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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#105: You can’t win a game you can’t see
Zero to Traction Podcast ·You just told your investors 30% goes to marketing. Except you can't say exactly how yet. Here's the board game metaphor that shows exactly when spending big is earned—and when it kills you.
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Traction Lab Live: a company, or just a popular repo?
Zero to Traction Podcast ·Six pilots, zero signatures, 6,000 GitHub stars, 60 weekly actives. Cameron flies solo through the interest-vs-intent gap killing your traction story.
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#104. Even your mom is lying to you
Zero to Traction Podcast ·Your mom will tell you your idea is genius. So will your first ten customers, if you ask them wrong. We cover the mom test, the TEAM framework, and why AI can't validate your startup for you.
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Traction Lab Live: Beware of founder freeloader fit
Zero to Traction Podcast ·Your unpaid pilot feedback is all "it's nice"? That's not validation, friends. Plus: your first sales hire, picking between three ideas, and marketplace liquidity 101.