This week we didn’t do anything. What? Nothing? Rich did nothing? Well I worked on other stuff, but as far as the startup idea was concerned it was time to listen rather than talk.
In the past, I have made the mistake of starting something and going FULL BORE until it was all complete. Not listening to any feedback or response, just building, designing and implementing according to my original plan.
However, as they say, hindsight is a wonderful thing. So with hindsight from all the other startups we have done, we decided to see what people were thinking of our first episode. Get some feedback, and get some ideas of how people would respond as we continue on with the project.
There has been some very positive responses. Which is very promising, not only that, but people thought Kel must have done this before, but she hasn’t, so she is only going to get better. It has been hard for her to take the compliments because, like all of us, she is hyper critical on herself, (not sure where she gets that from).
But here is an amazing thing…
We were contacted via Twitter by someone who had seen last weeks post (via twitter) who wanted to talk to Kel about using some products on her show! Someone else has offered to do some guest segments with seafood cooking. We have also been contacted by some others who saw the post who have a complimentary business that want to do some sort of joint venture. Firstly… Twitter ROCKS, secondly, who would have thought that my blog had such reach!
just goes to show you, you never know who is reading your stuff, so make it as good as you can.
We haven’t really started this business yet, as you all know from last weeks post it is BRAND NEW, but already we are getting opportunities thrown at us from all angles. Now why is that? Probably because we are doing something.
I know in my Web Development company REDD, whenever we start to do things that everyone knows about, we get more leads…
activity seems to breed opportunity. Interesting.
Startups are fun. The energy surrounding the idea, the initial build, the first time to market… it is my favourite thing in the whole world of business.
It doesn’t have to cost a fortune, but some ideas do, it just depends how complex they are. But most importantly, you need to know whether you invest big or small, people want what you have so the tip for week 2 of a startup is this…
Do Nothing. Listen to what people have to say about your idea. Don’t judge, just listen. Take in all the facts, suggestions, ideas and put them into a big mental (or physical) box for later review. And never take anything personally, just because someone doesn’t like your idea, doesn’t mean they don’t like you… plus they are probably just jealous that you are having a go.
Next week: We are going to go through how to take your market research and feeback and apply it to your idea to develop your full project scope and delivery plan.
