Tag: startups
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Successive Product Expansion: SpaceX and Workday’s second winning products
Once a startups first product is successful, the second product they bring to market should have the potential to be bigger than the first product if successful. Two examples that come to mind: Company 1: SpaceX SpaceX started with the falcon rocket, capable of bringing a small payload to low-earth orbit. Their subsequent products include…
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A Startup’s Search for its 1st customer
Once you have a paying customer, congrats — you’re not a startup anymore, now you’re a business. Having a paying customer means you have found initial product market fit, so it’s time to try to repeat this business model and get more customers. In many cases you are not able to get more customers, as…
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16 lessons from Paul Graham on starting a startup
A few reflections on startups after reading Paul Graham’s essays.