Rob Fitzpatrick
Tech entrepreneur and author
Rob Fitzpatrick is a tech entrepreneur and the author of The Mom Test, a practical guide to talking with customers about a business idea.
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Born 1984 in the United States
About Rob Fitzpatrick
Rob Fitzpatrick is a tech entrepreneur who went through the Y Combinator start-up program and has raised funding in the US and UK. He has built products used by customers such as Sony and MTV, and he designed and Kickstarted a card game. He cofounded Founder Centric, an education agency, and is a partner there. In that work he helps universities, businesses and start-ups funded by the European Union design and deliver start-up education programs. Fitzpatrick wrote The Mom Test, which looks at how to talk to customers and learn whether a business idea is a good one. He also co-wrote a book on running workshops and wrote one on designing useful nonfiction. His books are taught at universities including Harvard, MIT and University College London, and companies such as SkyScanner and Shopify use them as training manuals.