Andrew Capland runs a #HowIGotHere series on the ProductLed Podcast, where the subject is the route somebody took rather than the job title they ended up with.
Andres walks through the years at Meetup that built the growth skillset, the failures that taught more than the wins, and the frustration behind starting DoWhatWorks.
Name the assumption that would kill the thing, then find the cheapest way to test it this week.
What to take from it
- Find the assumption that would sink the whole thing and test that one first. Everything else can wait.
- A growth skillset is built by shipping and measuring, not by reading about it.
- The mistakes teach more than the wins, but only if you write down what you expected before you ran the thing.