#175: Robert Armstrong: Take the Gamble, Risk & Leap of Faith

<p><strong>OVERVIEW:</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Jason A. Duprat, Entrepreneur, Healthcare Practitioner and Host of the</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Healthcare Entrepreneur Academy</span></em> <span style="font-weight: 400;">podcast talks with Robert Armstrong, CEO and Co-Founder of Appstem, a mobile and web app design and development agency. Robert offers advice on creating a business plan, growing a tech startup and working in the app development arena.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS:</strong></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Robert’s background in business marketing and sales taught him to keep an even temperament, remain humble and keep going in spite of a lot of rejection. </span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">After coming up with a business plan with his partner, he quit his job at Oracle and launched Appstem. Five or six weeks later, the startup closed its first deal. </span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Robert had anxiety yet believed it was worth the risk and gamble to leave his full-time job to launch his startup.   </span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Appstem grew organically, hiring around contracts and eventually expanding to have an in-house, end-to-end team, including, UI/UX designers and creative directors.</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Robert manages sales and marketing, with a focus on growing Appstem. His partner is a software engineer in charge of product development. </span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">His advice for startups is to think about how you’re going to let people know your solution exists. He also recommends remaining fluid in your product roadmap and talking to customers to find the ideal product-market fit.</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Think of your business plan as a guiding and evolving light. Focus on solving a problem and defining a go-to-market plan. </span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">When it comes to sourcing a