What do people think of Experiment Board?
I've tried the previous iteration of Javelin and I didn't stick. I'm constantly doing interviews, and I really dig the new structured approach to formulate assumptions and interview directions.
Was very helpful for my team where we had different backgrounds - gave us a very strong common platform to work based on
I can't wait to see Javelin helping entrepreneurs globally!
Trevor, Grace, and Ryan are all veterans in the field. They've helped many startups navigate the perilous early stages of customer acquisition and product development. They've taken the lessons they've learned over the years and turned it into a platform that can help any entrepreneur avoid failing slow.
The hardest part for any startup I've built or worked with is finding paying users and fully validating your idea. It's not enough to have some paying users if you have never explored other customer segments and their pain points. You may not be servicing the largest pain point and the largest potential customer segment. I can not stress how this issue of building product in the wrong direction is, it can turn a great team, and a decent product into a failure.
For me it took years until I went through the lean startup machine to see how focused product validation helps. It's the opportunity cost of building product and spending time on something people don't want that scares me the most.
Javelin is the combination startup lessons and failures into a working model for startups. The teachings are in almost every accelerator in the world and javelin is here to bring this to everyone for free.
It's not enough to know what you want to build. Your customers need to want your idea, and want to pay for it. I've see this problem over and over again. Pushing though our own ego lets you build the best version of the product. This process of pushing beyond what you think, in to what you know is what the Javelin process does. This is what lean means for a startup. Our best intentions can divert our focus away from the prize, away from cash flow. This is why I love this process and I know it will help many people all over the world.
We are using Javelin to optimize product-market fit for our own startup and its working great!
Can't wait to see it helping more entrepreneurs!
