Products a start-up builds are really experiments…Learning about how to build a sustainable business is the outcome of those experiments [which follow] a three-step process: Build, measure, learn. ” “[A startup is] … an organization dedicated to creating something new under conditions of extreme uncertainty.
The other big factor in building trust quickly is site design quality. Mint. com has one of the best graphic designers ever (Jason Putorti) - he cares about every pixel, all the fonts, all the transparencies and effects. And that shows instantly. People do make judgments of trust on appearance - in the real world and online.