Comments on: Your Startup Sucks

By: John Atkinson

John Atkinson — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:27:05 +0000

Very inspiring post Matt. All of the questions in the first paragraph are great for preparation.

If you’re an entrepreneur and haven’t heard a lot of them, you simply haven’t talked to enough people. (and yes, you need to be able to answer them, if only for your own purposes)

Perfect and appropriate use of the “F” word ;) PRESS ON!

By: Your startup “ain’t very good”! «

Your startup “ain’t very good”! « — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 02:59:59 +0000

[...] off the ground, be encouraged and quit listening to people when they say, as Matt Douglas blogged HERE, YOUR STARTUP [...]

By: Dean Higginbotham

Dean Higginbotham — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 19:18:11 +0000

Thanks Matt, good post. :)

@Peter, sometimes that’s correct…other times it’s not — especially when you’re introducing a new idea and it’s hard for people to wrap their heads around it. Or if you’re trying to “build it better” and people can’t believe you can do it.

By: jpw

jpw — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 19:06:01 +0000

since when did VC’s care about customers paying for anything?

By: Peter Verkooijen

Peter Verkooijen — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 17:01:33 +0000

“If you believe you can do it, that’s the only thing that matters.”

No it doesn’t. All those casual critics who have no stake in your insignificant little startups success are probably right.

If you can’t even convince “angel groups, VC investors, tech bloggers, colleagues, mentors, friends and family” your startup is worth their attention, how are you going to convince customers to pay for your service?