Tam Danier (she/her)
Lead Solution Design Architect, Launch @ NTT Data
Tam Danier is the founder of Good Ideas Only (GIO), a validation studio that helps Fortune 500 companies kill bad ideas faster. With a background in product and design strategy honed at Apple, Capital One, Lowe’s, Expedia, Hilton, and Delta, she’s the person in the room who asks the uncomfortable question that saves you six months and a million dollars. At Startupfest, Tam mentors founders on finding product-market fit and validating ideas before they burn the budget.
Sessions
Mentor Office Hours
Office Hours: Customer Discovery & Validation
Learn how to find your first customers, conduct problem interviews that reveal real pain points, and validate willingness to pay before you waste time building the wrong thing. See More.
Mentor Office Hours
Office Hours: Product Market Fit
Understand the signals that tell you when you've actually found product-market fit, how to measure it quantitatively, and what strategic moves to make when you don't have it yet. See More.
Mentor Office Hours
Office Hours: Metrics That Matter
Identify the KPIs that actually drive your business rather than vanity metrics that look good but mean nothing, understand unit economics well enough to make smart trade-offs, set up dashboards that surface problems early, and track what investors and acquirers actually care about. See More.
Mentor Office Hours
Office Hours: AI & Automation
Leverage AI to create competitive advantages your competitors can't easily replicate, develop automation strategies that let small teams punch above their weight, build AI-native features into your product, and stay lean by using AI tools effectively. See More.
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Office Hours: Product Roadmap & Prioritization
Learn to say no to feature requests that don't serve your strategy, balance customer demands with your long-term vision, avoid feature bloat that makes your product unusable, and stay focused when everyone wants you to build something different. See More.