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How New Ideas Almost Killed Our Startup
- TheSOB88 16y agoDon't change course after you've invested significantly into an idea that is likely to come to fruition? Hmm, would never have thought of that...
- vacanti 16y agoIt seems obvious but it can be very tempting to switch course.
- jfi 16y agoI think there are times when it is appropriate to add on products or course-recorrect. Case in point: we are working closely with a bunch of hiring managers / companies for our startup (CollegeJobConnect) and kept hearing over and over that they wanted a way to add a personalized careers portal. So we built Recruitly to allow them to do just that. It was a strategic decision and another product we added to our portfolio (also helps with our sales pipeline for CollegeJobConnect). I guess there is a balance between additive actions and complete distractions, just have to use your best judgement!
- joshfraser 16y agobeen there. that's a really important lesson to learn.