orbitalnyc: The first run of our latest program, the Orbital 1K, concluded last week. The program challenges people to launch a project in four weeks that will likely earn them $1,000. While the tone of the challenge seems transactional in nature, in reality most participants use the framework of the program to determine the viability of their vision, where the first step is to see if they can find an addressable audience. The four-week time constraint forces the question from “how do I...| That's What Xu Said
Last week, we welcomed 14 students to the June session of the Orbital 1K, a four-week program designed to coach them through launching a crowdfunding project, MVP, or community that can generate $1,000 in revenue. The program is led by Gary Chou and me, assisted by fantastic advisors from around the Orbital sphere. You can find all the students, instructors, and advisors on Twitter here. I’m teaching the 1K because it sits at the intersection of a lot of things I care about: building supp...| That's What Xu Said