145: Hide Complexity from your User with Charles Fry

Charles Fry is the Founder & CEO of CODE Éxitos, a product studio that helps entrepreneurs and innovators design, build, and launch digital products. We discuss the foundational aspects of building digital products, how to develop transformational digital products, and ways to successfully become an agile business.

 

Time Stamps

00:50 Charles’ entrepreneurial journey

04:13 Code Exitos and what makes it so unique

05:11 Mindset differences between a bootstrapped company and a VC-backed company

07:33 The unique pressure of running a VC-backed company

09:00 The art of balancing family and entrepreneurship

11:45 Charles’ experience with management blueprints

14:35 What it means to be an agile business

17:10 The problem with entrepreneurs being too smart for their own good

19:14 Tips on how to manage ideas

22:35 How to make digital products transformational

26:52 Why you need to eliminate complexity from your products 

28:20 Parting thoughts 

 

Links and Resources

Steve and Greg Cleary’s Book: Pinnacle: Five Principles that Take Your Business to the Top of the Mountain

Work with Steve – Stevepreda.com

Connect with Charles via email – Carlos@codeexitos.com 

Charles’ LinkedIn 

Codexitos.com