August 3: I Failed. Do, Learn, Adapt and Repeat Differently.
mhsutton I am mothballing my ServiceChat startup experiment. After six months, I have to admit to myself that ServiceChat has no legs. People who I thought should be interested are not…
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July 23: A Change to Regular Programming
When I set out to build my startup in January, we moved to Spain to immerse in the culture, learn the language and extend my startup runway by 4 month.…
July 18: A Mixed Bag
Not sure what to make of this week. It’s a bit like being in the Tom Hanks movie ‘The Terminal’. I’m stuck but actually while I’m in this state of…
July 12: Traction not tractors
Traction is vital, getting early customers to commit to using what I’m offering is very important. Both are vital and important for my finances and startup growth, sure – but…
July 9 – Back away from the code, slowly.
Every passing day re-affirms my fear. I have to back away from the code, close the IDE – quit doing what I love doing and start doing the other thing.…
July 8 – Working hard, differently
My last post was about 2 weeks ago and you might have wondered where I disappeared to. Well, I’ll tell you. I was feeling very disheartened about the lack of…
June 20 – Mikey's back!
The last 13 days Q: Does a daily blog have to be done every day? A: Not when it’s @mhsutton’s blog – obviously. So much has happened in the last…
June 7 – Dizzy with pivots.
Yesterday(and the previous 2 days) The last few days have been like driving in a tunnel, with occasional pauses to check the map. Sometimes where you want to is actually…
June 03 – Plod on dear boy, plod on.
Yesterday I’m finally resigned to the realisation that I won’t be an overnight sensation ;-). At this point, the core of my strategy is plodding on – persevere through the…
May 31 – Talking to Customers is Hard
Yesterday So I’m trying really hard to chat with some people about the problem I’m trying to solve. My approach is to talk to my prospective customers’ customers – the…