My first exercise working with startup founders - list your values, find your way - to find an area that you're interested in and then find the pain points of that interest area Mike Evans Shoes of Prey #startupgrind

Customers that want to give you money today + Identify a pain point = (potentially) great #startup idea Mike Evans Shoes of Prey #startupgrind

Startups today have so many great tools - co-working spaces, accelerator programs, VCs - which we didn't have at the time we started Mike Evans Shoes of Prey #startupgrind

We realised very early on that we needed people on the ground at our manufacturing plant in China - Mike's tip - go to the Guangzhou fair Mike Evans Shoes of Prey #startupgrind

Customer validation is really important - a successful product or service is all about solving a well worded problem Mike Evans Shoes of Prey #startupgrind

What we did for customer validation - We put a Craigslist ad out - "$140 to talk about women's shoes" and observed them interact with the website #mindblown Mike Evans Shoes of Prey #startupgrind

Startup Stripe is a great example of a company that (1) knows their unique customer value proposition (2) knows their target audience really well. Our devs fought on when we could implement them Mike Evans Shoes of Prey #startupgrind

23 of 25 of our Australian team moved with us to the US - #TeamCommitment Mike Evans Shoes of Prey #startupgrind

The downs of #startuplife - being on your own and not part of community. That's why co-working spaces are so great! Mike Evans Shoes of Prey #startupgrind

Are you obsessed with the problem? It's not about the solution. You have to be passionate about the problem you're solving because you'll be working on it for the next 10+ years Mike Evans Shoes of Prey #startupgrind

#advice - We didn't hire a expert shoemaker until 3 years ago. In hindsight, we would've hired this person a lot sooner Mike Evans Shoes of Prey #startupgrind

Advice #2 - Know how to run a company, its definitely an undervalued skill in the startup world Mike Knapp recommends high book amzn.to/29TqA6R #startupgrind

Pitch advice from Mike Knapp - Know how to story tell & know your numbers StartupGrindBrisbane #startupgrind

Company culture Shoes of Prey - free lunch because it creates a caring, family vibe. We also created a culture doc - inspired by #netflix - outlining what is and isnt appropriate - which becomes a litmus test within the company Mike Evans Shoes of Prey #startupgrind

The best thing about working with Google is learning how big businesses work Mike Evans Shoes of Prey #startupgrind

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