Customer Development 101: Finding & Attracting Your First Customersby Joe GarzaA company will only survive as long as it continues to have a strong customer base. So, how do you go about getting those critical first customers?Continue
Why Super Mario Run Won’t Make $500M In 60 Days Like Pokémon Goby Nate DesmondInitially, Super Mario Run looked successful with an estimated 2.85 million downloads on launch day (vs 900k launch day downloads for Pokemon Go) But when you start digging into engagement numbers, Super Mario doesn’t look quite as successful.Continue
Finding Product Market Fit: Lessons from the Military for Pre Seed Startupsby Nic WoodhamsI have pivoted three times from my original idea. That’s a lot in a short space of time but it has helped me find product market fit. Here is why I did it. Continue
Venture Capitalists, Cognitive Bias, And The Dangers Of Learning From The Pastby Sonya MannA venture firm works from a thesis, but a thesis is just a set of proposed understandings. Beneath the graphs and pie charts, the empirical anchors, lie fuzzier things like intuition, hope, and bias.Continue
A Little Revenue Is Worse Than No Revenueby Stuart BrentIn the startup world, payment is validation. If someone is willing to pay you for your service, you’re onto something. If no one will pay you, then you’ve got an issue with your message, your offer, product/market fit, something.Continue
24 Leaders Get Real on Balancing Work and Life [Actionable Tips for 2017]by Zirtual TeamInvesting in work life balance is essential if you want to survive as an entrepreneur and build a successful business.Continue
How Sara Blakely Used Public Speaking To Gain 2K Instagram Followers In 10 Minutesby Kit PangHere’s my breakdown of how she did it through the influence of public speaking and tips on how you can move the crowd to build your tribe.Continue
Hidden Founders Is The Solution For Non-Technical Startup Foundersby Emma McGowanHidden Founders has figured out how to connect non-technical Founders with technical Founders.Continue
The Value Of Cultivating High-Potential Vs. High-Performance Employeesby Gwen FarrellThe key difference between cultivating high-potential and high-performance employees.Continue