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Traction Lab Podcast — 107 episodes
Traction Lab Live: That feature request is probably a polite no
#105: You can’t win a game you can’t see
Traction Lab Live: a company, or just a popular repo?
#104. Even your mom is lying to you
Traction Lab Live: Beware of founder freeloader fit
#103. Moving forward, or just on a treadmill?
Just two dudes and a pipeline
Lukewarm interest is still a no
Ep #100: Build it, and they will come
Do you suffer from low T?
People buy products... right?
To get started, you need to raise money!
Cam and JDM's public failure
A great idea is the hardest part
Building got faster. Validation didn't.
Have you earned the right to delegate?
You have to earn scale
Don’t avoid your customers.
Are you pivoting or just stacking assumptions?
Clean your pipeline: polite nos vs real yeses
How we evaluate traction
Weekly AMA: what investors actually need
This TAM is just a snort of hopium
Do your investor updates secretly suck?
When your best customer is also your biggest threat
You built it. Now what?
Founders hear what they want to hear
AMA: When your customers won’t pay, the problem isn’t the price
Your MVP isn't testing anything
What investors say vs What they mean
Your revenue is real. Your sales motion isn't.
“Nobody’s doing this” is not a competitive advantage
🎧 When fundraising, is bigger better?
Is it a deal or a death trap?
Pivot, persevere, or pack it in?
Founder mode vs delegation theater
Are you building a business, or just buying customers?
Burn rate, run rate, and founders fails
Ahhh! Scope creep!
But who signs the check tho?
Why most marketplaces die
What’s your time to customer?
From low conviction to high conviction
Live Q&A at GEW!
10x better isn't enough to win
Assumptions make an ass...
Closing the Say-Do Gap
Motion vs traction
8 lies founders tell themselves
TAM I wrong?
Did they say that, or did you?
Founder's pie or founders crumble
Well, that escalated quickly!
Your retention problem... is actually an acquisition problem
LOI... or just a lie?
One hit is not product-market fit
Less Canva, more data!
Backable or Baffling?
Cleanup on slide 5!
Assumptions make traction-holes
Setting money on fire and looking busy doing it
All Roads Lead to Distribution
What a horse show!
Service-as-a-Software
Cool Story… but What Did You Learn?
Validation vs Vibes
Fuel, or fool?
Overcoming sales objections
AI will fix it!
The Price is Right!
Scalable, or sketchy?
Why Now, or Why Bother?
Reasonable ask, or fantasy land?
Minimum Viable... Please!
Go-to-Market… or Go-to-Bed?
Funnel fail makeovers
From Cringe to Clarity
Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall
The "hype or hypothesis" edition
The "traction or distraction" edition
The “snarky” edition
The “Are You Doing Reps or Just Posing?” Edition
The “don’t practice what you don’t know” edition
The “fire the founder” edition
The “but you didn’t answer my question” edition
The "if Maslow had a startup" edition
The "we promise this isn't a sales pitch" edition
The " funding is # 1 on my Christmas list" edition
The “investor relations tightrope” edition | Dec 18th, 2024
The "can AI replace us as hosts?" edition
The "screw it, we'll do it live!" edition
The "pack it up, pivot, or persevere" edition
The "price is right" edition
The "kind of capital you didn't know you needed" edition
The "well, that's more than I bargained for" edition
The "ecosystem of pain" edition
The "we made up our own market" edition
The "your pitch is stories all the way down" edition
You're invited to the Startup Challenge!
The "with nothing but your wits and AI" edition
The "your pitch is not your business" edition
The "rumors of our death have been greatly exaggerated" edition!
The Importance of Team
Experiments, testing, & traction with Spencer Bardsley
Customers, ecosystems, and the curse of big markets
Startups 101
Zero to Traction — coming soon!