Evan Williams, Twitter
Your idea might be great, but users have a low friction tolerance. They’re the only thing that will make you successful. Without users, all you have is an idea.
Guy Kawasaki
Or is it just a piece of crap in hindsight?
Albert Einstein
I love this concept. What do you do to encourage thinking differently?
Tim O’Reilly
In this case is it the customer?
— Anthony Volodkin, the hype machine
Marketing will never fix a bad product that people don’t want. —Amanda
BeauCoo - Calgary Startup
I met this morning with two members of the BeauCoo team (including @fourslice) to be interviewed as a part of their consumer testing. There are two things that get me really excited about a startup. The first is asking thoughtful questions, the second is engaging with their target audience. Check and check! I’m stoked to see the results of their beta.
Are you a mobile phone using, social media savvy, fashion loving woman? Signup for BeauCoo’s beta.
Another story about establishing the product (four years between first tweet and first $), before letting your salespeople drive it.
infographic of the week - Why Startups Fail
Or better yet, maybe this should be called “the challenges of premature scaling?” - Amanda
