Anneal autopsy
nickmccleery.com
Anneal autopsy
Not enough stories get told about startups that don't make it.
@jakefuentes and @brelig recently shared a bunch of hard-won and incredibly insightful lessons from their attempt at building @Cascadeio (a data logic and analysis tool). Some of my favorite takeaways:
On taking on an entrenched... See more
Lenny Rachitskyx.comIn college, the author started his first startup, and it failed. Before launch, he didn't talk to customers, he fought with his cofounders a lot. He didn't know how to build working software or deal with tech debt. He read Eric Ries's Lean Startup after this experience and vowed to use it. Since the insurance CRM was geared toward tracking existing... See more
Cedric Chin • Product Validation Frameworks are Mostly Useless Without Taste
Nearly 5 years ago, I left VC to build a holdco focused on acquiring and tech-enabling traditional businesses. Ultimately, I failed, but here's what I learned about the potential that exists -- and some hard truths I uncovered along the way...
Mark Valdezx.com