Hey friends — JDM here 👋

Well, it’s finally arrived!

This is the first episode of Zero to Traction, so we’re going to take a few minutes to walk through the ins and outs of startups at the 30k-ft level.

Stay tuned for the next episode, where we dive deep into customers and customer discovery with the co-founders of a Baltimore-based startup called EcoMap.

Thank you so much for being part of our journey here, and letting us be a smart part of yours.

On today’s show:

* Who are we and why are we doing this?

* What is Zero to Traction?

* What is the work of a startup, what is traction, and other general concepts.

* Why trying for investment from day 1 will doom your startup to fail

* And more!

Frivolous thoughts

* Cameron shares his thoughts on how ChatGPT is changing his workflow

* JDM watched the first episode of season 3 of Star Trek: Picard, and gets Cameron to confess he’s never seen an episode of any Star Trek show.

Patrick Stewart’s reaction to Ricky Gervais’ similar confession:

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