Your competition can be your greatest asset. Today we're sharing why you want to resist the human urge to view your competitors as your foes and how you can start methodically researching the competition today, no fancy tools necessary. #BigThingsStartSmall always....
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Lean Canvas: A Business Model Tool That Doesn’t Suck
The Lean Canvas (created by Ash Maurya) is a tool to help founders accomplish three main tasks: Accept and work with uncertainty rather than ignore it or try to cover it up. Identify and address risk as early as possible in the startup process. Create a blueprint or...
No-Code: A Way to Build Your Next Product
This is a complete guide to building with no-code tools In this in-depth guide you’ll learn: What is no-codeWhy you should research no-codeWhat are no-code toolsNo-code best practicesPlus lots more So, if you’re ready to go “all in” with building with no-code tools,...
Minimum Viable Products
This is a complete guide to building a minimum viable product (MVP). In this in-depth guide you’ll learn: What is a Minimum Viable ProductHow to build a Minimum Viable ProductTypes of Minimum Viable ProductsPlus lots more So if you’re ready to go “all in” with...
Development Shops: How To Choose a Development Shop to Build Your Product
This is a complete guide to building your product by enlisting help from a development shop. In this in-depth guide you’ll learn: Is a development shop right for your businessWhat to watch out for when working with development shopsHow to have success with development...
Types of Product Prototypes: Learn the Ins and Outs
This is a complete guide to building a prototype of your product. In this detailed guide you’ll learn: What is a prototypeDifferent types of prototypesHow to choose a prototypePlus lots more So, if you’re ready to build your prototype, this guide is for you. ...
Customer Discovery for First-Time Founders
In our last post, we talked about (and hopefully created) your business hypothesis. To recap quickly, a business hypothesis should: Be designed to test the riskiest assumption(s) about your business concept. Be specific and measurable so you know when your...
Avoid The Software Sinkhole
This is a complete guide to avoiding the software sinkhole by building a business hypothesis. In this in-depth guide you’ll learn: What is a software sinkholeHow to avoid the software sinkholeWhy you need a business hypothesisHow to build a business hypothesisPlus...
3 Reasons You Should Build a Digital Product And One Reason You Shouldn’t
Digital Products are mobile apps, websites, web applications, and more. Essentially, if it’s made of lines of code and lives on a computing device, you’ve got a digital product on your hands. As you can probably tell from this description, there are lots of...