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John Danner

dunce.substack.com
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I write about early stage startups and PMF. 3x founder (NETG IPO), pre-seed investor, board member @LambdaSchool, investor/advisor @outschool and @mavenhq.

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  • When you start your company, you have a blank slate. You can build anything you want, talk to anyone you want. But most startups fail to build anything people need. Here's how to make sure you find the need:
    by John Danner
  • Silicon Valley has operated startups with the waterfall method for five decades. We have grand visions and act like a pivot is a mistake. That's wrong. Here's a story about how we tried 100 pivot-level ideas at my first company and found 4 or
    by John Danner
  • Founders are their own worst enemies when trying to find product market fit (PMF). Here are the five worst mistakes:
    by John Danner
  • Product Market Fit (PMF) and Series A+ disconnected earlier this year
    by John Danner
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