Use of prototyping will help you to find investors, test product-market fit and figure out what you really need to build without spending a fortune. 

These topics are covered in the presentation:

• What is prototyping?
• What is a prototype?
• Why build a prototype?
• Where does prototyping fit in product development?
• How so I use a prototype?
• What are the benefits of building a prototype?
• What features go into a good prototype?
• What are the types of Prototypes?
• How do I get started with prototyping?

Frank Coppersmith is the CEO of Smarter Reality, a software consulting and development firm focused on helping entrepreneurs and small/medium businesses build enabling technology in the areas of e-commerce, training & simulation, and entertainment software. He has been in entertainment software for a decade and has shipped more than twenty titles on the web, Facebook, mobile and PC (Steam), getting his start as CFO of Challenge Online Games. In 2010, he was named Austin’s CFO of the Year by the Austin Business Journal. Currently Frank serves as the president to Blank Media Games, a web and Steam multiplayer game of digital deception with more than 7MM players in over 40 countries and as the chair of the Austin Game Developers Association / IGDA-Austin.