Conor McCarthy

Hey all, not sure if this is the best place to post this but Daniel Vassallo, a regular on PH, and I had a fantastic chat on The First 10 Podcast. His "small wins" mentality is a fantastic model of looking at the product world. Episode available on iTunes, Spotify etc https://www.conormccarthy.me/podcast-episodes/taking-small-bets-with-daniel-vassallo

Hey there Hunters! I’ve been a part of this awesome community for a while now, long enough to witness the hard work that people here put into bringing their ideas to the world, to figure out what's needed, and why. We want our businesses to have an impact, to make a difference in the lives of those we wish to serve, however small that impact may be. In all my time coaching business...

Have any startup founders here ever had a coach? If so, what's been the main value you have taken away from the experience?  I’ve been coaching founders for a few years now and am always curious/amazed at the takeaways that people leave a coaching relationship with. Often, it’s not what they imagined!

I've been going down a rabbit hole recently around idea validation. In the past, when starting a business of project, I have done everything from blindly pursuing the idea until something worked (often hard) right through to doing a more formal testing of the idea (worth it but harder to be objective). I'm curious.…How do PH people do idea validation? If you have a great idea, what are your...