Choosing & Sustaining Product Ideas w/ Colleen Schnettler
Colleen Schnettler, founder of HelloQuery, joins me for a wide-ranging discussion around the question of choosing the right product idea to commit to as an entrepreneur.
Brian and Colleen recorded this conversation on November 17th, 2023.
Brian and Colleen recorded this conversation on November 17th, 2023.
- (00:00) - Colleen Schnettler
- (01:02) - Twitter, Conference, and Podcast friends!
- (02:44) - Transitioning between between ideas
- (03:29) - Joining TinySeed
- (04:28) - the ZipMessage to Clarityflow story (as of Nov 2023)
- (15:55) - Emotional Runway
- (17:20) - Choosing a product idea
- (21:07) - Converting a service into a SaaS
- (25:34) - Riding a wave
- (29:31) - Evaluating potential ideas
- (33:05) - Validating ideas before building
- (40:34) - Audience growth vs. not
- (44:41) - What are you optimizing for?
- (50:05) - Survivorship bias
- (51:43) - Looking back on mistakes
- (54:04) - Shipping tiny ideas
Creators and Guests
Host
Brian Casel
Teaching product skills at https://t.co/slTlMF8dXh | founder @Clarityflow | co-host of https://t.co/pXrCHLdDwe
Guest
Colleen Schnettler
Ruby on Rails developer building https://t.co/3sJAkKivdp in public - empower your customers to build their own reports
