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What usually happens: You launch it. Nobody signs up. You incrementally add features. Still nobody signs up. You eventually quit. Competition rarely kills you.
by coralreef 10y ago
What usually happens: You launch it. Nobody signs up. You incrementally add features. Still nobody signs up. You eventually quit.
Competition rarely kills you. Product-market fit is usually the biggest factor. If you can get easy PR and signups, then go take them. Your early users will know its a beta product and will be forgiving about bugs.
- ezekg 10y agoIt sucks, but this. Every beta I've launched has been disappointing with very, very little activity even when the sign up count is in the hundreds. I do however think betas are valuable, as it allows you to tweak things (sometimes large breaking changes) before launch.
- RepressedEmu 10y agoI've been through this cycle too many times to count. Eventually it sunk in for me that having a great product/website doesn't mean much for its success rate. I've realized finding cheap ways to promote the product to its target audience is the real make-it-or-break-it part of the equation, unfortunately, and has little to do with conventional dev skills.