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If You Gave It Away For Free, Would They Use It?
This hard-hitting question must be asked early and often during the product-market fit stage. If you can’t convince users it’s valuable enough to try…
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Amazon Versus eBay Customers
Buying shoes online? Is money tight? eBay it is. Want an exact style, size, and color delivered to your door tomorrow? Amazon it is. So what customer…
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Saving Yourself (Or Your Startup) 3,333 Hours
The fast way? Stand on the shoulders of giants. The slow way? Figuring out everything on your own. A top-tier startup accelerator can save you 40 weeks…
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When the Stakes Are High, and the Moment is Brief
Everyone struggles with resistance. The task ahead may look too hard, too risky, or lacks a big enough payoff to motivate you into action. Everyone…
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Courage Compresses Time
“I don’t have the time,” he says as he spends endless hours rewriting the company about page for the 10th time. Meanwhile, the competition is knocking…
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The Misunderstood Genius & Product-market Fit
Imagine building a state-of-the-art product that nobody buys because they "just don't get it." Argh! Oh, the agony of being the misunderstood genius…
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