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July 29, 2024 41 mins

In this episode of How I'm Building This, Prateek interviews Dan, the Co-founder of Tango, a startup that helps people create documentation more efficiently. Dan shares his journey as a founder and provides insights into building a successful startup. He discusses the importance of finding the right co-founders, the pain points Tango solves, and their growth strategies. Dan also emphasizes the need for clear hypotheses and an understanding of product-market fit when scaling a business. He highlights the significance of mental health and the support system for founders.

Takeaways:

  • Finding the right co-founders is crucial for building a successful startup.
  • Understanding the pain points your product solves and having a clear hypothesis is essential for scaling a business.
  • Mental health is important for founders, and having a support system of other founders or advisors can be beneficial.
  • Experimenting with different growth strategies, such as user-generated content and short-form videos, can help drive user acquisition.
  • Balancing focus and experimentation is key when scaling a startup.

Sound Bites: 

  • "You can't bottle stuff up. You have totalk to people about it."
  • "Any successful program needs to start with a clear success criteria for your customer, for your product, and for the use case."
  • "Finding the right co-founders and building a strong support system is crucial for success as a founder."

In this episode, we cover:

00:00 Introduction and Background

03:10 Deciding on Co-Founders and assigning roles

06:10 Finding investors

10:00 Understanding Pain Points and Building Tango

15:03 Post Product Hunt

18:33 How users find Tango

20:22 How UGC on TikTok got their word out further

28:10 Lessons Learned and Advice for Founders

32:03 Founder Mental Health

37:57 Growth advice for founders

Where to find Dan:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-giovacchini

Tango: https://www.tango.us

Where to find Prateek:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/prateekmathur

Activated Scale: https://www.activatedscale.com

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