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Thank you for this detailed response! I'll get started on those books. Steve Blank's The Startup Owner's Manual was actually already on my reading list - would

Thank you for this detailed response! I'll get started on those books. Steve Blank's The Startup Owner's Manual was actually already on my reading list - would you recommend The Four Steps to the Epiphany over that one? I appreciate the idea on contacting ex-employees - will give that a try! The focus on research and honesty makes sense to me. Honestly, researching companies is one of my favorite parts of the job, so no issue there.

mindcrime 4y ago
Steve Blank's The Startup Owner's Manual was actually already on my reading list - would you recommend The Four Steps to the Epiphany over that one? Not necessarily. In many ways TSOM is just the newer edition of TFSTTE. But not in every way. There is some content that is unique to each. I usually tell people I'd recommend reading both eventually, but I'm not sure the order matters. And the core essence of what he's saying stays the same in both books. If there's an easy way to summarize the difference, I'd say TFSTTE is oriented more specifically towards a model where your product is a "enterprise" B2B product and probably is going to be sold in a high-touch fashion. TSOM is more oriented towards Web based SaaS services and the like. So definitely related, but yet different books in the strict sense, IMO.