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Ask HN: How critical was “time-to-market”?
I am seeking (only) first-hand experiences where time-to-market determined success vs. failure of a startup.
For a story to be relevant, the anecdote must be first-hand, and time-to-market must be the factor that predominantly influenced the outcome.
- danieltillett 11y agoCan I ask why you are seeking this? In my personal experience success or failure is never the result of a single cause.
- sigmaml 11y agoMy experience is aligned with yours, too. That is why I specified that time-to-market must have been the predominant factor.
- danieltillett 11y agoIt is really hard to pin down a predominate factor. I could say the difficulties of the early days of my business were predominantly caused by time-to-market because if we had got our products out soon we could have avoided the problems caused by 9/11, but it really was multifactorial. I have written up about my experience if you want to know more [1]. 1. https://www.tillett.info/2015/06/24/why-i-kept-my-startup-in-australia-and-why-it-was-crazy/ https://www.tillett.info/2015/06/24/why-i-kept-my-startup-in...
- sigmaml 11y agoThanks for sharing!