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030: Yes, founders trick themselves.
Unless they measure reliability.
Jun 15
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Mike Vladimer
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029: No, don't use legendary founders' recipe for success.
Instead, replicate it with measurement.
Jun 9
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Mike Vladimer
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028: Yes, the easiest way to analyze discovery interviews is with the Yardstick of Pain.
See it applied in a case study.
Jun 2
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Mike Vladimer
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May 2026
027: No, don't interpret discovery interviews by feel.
Instead, use the Yardstick of Pain.
May 26
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Mike Vladimer
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026: No, don't trust self-reported data from discovery interviews.
Instead, capture ground truth.
May 21
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Mike Vladimer
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025: No, searching for People in Pain is not marketing
Marketers have knowledge that founders don’t
May 11
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Mike Vladimer
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024: No, don't jump and "assemble a plane on the way down".
Instead, use the Chain of Success.
May 6
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Mike Vladimer
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April 2026
023: No, don't mimic successful founders.
Instead, meet the guy solving startups' biggest challenge.
Apr 30
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Mike Vladimer
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022: Yes, search for People in Pain. But they're invisible.
Your startup is a knowledge-creation project and the most important knowledge is hidden.
Apr 22
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Mike Vladimer
021: No, getting customers is the wrong goal
Instead search for People in Pain
Apr 13
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Mike Vladimer
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020: The biggest problem in startups remains unsolved
"I know a good startup idea when I see it" works for a lucky few; the rest of us need a toolkit
Apr 7
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Mike Vladimer
1
March 2026
019: The next 100 episodes on Nascent methodology
What Paul Graham doesn't know: A scalable way to identify a problem worth solving
Mar 30
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Mike Vladimer
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