@wehriam: I'm with Russell on this. It doesn't sounds like you actually read the article. Russell's "read Steve Blank" is some of the best advice he could give.

@wehriam: I'm with Russell on this. It doesn't sounds like you actually read the article. Russell's "read Steve Blank" is some of the best advice he could give. I'm constantly advising local startups to first go get customers instead of first chasing investment; so many of them see "getting funded" as a panacea. Focusing on customers instead of investors is what Steve Blank's book is all about and actually what business success is all about too.