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One common mistake is: having too much passion and refuse to pivot. This is somewhat a grey area. First, your idea might not be even new and there are many comp
by qhoc 11y ago
One common mistake is: having too much passion and refuse to pivot. This is somewhat a grey area. First, your idea might not be even new and there are many competitors or alternatives (which is more dangerous than direct competitor). Then you end up convincing yourself: yeah, I will be the next Dropbox. Their idea ain't new. Second, even if it is a new idea, you tend to see many problems along the way in term of market adoption. You refuse to change / pivot. You will fall into the circle of denials because you think your product is not up to the mark yet.
- keerthiko 11y agoThere's actually a commonly repeated lesson there (although I forget the popular source) -- You should have passion for the problem, not passion for your solution to it. If you're passionate about the problem, and it's a real one (it's unlikely you can be passionate about an imaginary one), there's no such thing as too much passion. If a solution you worked on for hundreds of hours isn't the right one to solve the problem you're passionate about, that passion will overcome your attachment to the solution and you'll be willing to pivot. Have passion for the problem, and even if other people have attempted to solve it, your passion will help you solve it better than them even.