Two Accelerators for Startup Momentum

• Listen to Your Customers

  • Continuously communicate with customers
    • Making friends with customers is the simplest strategy: once you become friends, you can easily and casually ask for their feedback. At a certain point, sending a short message is easier than emailing or having meetings.
  • Selectively choose your customers
    • Eliminate customers who do not feel the pain of the problems you solve
    • Remove customers who want features that you have not yet developed

• Execute Quickly

  • Define the right scope
    • Generally, meet the most basic use case, and then wait to see what else people want. You will naturally know what to do next.
  • Cultivate a good intuition for problem-solving
    • Product is a blend of art and science. Overly data-driven products lack soul and surprise. How to practice intuition? Validate ideas without using code as much as possible.
  • Maximize autonomy and promote a culture of prioritization by persuasion. At the same time, allow teams to choose their work based on their emotions, lives, and interests. Drive progress through persuasion and dynamic adjustments.