Today's Entrepreneur: Nicolas Nguyen

No. 1 mistake: Spending too much time on building the perfect product

Today's Entrepreneur is Nicolas Nguyen, CEO and founder of Wordever, Inc. According to his VEQ Nicolas is good at marketing management, product management and thecnology design.

Wordever is competing in the Vator Splash SF competition.

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I am a(n):
Entrepreneur

Companies I've founded or co-founded:
Wordever, Rediron

Startups I worked for:
ThisNext, Terra Matrix Media, Leadpoint

If you are an entrepreneur, why?
I want to change the world.

My favorite startups:
Twitter, Facebook

What's most frustrating and rewarding about entrepreneurship/innovation?
The most frustrating part of entrepreneurship is when you thought you knew everything and the features you added were not used by your members. The most rewarding part is when you talk to your members, tweak the features and see many people use it. The other part is seeing your site double in traffic every month.

What's the No. 1 mistake entrepreneurs make?
Entrepreneurs tends to spend too much time building the perfect product. By the time it was launched, it turned out that the product was too complicated. I learned a long time ago to launch your beta product and build as you go. Learn from your users and add features accordingly.

What are the top three lessons you've learned as an entrepreneur?
1. Build as you go.
2. Talk to your users.
3. Build the basic features and double down the effort as you see traction.