2023.10.16 - Selection week
Intro meeting
Before the meeting I made a landing page for my startup on Sunday. It took me whole day but I was ok with the result - family-archive.s1ckret.com.
I was pretty hyped after our first intro meeting, where ~30 people pitched their ideas briefly and a total of ~90 people attended. It was pleasant to see a lot of people with ideas who strive to create something new. Unfortunately, idea is not enough. Execution of this idea is the key.
I introduced myself the next way:
Всім привіт! Я software engineer з широким досвідом роботи від embedded до cloud рішень. Більше деталей на моєму портфоліо https://s1ckret.com/
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Чи є у вас фото або відео які ви бажаєте зберегти на все своє життя?
Family Archive — це SaaS pay-as-you-go платформа, яка дозволяє автоматично сортувати, категорізувати, зберігати та архівувати ваші дорогоцінні спогади життя на десятиліття та дешевше ніж Google Drive. Більше деталей на https://family-archive.s1ckret.com/
First tasks
Our tasks for the first week were to
Take 11 tests on the course ☝️
Fill out a form about the startup
Record a 2 minute pitch
The training course was dense, around 70% of information was new to me. I scored 54 out of 55 on the tests. Made the silliest mistake - misread the question :)
After that I recorded my pitch on Oct 19 which took me around 6 hours (from 1pm to 7pm) and ~45 takes. I wanted it to be perfect and I didn't want to read from a screen. In ended up with something in the middle, because the time is more valuable than perfection. You can watch it on YouTube.
I passed the selection and was lucky to be among 12 startups that passed SSbSD 23 autumn: 12 startups
Books
We were also provided with a list of literature to be read
❗️Rob Fitzpatrick - "The Mom Test"
❗️Eric Rais - "The Lean Startup"
Peter Thiel - "Zero to One"
Stephen Covey - "The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People"
Ben Horowitz - "The Hard Thing About Hard Things"
The next week I was on a trip to Kharkiv. While I was on train I read The Mom Test book and it was eye-opening for me. When I met my parents I was able to validate my idea with them and my aunt. After that I realized that they won't buy my product, because they won't pay for the solution and the most important - they don't have the problem. At this moment I started to think that my idea is not a pain killer but rather a vitamin.
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