by Philemon Nwigwe | Jun 6, 2020 | Before the Startup, Idea Stage, On Creativity and innovation, The Strategic Founder, The Strategic Startup
A few (unpopular) truths about creativity, ideas, and getting things done. 1. The first thing to learn about creativity is that it is necessarily embarrassing by nature. 2. Your idea will necessarily look and appear stupid early on because you have never done...
by Philemon Nwigwe | Jun 6, 2020 | Founders' Attributes, On Creativity and innovation, The Strategic Founder, The Strategic Startup
What The Strategic Founders Are Known For. *** Clarifications: We are using “The Strategic Founders” and “The Great Founders” interchangeably, to mean the same thing in this article, as we did in all of our contents on this website. Of course, using the two...
by Philemon Nwigwe | Jun 6, 2020 | Idea Stage, On Idea Validation and Idea Development, The Strategic Founder, The Strategic Startup
A Few Ideas About Finding Startup Ideas For The Strategic Founder 1. Great ideas seem wrong at first –which is why not many people have attempted them in the first place. Do you have an idea that you strongly believe in? Does it have a ‘secret...
by Philemon Nwigwe | Jun 6, 2020 | On Launching, The Strategic Founder, The Strategic Startup
A Few Ideas About Launching Your Startup. 1. Planning is guessing. So until you test your hypothesis about the value of your product and about the market, you don’t really know what will work or what will not. Get out of the building and start testing what you...
by Philemon Nwigwe | Jun 6, 2020 | On Doing What Customers Want, On Growth, On Sales and Marketing, The Strategic Founder, The Strategic Startup
Some Ideas on Startup Growth for The Strategic Founder. 1. It is hard to get users. It is best to start with that assumption and work from there. You’d be less surprised by how hard it is to get users later, and more poised to work harder and be more patient....
