My Startup Failed. Fuck.
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My Startup Failed. Fuck.
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Re: My Startup Failed. Fuck.
#2So we talked to a few artists who said they thought it was a cool idea. BOOM! Our idea had been validated!
Why was that sufficient data to justify spending months and months of your life bringing this startup to fruition?
EDIT: I did not intend to make a sly insult toward the author. I've seen people do startups with similar justifications and I am confused.
Re: My Startup Failed. Fuck.
#3Reading about failures can be more illuminating and educational than reading about success. It's interesting to see how you reached a number of gateways where you could have terminated but instead continued to pursue your goals/dreams (despite going against what many would consider the logical conclusion to close).
I wonder how many other business have adopted that strategy (of ignoring initial reduced interest in your startup) to only find glory and success down the line.
Either way you failed but you should be commended for it.
Re: My Startup Failed. Fuck.
#4So we talked to a few artists who said they thought it was a cool idea. BOOM! Our idea had been validated! Why was that sufficient data to justify spending months and months of your life bringing this startup to fruition? EDIT: I did not intend to make a sly insult toward the author. I've seen people do startups with similar justifications and I am confused.
It wasn't sufficient data. OP was describing their foolish attitude at the time.
Re: My Startup Failed. Fuck.
#5So we talked to a few artists who said they thought it was a cool idea. BOOM! Our idea had been validated! Why was that sufficient data to justify spending months and months of your life bringing this startup to fruition? EDIT: I did not intend to make a sly insult toward the author. I've seen people do startups with similar justifications and I am confused.
The post was clearly meant to be firmly tongue-in-cheek. That part in particular was simply self-deprecating sarcasm.
Re: My Startup Failed. Fuck.
#6So we talked to a few artists who said they thought it was a cool idea. BOOM! Our idea had been validated! Why was that sufficient data to justify spending months and months of your life bringing this startup to fruition? EDIT: I did not intend to make a sly insult toward the author. I've seen people do startups with similar justifications and I am confused.
And then the next sentence: "After that moment we basically stopped talking to artists for a year."
Re: My Startup Failed. Fuck.
#7So we talked to a few artists who said they thought it was a cool idea. BOOM! Our idea had been validated! Why was that sufficient data to justify spending months and months of your life bringing this startup to fruition? EDIT: I did not intend to make a sly insult toward the author. I've seen people do startups with similar justifications and I am confused.
I think that's his point (illustrated with sarcasm) - with the benefit of hindsight he realises it wasn't.
Re: My Startup Failed. Fuck.
#8So we talked to a few artists who said they thought it was a cool idea. BOOM! Our idea had been validated! Why was that sufficient data to justify spending months and months of your life bringing this startup to fruition? EDIT: I did not intend to make a sly insult toward the author. I've seen people do startups with similar justifications and I am confused.
Getting to the point where an idea is truly validated by unbiased and honest customers is way, way more difficult than we all pretend like it is. I think the idea that you can figure out if your business is viable by talking to a few people can be just as dangerous as it can be helpful.
Re: My Startup Failed. Fuck.
#9So we talked to a few artists who said they thought it was a cool idea. BOOM! Our idea had been validated! Why was that sufficient data to justify spending months and months of your life bringing this startup to fruition? EDIT: I did not intend to make a sly insult toward the author. I've seen people do startups with similar justifications and I am confused.
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Re: My Startup Failed. Fuck.
#10I'm sure it's painful, but thanks for sharing. I agree with cup, that reading about failures can be more valuable than reading about successes.
If anything, your story adds more fuel to the fire for the approach that @sgblank advocates[1][2]. Get out of the building, talk to customers, validate customer needs, etc. We've been doing this, but - to be honest - we haven't done as good a job as we could. Hopefully we will soon start another big round of Customer Development interviews, much more targeted this time, building on the feedback we got the first go-round, and moving more into what Steve calls the "Problem Presentation" phase.
It's a tough slog, but I continue to remain convinced of just how important it is.
[1]: http://steveblank.com/category/customer-development-manifest...