Business as a Baby - A survival guide to make sure your startup makes it through infancy

Hey Product Hunt!

Created something I wish existed when I launched Chumz (my failed app) here years ago. A framework that teaches founders how to grow sustainably through natural developmental stages.

After watching my own startup crash from trying to scale too fast, I spent years studying how businesses grow through TheChumEffect consulting. The pattern was clear: just like humans, businesses need developmental stages:

🍼 Baby Stage: Critical survival period

• Master your fundamentals

• Learn basic operations

• Don't try running before crawling

• Focus on staying alive

👶 Toddler Stage: Guidance and growth period

• Get proper mentorship

• Build foundational systems

• Test and learn rapidly

• Start walking confidently

👦 Teenager Stage: Rapid scaling phase

• Find product-market fit

• Build strong teams

• Establish market presence

• Scale with confidence

👨 Adult Stage: Market leadership

• Drive innovation

• Lead your industry

• Build lasting impact

• Teach others

The first book "Business as a Baby - Nurturing your Business from Infancy to Success in this series dives deep into the Baby Stage - because if you can't survive infancy, you'll never make it to scale.

businessasababy.com

Made with lessons learned from failing here on Product Hunt and helping hundreds of businesses grow through TheChumEffect since then.

What stage is your business at? Would love to hear your growth stories.