Starting a Business in a Snowstorm

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In 2007, the speakers incorporated their business and moved to Cincinnati during a snowstorm.
They hired movers to help with the move, who faced challenging conditions carrying their belongings up a steep driveway.
The speakers admitted to not doing much after moving in and working long hours on their business for 14 months.
They realized that their product had too many features and that they lacked the knowledge to effectively run a business.
Eventually, the speakers had to acknowledge that they did not have enough knowledge and would run out of money.

In 2007, young aspiring software engineers Matt & Jason set out to build the perfect startup: a SaaS product. They did everything right. They had plenty of runway, moved in with Jason’s mom and eat, slept and breathed their startup. It had all the right features. It didn’t work. But they knew they could build good software and set out to start consulting. Fast forward several years later and they’re a growing team of friends building products. How’d they do it? Listen in to find out!

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