Is this post a little self serving? Yes. (I’m a co-founder of Flowtown). That being said – we use Flowtown every day in our customer development processes and after showing several startups how to accomplish this, I figured it only made sense to share it with the rest of the lean startup community. 1. Finding Early Adopters One of the
I’m not a football “guy”. Actually, the only thing I like about footballs are the inspirational movies, great quotes, and cheerleaders (yep, guilty). However, here’s a startup analogy involving football: having the ball, taking a hit, rolling [bouncing] (without touching your knee to the ground) and continuing your charge forward! That’s the mental movie I see when I think about startups. Run.
When is it too early to tell the world about your idea? What if someone steals it? Might someone copy it? Here’s a great quote that always puts this into perspective for me: “Don’t worry about people stealing an idea. If it’s original, you will have to ram it down their throats.” ~ Howard Aiken I’m of the opinion that
