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What's something common that partners have to repeat over and over until founders 'get it' ?

• sama 12y ago
  The most common thing is getting founders to focus on the right thing. At this stage, nothing but building a product that users love matters. Founders want to focus on anything else, and have wonderfully detailed excuses for why whatever it is is so important. "Write code and talk to users" is not sexy, but it's the road to success. Seeing your name in the press is sexy, but unfortunately has nothing to do whatsoever with actual success. There is no shortcut for the hard work of building a great product.
  • atroyn 12y ago
    One thing my company struggled with in ImagineK12 was attracting enough users to know if we were making something they loved - how can founders focus on both?
    • puranjay 12y ago
      Did you try talking to the customers you already had, or folks who did not sign up but were in the same demographics? I'm currently building a tool for writers and emailing writers individually (sometimes, even buying 30 minutes of their time) and talking to them has been really insightful.
  • jojopants 12y ago
    "There is no shortcut for the hard work of building a great product" yet Quality often takes time.. yet the longer something takes to build - the more negative points programs like this give (and tech culture in general) It seems like speed trumps quality is the standard
  • erik14th 12y ago
    It sounds pretty sexy in the startup class [0]. [0]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sz_LgBAGYyo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sz_LgBAGYyo