grenek

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by grenek 13y ago
Exactly, viable = vendible. If there are no customers, than you didn't make your homework right and built something that nobody wants. I'm affraid that this misassumtion about mobile app can be caused by the feedback from customer interview
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by grenek 13y ago
Lean Startup theory can be pain in the ass for many kind of startups. I think it's wrong that Lean Startup doesn't encourage sales from the very beggining. Sales are the best validation of your idea, not feedback from customers who doesn't
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by grenek 14y ago
I was only pointing that one special situation, not his whole career. He behaved like a sales genius on that occasion and it doesn't have anything to do with his futher strategy. I wouldn't advise to copy the whole Microsoft strategy.
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Ask yourself: what would Bill Gates do?(blog.123ship.it)
34 points by grenek 14y ago|45 comments
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by grenek 14y ago
wow, what a comment :) thanks a lot for your understanding and very, very usefull feedback!
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by grenek 14y ago
I share the same experiences, now I'm working using the methodology you described.
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by grenek 14y ago
Thank you - I've edited my post. Sometimes I don't catch all of my typos, but I always urge to improve my english!
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by grenek 14y ago
You're right - I've had customers on my mind ;)
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by grenek 14y ago
I think you'd agree that any advice is completely universal. Selling preorders is a solution for most cases, but we of course can discuss the exceptions. If your selling process is different than "get money -> ship the product" than you
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by grenek 14y ago
Yeah, sure - in most cases you can't develop your MVP without money (and in my opinion making it at home with buddies within months doesn't make any sense), but investors are not the only and optimal cash source. It doesn't cost you a lot t
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Dear Startups: stop begging investors and pitch your clients(blog.123ship.it)
49 points by grenek 14y ago|25 comments