Being aware of the start-up curve

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Working in a startup is always like a roller coaster ( both thrilling and adventurous).

We have heard that all startups go through a bumpy road before reaching success and each story is different but seems like the pattern is somewhat the same.
1. Before
startup
2. Initial Enthusiasm
3. Reality sets in
4. Experimenting and pivoting
5. Product-market fit

My journey begins from the third stage where reality sets in. This was the phase where it somehow became inevitable to enter the "Trough of sorrow".

I was going through a lot of mixed emotions as I was not getting the expected results, and then the Covid19 impact, financial crisis, and so on.

Then came the stage of experimenting and pivoting. This is where it hit us, that the idea we were working on is not what we actually planned on while starting the project and this marked the deepest cut in our startup curve.

Like any other startup, it was difficult to surpass this stage with any colors but, we had our hope and faith to keep on going forward no matter what.

After almost crashing down, we did the impossible. We took a step forward and stayed intact, refined our idea, worked on the product as it was supposed to and now we have initiated pilot runs. This pilot run is what is gonna help us mould the product, get us feedback, and insights about the market acceptance, and also assure that any major kinks are ironed out.



Happy to say that there is no stopping us now :)

Ever up and onward

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