Another interesting example of a team employing some #leanstartup methods to get closer to a real business model. The story of Acceptly from Lean Startup Machine. #lsmPaloAlto
So 7 months and 3 days after they got started, the Acceptly team was heading in a new direction. They were able to make that difficult and painful decision that most startups dread: admitting that futile months of full-time work might have been saved by a weekend of immersion into Lean. “When you talk more before building, you can pivot in 2 hours instead of 2 months.” When I asked Matt what his top three takeaways from LSM were, he sent back an easy-to-remember list:
Talk to customers
Talk to customers
Talk to customers
via When Your Customers Just Don’t Get It.
