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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#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.
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#103. Moving forward, or just on a treadmill?
Zero to Traction Podcast ·A format-breaker — no science lecture or scenarios, just JDM and Cam riffing on a half-baked "traction treadmill" metaphor: founders who burn energy on vanity metrics while making no real progress.
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Just two dudes and a pipeline
Zero to Traction Podcast ·Your pipeline slide can make you look sophisticated until an investor asks what counts, what closes, and what quietly dies. The POST framework helps you separate predicting from pretending.