sarahkunst

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by sarahkunst 14y ago
If more founders memorized the basics of customer development the startup world would produce 50% more successes. Get outside the building, product market fit, etc are phrases not enough entrepreneurs live and die by. Can't stress enough ho
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by sarahkunst 14y ago
The site looks good, one thing I'd call out on the main page is if/how you segment. Can you get the right demographic for a given site or is it just whoever signs up? For more user acquisition I'd try some verifiable claims - "80% of sites
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by sarahkunst 14y ago
Agreed completely. Not showing or telling a first time user in clear, concise language why the $&*% they're on the site is a great way to have a sky high bounce rate. If you worry about boring existing users employ tools like "don't sho
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by sarahkunst 14y ago
Hmm, it's not an attractive site - if you need/want to go minimal and not show pictures of the items I'd look at a more elegant black and white layout like http://www.net-a-porter.com/ or http://www.thegridsystem.org/ even. The most com
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by sarahkunst 16y ago
The most common advice is to think about pain points: what in your day to day life or the life of those around you is an annoyance and how could you code something to fix it? The main problem with this approach is that the fix might not be
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by sarahkunst 16y ago
I'm a girl with the most opposite personality type imaginable but my suggestion is to find someone like that - who you share a lab or elevator with - and try to find some common ground. Once you do that person can become your "social condui