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Good software rarely makes money by itself - you'll need to have a focus on validating your market, acquiring new users and finding features people would be wil
by Kunix 10y ago
Good software rarely makes money by itself - you'll need to have a focus on validating your market, acquiring new users and finding features people would be willing to pay for.
levelsio is a great example of this. The guy is actually graduated with a Master degree in "Business Administration, Entrepreneurship & New Business Venturing" [1]. His main focus is on business development [2][3][4]. Software development is just something he needs to do in order to grow his business ideas.
Nomad List is great not only because levelsio created a nice product, but also because he successfully built a community and did great marketing to promote the "digital nomad" way of life.
So question to yourself: Why do you want to do this for? Creating a business or creating a software?
If your main motivation is to create a business, then design your software development cycle to spend plenty of time focusing on the business needs.
[1] https://www.linkedin.com/in/levelsio https://www.linkedin.com/in/levelsio
[2] Greatly handles communication - https://twitter.com/levelsio https://twitter.com/levelsio
[3] His blog posts are designed around visibility, product placement and referral links - https://levels.io/how-i-build-my-minimum-viable-products/ https://levels.io/how-i-build-my-minimum-viable-products/
[4] He uses whatever technology is the quickest / most convenient for his business ideas (nomadlist started as a Google spreadsheet, then as a PHP website).