Allie LawnIt’s Q4, and like many business owners, we suspect you’re looking to start creating your strategy…Market research is an essential aspect of many product and business development cycles. Creating a solid market research strategy can help…Nov 21, 2022Nov 21, 2022
Allie LawnAccelerator options for early-stage and lifestyle companiesIn the early stages of business development, founders often have three core needs: validation, guidance, and funding. Is this Maslow’s…Oct 29, 2022Oct 29, 2022
Allie LawnReady to validate? Here's the first step.If you haven’t caught on — we believe that customer and market discovery should be the first pieces of the “building a startup” puzzle…Oct 15, 2022Oct 15, 2022
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Allie LawnHow confirmation bias is hurting your startup (and what you can do about itWhat do car buying and entrepreneurship have in common? From the psychological perspective, it turns out they’re pretty similar.Oct 3, 2022Oct 3, 2022
Allie LawnReal Talk from Real Investors: You’re Too EarlyWhat does “too early” mean to investors?Sep 24, 2022Sep 24, 2022
Allie LawnValidation is the last step, not theThe question that we hear the most at The Scientific Startup is: “Can you help us validate our product?” The answer we always give is…Sep 17, 20221Sep 17, 20221
Allie LawnWeak Hypotheses Create Weak StartupsYou’re probably starting to notice a theme here at the Scientific Startup. We love hypotheses, and we’d even venture to say that the…Sep 8, 2022Sep 8, 2022
Allie LawnAre startups art or science?Early in my career, I was exposed to a philosophy about startups that raised a few red flags: early-stage startups are more art than…Sep 5, 2022Sep 5, 2022