit About me...



New Jersey
Singapore
Pennsylvania
New York
D.C.
Taipei!

Jaime & John


... together since 2003. ;-)

2008 - John on a Plane




2008-2011: Bootstrapped












... building Facebook Apps
 
 

2011: the Mobile rush








                      Pairs of Pair-Programming







Summer 2011



The Birth of PicCollage




  

The Growth Of PicCollage

   
  

90 Million Installs

Top Countries: US, UK, Australia, Japan

Building a Global Product


Think universally. (don't limit the product)

Be empathetic. (feel people's pain)

Stay humble. (you don't know best)




Really, it's not about you.


DO NOT Try to Be Perfect

(you will never be.)


Definition of Minimum Viable Product (MVP):

The MVP is that version of a new product which allows a team to collect the maximum amount of validated learning with the least effort.

Steal like An Artist



You're Never Too Old

 
 

Building a "Culture"



good working environment
central location (convenience, food, social)
like-minded people nearby (coworking space)
host meetups (Cocoaheads, Android Taipei, etc.)
be open, and kind.

Best of Both Worlds

A Taipei-based team serving a global market.




Thank You!

@chingmei

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By Ching-Mei Chen

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