In the field
We are perhaps 4–5 months into Learning Motors now. We have a name (finally), a mission, some sense of what technology we need to put together, and are starting to take some baby steps towards building a team. We are obviously in stealth mode because things aren’t mature enough yet to discuss broadly.
We have, what I think is the most critical aspect of any startup — a wee bit of momentum. Things are accelerating, the number of hours in the day seem to be shrinking, its starting to feel slightly intense. But all this work — Team, Funding, Tech stack, Product plan etc, pales in comparison to the most important task of all at this stage of the company — Time on the field understanding the market deeply.
The last time we spent a week in the field, we came back with a high level sense of what problem we were going to solve. We are heading back again, for a couple of days of immersion. I am hopeful that we will surface back with a deeper sense of what product we want to build.
Being close to the customer, spending time in the field is probably the no 1 task we can do as entrepreneurs. Our ability to speak with authority on the subject matter, our understanding of the problem we are trying to solve is directly proportional to the time in the field. This might seem very obvious, but I have seen a lot of startups skimp on this step. The ability to find product-market fit directly depends on time in the field. All else, timing, product, getting customer to pay is borne from the insights gained in the market.
So heading back to the field. This journey has been quite amazing so far!
Learning Motors - a very nice and appealing name indeed.
Good Luck Puneet.
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Its good to see anyone coming back I the field , that is how one can analyse and observe the things and can produce valuable results , Time is one of the aspect that is to be take care of , but I we see the other part if quality is good , time doesn't matters the only thing matters is the quality + time taken = results. So better the quality more efficient is the result. Mentioning what problems we will solve, half of the problems will be solved once you enter the field , jut have a valuable feedbacks from customers , you will definitely.find it more interesting. Doesn't matter what product you deliver , all matters is quality. Shape it in a way that it describes the quality of designer or developer or anyone who made it. No matter how hard roads you have to catch or go through, buy once on it keep on clearing g the road , ultimately you will feel satisfactory. Analyse ----> observe -----> work on it ---> look for consequences ----> clear issues or consequesncies step by step ----> deliver it. There are a lot more things ,just summarised it.. Regards, Manpreet Singh.