On Deck's New Chapter: 9 Game-Changing Lessons from the Revitalized In-Person Experience 117 implied HN points • 20 Nov 23 💼 Business Entrepreneurship Leadership Startup Team Dynamics Market Analysis Establish clear roles within your founding team for better leadership alignment. Focus on market gaps, validate ideas practically, and adapt based on feedback. Dive deep into market dynamics, conduct competitive analysis, and create a strategic growth plan.
Shutting Down Lasso - Part 1: The Founding Team 196 implied HN points • 23 May 23 💼 Business Startups Entrepreneurship Relationships Partnerships Focus on the team above everything else. Build momentum for high velocity work. Allow team members to achieve their best in a way that suits them.
5 minute read on: sales strategies, conversations about exploring ideas and my new go to AI tools. 78 implied HN points • 12 Oct 23 💼 Business Sales AI Tools Articles Identify startup ideas by looking at friends' expenses and the problems they are least happy with solutions for. In sales, focus on providing certainty, speed, and ease to customers. To learn more about AI, check out a16z AI-Canon and Google Cloud Skills Boost.
Introducing Ian Johnson's Notes 78 implied HN points • 05 Oct 23 💼 Business Entrepreneurship Startups Product Development Marketing Growth Strategies Starting a business can be tough - finding product market fit is key. Ian Johnson has valuable experience in SaaS and GrowthTech. Ian Johnson's Notes will focus on advice for founders, VCs, and execs on product-market fit and growth.
Shutting down Lasso - Part 2: The problem we tried to solve 78 implied HN points • 14 Jun 23 💼 Business Startups Market Analysis Customer Behavior Revenue growth Product Development Mission was to increase net worth of creators Problem solved was helping SaaS companies automate finding and booking creators Hypothesis was decreasing time for finding creators would increase revenue for brands and creators
Pain points experienced from 100 product launches 19 implied HN points • 19 Jul 23 🕹 Technology Product Development AI Market research APIs User Experience Product builders face pain points in areas like integrating APIs and managing data Developers often struggle with UI/UX design and adding new features to their products Common challenges like these show potential for offering outsourced services to help developers focus on core tasks
Join me on Notes 0 implied HN points • 13 Apr 23 🕹 Technology Social media Content Platforms Ian Johnson has started using Substack Notes to connect with readers in a new way. Subscribers to Ian's newsletter will automatically see his notes on Substack. Readers are encouraged to join Notes to share thoughts, ideas, and quotes.