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Good old fashioned sales and word of mouth.

• ezekg 10y ago
  I'm learning this the hard way. I thought the hardest part was developing the product.
  • devopsproject 10y ago
    "If you build it, they will come." should be "If you build it, they will come, after you tell them what it does"
  • ci5er 10y ago
    > I thought the hardest part was developing the product. I'm curious: Why did you think that? There are articles, from time-to-time, that decry this notion, and yet I find that young/first-time entrepreneurs often think this. Since it's such a common notion - I've become generally increasingly curious about how it (this idea) is spread. How it gets into people's heads. Any thoughts?
    • ezekg 10y ago
      You also read time and time again of a developer building a project they've put little marketing effort into banking them 5k/mo while allowing them to quit their full time job. I think after putting a huge amount of time and effort into a project, you just kind of convince yourself that it's good enough to sell itself.
      • ci5er 10y ago
        That's a pretty good point. Still, I think it's relatively rare (statistically, out of all those who attempt it), unless they themselves are active among the community of users that adopters -- and even then stories of developers building developer tools in return for almost zero donations are not uncommon. Thanks!