They could do it internally like Facebook, effectively «
eating the dogfood» before pushing new features and functionality to users.
Second, you have adoption — are people using the new tools and solutions — are the dogs
eating the dogfood?
Until you've had a dozen serious sales (with happy customers) and things appear to be sticking and the dogs are
eating the dogfood.
If you can't determine early on who is going to pay you for your new product or service and you haven't demonstrated that the dogs are gonna
eat the dogfood, then it's highly likely that you don't have a viable business.
We now hav a hard time getting her to
eat dogfood.
Not exact matches
In the technology industry, a company that uses its own product is said to
eat its own
dogfood.
Concluding that this attorney should have
eaten his own
dogfood, Elefant asks, «Are you
eating yours?»
Here's how Wikipedia describes it:
Eating your own dog food, also called
dogfooding, is a slang term used to reference a scenario in which a company uses its own product to validate the quality and capabilities of the product.
«We're going to be
eating our own
dogfood,» he said, referencing an industry practice of product testing.