I had my first two demos yesterday 😅

I had my first two demos yesterday 😅

I'm currently building Site Command, a construction management platform for home builders & remodellers.

I had my first two demos yesterday evening - one in person, one remotely - both over an hour in length. They went really well, and I got some really valuable feedback.

I'm going to cut through the cruft and focus on the nuggets that I understand to be blockers to adoption. I think I'll be able to bring both these users on by the end of March - that's my goal. Ideally converted by the end of March, but we'll see how quickly I can get some of this stuff in place.

I have another demo lined up for next Monday, thought it's not exactly my target customer (they're a landscaper, not a home builder) but I still feel like there will be a lot to learn.

Couple takeaways from the past week:

• Nothing quite like committing to a few demos to get your priorities in order 😅(See ya later "Dashboard")
• Storing customer data in a production database is nerve wracking - no more blowing it out to start again! And backups!
• During demos, there's a ton of valuable feedback, and nice-to-have feedback, and implementation-specific suggestions, and it all comes across from the potential users as "must have critical feedback". Cutting through this feels crucial ("No, I'm not going to add a red, bouncing notification icon to the menu", "Yes, I will prevent your employees from emailing your customers").

Launch
At this stage, I'm starting to plan out a light "launch" -- telling family and friends about the product, posting it to Twitter, possibly even Product Hunt. Realistically though I'm kind of expecting to have to grind for a while to get customers, and then in a perfect world, let word of mouth drive the flywheel.

As always, I welcome thoughts, advice or guidance on any of this!