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I would like this movement more if they focused less on the investor pitch metrics and had more operational transparency. Opening up to a userbase about someth
by jimmySixDOF 7y ago
I would like this movement more if they focused less on the investor pitch metrics and had more operational transparency. Opening up to a userbase about something like your product development cycle & the challenges experienced in real time would intensify the relationship x10+ for better and for worse. Like Kickstarter reward updates (are supposed to be). Real time Gantt charts and dashboards with explanatory blog posts about why this or that did or didn't happen. Its a big risk if you get off message, SHTF, and you poison your customer relations. But if you believe in what your doing and don't have anything to hide then I think making the connection is worth it. To me, that would be an Open Startup.
- randymonday 7y agoI totally agree, and while we are not there yet, you see companies like baremetrics, ghost and nomadlist which started this movement. But if you take a closer look at smaller companies like placecard.me you will see more detailed blog posts covering their progress with almost complete view on how the founder develops his/her startup as well as metrics such as revenue and work hours (check https://www.coryzue.com/open/ https://www.coryzue.com/open/ ). I hope this will grow to more startups as it does instills a stamp of trust.
- Pete-Codes 7y agoA good point. Quite a lot of people that have /open pages do also blog about what has and hasn't worked and have product roadmaps as well. They are just often not included on the /open page for whatever reason. I guess just because we are used to the template of showing revenue and maybe traffic.