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Dating Site Completed... sigh
- Afton 16y agoObviously, there are lots of reasons why one should fold on a startup, but I'm not sure that the reasons this person gives are that good. 1. completion is usually a goal in itself. You can't succeed with this step, regardless of whether you do succeed after it's complete. 2. The author seems to have simply accepted that there is no room in the market for this site. It's not clear that that's true. There may be niche-markets to pursue, or there may be the standard 'better implementation' options. 3. Giving up before releasing, but grinding out the last bit of code seems unlikely to result in a great product. From an armchair psychologist perspective, it smacks of 'giving up before you can get beaten'. Kudos to the author for sharing the site, regardless of their low opinion of it.
- Travis 16y agoCongratulations for sticking through and finishing! In the future, however, I would recommend that you use something more like agile or Steve Blank principles. That way you don't end up half way through something, with a big amount of time sunk into it, and have to finish a product you're not excited about. Those processes are good for allowing you to pause, research what you're doing (and measure how people interact with it), and pivot. That said, here's the silver lining: you successfully designed and built a product in a very difficult market. That's no small feat. Be proud of what you've done, even if you don't think it's up to your personal standards.