In startups, there are lots of tough calls to make, and there’s no rule book to tell you what’s right and what’s wrong. But when time is against you, how to you figure what you need to do, and what you don’t, so you can keep the ball rolling? In this episode, with just one week to go until customer demo day, the founders are under the pump, and for Jess from Neighbourlytics, the road to success is still looking pretty unclear.
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1st June, 2017
Episode 19: The Last Minute – Part II
It's often said that one of the most important qualities in a startup founder is 'coachability'. Put simply, it all comes down to whether a founder can take on feedback, especially when it challenges their own ideas. But when everyone around you has an opinion, how do you make those tough decisions to steer your business in the right direction? And what if some of the feedback you receive is at odds with your original vision?
18th May, 2017
Episode 17: Break It Down, Build It Up
Startups are all about disruption. Experimenting with new ways of doing things, trying creative approaches to solving big problems. But how do you know when your startup experiment is working, and what happens when it's not? How do you find out what your users really want when you haven't got a complete product to share? In this week’s episode, with demo day fast approaching, VetChat’s Claire Jenkins is forced to go outside her comfort zone, to turn her existing product upside down and work with the development team on a totally new approach… and there’s no guarantee of success.