Startup Reading List | August 21, 2015 |
If you are a fan of Disney/Pixar's move "Up", you will undoubtedly remember Doug the adorable dog with a low attention span who frequently distracted. Couldn't help but think of this when we were approached to feature a blog post by Saent, a company that builds a physical product to help you focus.
They asked us to feature their blog post on their plan to use crowdfunding to promote their product. We hesitated as we wanted to see if their plan worked before featuring. They also sent us an blog post on their mid-campaign progress. We said no.
It was us who asked to hear how things went recently and of course they had a blog post ready... discussing how difficult it had been to meet their goal. It reminds us how well a plan holds up to reality and how a team recovers.
Check out their story and others in this week's digest.
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