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I think my lesson was "Don't go off to the races, solving difficult problems for people who won't pay for it" and "To us its a bunch of tables and CRUD gener
by jorgecurio 11y ago
I think my lesson was
"Don't go off to the races, solving difficult problems for people who won't pay for it"
and
"To us its a bunch of tables and CRUD generated on top of it. To them, its whether or not theres a free plan."
and
"Recognize when there is a poor market fit and CHANGE the situation. Falling in love with your own creation tends to blind you."
gg startups, hello drudgery
- dbcurtis 11y agoYes, there isn't much money in solving non-problems. Instead, find people in pain, and sell them band-aids. In the 1980's I worked for an Electronic Design Automation startup (during the go-go years for EDA). Our CEO said: "If you asked customers to give a letter grade to their current EDA tools, most would give a "D" or "F". If we can get a "C" we will do great." He was very right. People in pain open their wallets easily, even for a stop-gap solution. That gives you money to do the solution that eventually gets graded "B" and even comes to define "A" if all goes well.
- jorgecurio 11y agoIs my product a vitamin or a pain-killer? Excellent question.
- dbcurtis 11y agoI like that question. Keeping with the health metaphor, it forced me to think up this: "Hunt like a shark, act like an ER surgeon." Go where the customers are losing the most blood, then when you get there get them patched up and stable by the end of your shift. Eh... needs work. Another forgettable quote from the half-bakery.