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Episode 759 | TinySeed Tales s4e6: Does AI + Pivot = Success?

2025/2/20
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Colleen Schnettler: 我与联合创始人分道扬镳后,经历了一段焦虑和迷茫期,最初的想法是放弃之前的项目Hello Query。为了克服自我怀疑,并尝试新的技术,我启动了一个名为GetPodcastLeads.com的项目,旨在解决播客寻找赞助商的难题。然而,这个项目最终因为商业模式行不通而失败。在反思之后,我重新审视了自己的优势,意识到自己两年来一直沉浸在报表领域,这仍然是我的优势,并且这是一个有待解决的问题。因此,我重新启动了Hello Query,开发了一个AI辅助的SQL云报表生成器,它仍然专注于内部报表领域。这个新产品通过自然语言处理技术,帮助非技术人员快速生成报表。在产品发布后,我通过Twitter等社交媒体平台快速收集用户反馈,并根据反馈迭代产品。我目前面临一个艰难的抉择:是将Hello Query专注于内部BI工具,还是转向面向营销分析的工具,这两个方向都很有吸引力。我倾向于专注于内部BI工具,因为大型企业对这类工具有较大的需求,并且愿意支付更高的价格,而营销分析工具市场竞争激烈。虽然目前进展缓慢,但我仍然对Hello Query的未来充满希望,并会继续努力。 Rob Walling: 在与Colleen的访谈中,我观察到她经历了创业过程中的常见挑战,例如与联合创始人的分歧、市场定位的迷茫以及产品迭代的艰难。通过与Colleen的对话,我看到了她不断学习、适应和坚持的创业精神。她的经历也提醒我们,创业是一个充满不确定性的过程,需要不断地收集数据、调整方向,并保持足够的动力坚持下去。在产品市场匹配阶段,信息往往是不完整的,需要创始人做出艰难的决策。Colleen的故事也体现了‘快速迭代,快速反馈’的重要性,以及在创业过程中保持积极心态的重要性。

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In this episode of TinySeed Tales, Rob Walling speaks with Colleen Schnettler, co-founder of Hello Query, as she shares her latest startup journey pivot.

After reigniting her “shipping muscle” while briefly dabbling in an AI-based project, Colleen refocuses on her newest pivot of Hello Query. She shares the challenges of determining the market viability of an AI-assisted SQL report builder. She stands at a crossroads, torn between catering to internal BI teams or exploring marketing analytics.

**Topics we cover: **

  • (1:25) – Reflecting on the co-founder breakup

  • (2:42) – Trying a scratch-your-own-itch project

  • (6:27) – Unfair advantages inform another pivot

  • (15:07) – Respecting the “emotional runway”  

  • (19:23) – Marketing insights vs. an internal BI tool

  • (23:01) – The curse of the audience

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