hey friends 👋
I’m JDM (aka Josh David Miller) and I’m a traction scientist — I partner with pre-seed and seed-stage startups to turn assumptions into data, and data into product-market fit, using science. I run design sprints at The Right Box , I’m co-founder of the Traction Lab incubator, and I’m a content creator.
Check out my recent content below, or read more about me .
Recent Content
I write two weekly newsletters, co-host a podcast, and create content on LinkedIn, YouTube, Instagram and other places — all based around helping first-time founders launch sooner and scale faster with traction science.
These are four of my most recent pieces:
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🧠 High Conviction Founder Series: They test what could kill them
Traction Thinking ·Your logo can't reject you. Your wireframes will never say no. Your customers will. Habit #1 of high conviction founders: test what could kill you first.
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Have you earned the right to delegate?
Zero to Traction Podcast ·You want out of sales, so you hire a VP. You want out of product, so you hire a PM. But without the founder-led phase in between, it’s less delegation and more abandonment.
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You have to earn scale
Zero to Traction Podcast ·Listen now | You think you’re ready to scale. Most founders do. This week: three startups test that assumption against the predictable-repeatable-scalable framework — and learn exactly why they’re not.
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You don't have a marketing problem.
Traction Thinking ·You're investing in channels before you've proven a single one converts. Four questions tell you whether you've earned the right to spend, and most founders fail all four.