Ask HN: How transparent should your startup be?
I recently watched a Jason Cohen talk called Naked Business - How Honesty Makes Money[1]. I&#x27;m the founder of the Bike Index, and I think we had bought into all the quasi-marketspeak that makes the Bike Index sound like a big company, when being transparent about our size and limitations seems like a better strategy.<p>I opened a github issue[2] and revised our about page. I asked everyone I could about whether this was a good thing and the general response was yes.<p>So Hacker News - is this honesty a good thing? Should we be even more transparent, for instance by publicizing our burn rate? If we start to look for investment, is being up-front about being excited to run the Bike Index regardless of whether it makes money a good thing?<p>[1]: http:&#x2F;&#x2F;vimeo.com&#x2F;96685927
[2]: https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;bikeindex&#x2F;bike_index&#x2F;issues&#x2F;80