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It's not a business until you hit that phase where you realize no one cares about the toy you built in a week's time. Then you pivot and put in a lot more effor
by eo3x0 17y ago
It's not a business until you hit that phase where you realize no one cares about the toy you built in a week's time. Then you pivot and put in a lot more effort than you ever bargained for - that's when you have a startup.
- axod 17y agoIndeed. He could have bought a domain, and a ready made website in an hour and launched it. That's light years away from being a business though.
- patio11 17y agoIt's not a business until you hit that phase where you realize no one cares about the toy you built in a week's time You might think its a toy, and I might think its a toy, but if it solves a problem for a customer, then it is not a toy. Your lawyer doesn't need to labor a full week to write a letter worth hundreds. My dentist didn't need to drill for forty hours to charge me $770. There is nothing magical about computer programs which makes them worthless until an arbitrary amount of Red Bull cans have been consumed. I wrote the first iteration of my software in eight days. People bought it. It has pretty much gone from there.