Wasting $40k vs starting Rent The Runway
- Author
- Swyx
- Published
- Tue 19 Jan 2021
- Episode Link
- https://mixtape.swyx.io/episodes/wasting-40k-vs-starting-rent-the-runway
Two stories to tell a lesson that has been learned time and time again - talk to your customers and validate your thesis before building.
- Masters of Scale podcast on Rent the Runway, then read Jennifer Hyman's own writeup. I especially recommend her analysis of the flash sale boom and bust of the 2010's (Groupon, Gilt).
- I wasted $40k on a fantastic startup idea, then read Hacker News responses
- The Mom Test by Rob Fitzpatrick, with summary
