[onion2k]

"Both of his products, while seemingly very different, actually serve much of the same audience."

Exactly. That line is very important. In reality, he had an idea for a product and an existing market he had direct access to. That "less than a week" bit should really include the time it took to build the audience in the first place, which is probably a lot more than a week. A somewhat disingenuous claim.

[duiker101]

like 99% of all the headlines that proclaim to do/learn something in a relatively short time period there is always something that is not counted.

Learn to write apps in 10 minutes! here the source code for an hello world, to learn anything else it will only take the rest of your life.

[casjam]

It's true that the kernal of the idea may have originated earlier, and developed over a longer period of time (which is kind of what Dan explained during the interview). But the point I was getting at with this title was that it was less than 1 week from the day Dan decided to pursue this idea and actually start this company that he had 10 paying customers.

Most founders have an idea, decide it's something they would like to pursue, then spend many weeks/months working to validate it, build MVP, attract customers. You can't deny that WP Curve started and gained initial traction exceptionally faster than most.

[jasonlotito]

> Most founders have an idea, decide it's something they would like to pursue, then spend many weeks/months working to validate it, build MVP, attract customers. You can't deny that WP Curve started and gained initial traction exceptionally faster than most.

I disagree. Most founders with an audience can generally get 10 paying customers fairly quickly. And, frankly, I think 10 days isn't at all fast, especially these days.

[casjam]

For people who are new to creating/launching a product, 10 customers in the first week would be a huge win. So this is a very instructive conversation for people in that camp (who I'd guess are the majority).

And the impressive part of this story is its not 10 customers within 1 week of "launch" day. It's 10 customers within about a week of deciding on the "idea". Idea --> MVP launch --> Paying customers... 1 week.

[gaadd33]

Is there anything more to the MVP than the website and I would guess a ticketing/live chat system? I'll admit I didn't listen to the audio, was hoping for a transcript.

[thedannorris]

Hey mate. Actually we didn't even have a ticketing system for the first month or so. Even now we barely use it. It's mostly email. I had a live chat widget (Olark) that I'd paid a year for from my last business.

[crumblan]

My favorite title of all time is Tim Ferriss's "How to Learn but not Master any Language in 1 Hour". All others are merely vying for disingenuous second place. I guess it is all about marketing your blog posts.

[thedannorris]

I like that. Makes it seem more legitimate but still attention-grabbing.