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By: John Pallister

John Pallister — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 10:45:01 +0000

I second the other commenters above: thanks for going into so much detail. I think it is courageous of you (in the “feel the fear and do it anyway” sense) to post about your strategy and tactics in “real time”; I’ve wondered about whether or not I could do this myself, and I hope I can be as brave when the time comes. Best of luck with it all!

By: Chris Hopf

Chris Hopf — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:58:59 +0000

Great post Niki, thanks for sharing your experiences. Interesting to know your process for understanding what customers are willing to pay for and what different revenue streams you will pursue / have tried pursuing. Do your prospects value your offerings (or at least some offerings) enough to pay for them? Take care.

By: Kent Beck

Kent Beck — Wed, 20 May 2009 01:53:55 +0000

Thanks for sharing the details of your thinking. As someone who is at an earlier point with my company it helps to see concrete details of how you thought about your situation and where that led you.

By: Marcos Polanco

Marcos Polanco — Tue, 19 May 2009 19:18:10 +0000

Great example of customer development discipline, and here are my takeaways:

1. “I stopped what we were doing…” it takes humility and dare I say emotional maturity to simply abandon the current path and actually listen to customers.
2. Rapid OODA (observe/orient/decide/act) learning cycles.
3. Devotion to metrics and reverse engineering the future you envision.
4. “Relentlessly resourceful” you are, per Paul Graham indicates.

Thanks for sharing this case…this is how the industry learns!

Marcos Polanco