Startup Thoughts
Product experiments can be a lot “dumber” than you realize. For example, instead of building out a full feature, try a fake door test. This is where you add options or buttons with nothing behind them to check that people will click on them.
Ian Vanagas • 50 Things We’ve Learned About Building Successful Products
- If you’re going to pivot, make it big. Stewart Butterfield pivoted two video game companies into Flickr and Slack. LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman says startup founders can pivot from failure to success, but only if they “slash and burn” the rest of their business. If it looks similar, go further.