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Yep, the good old "build it and they'll come" trap for the naive engineer that I've stepped into myself. Thankfully, having read Rob Walling's book now I know t
by gspetr 7y ago
Yep, the good old "build it and they'll come" trap for the naive engineer that I've stepped into myself. Thankfully, having read Rob Walling's book now I know that marketing comes before code: https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=rwalling https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=rwalling
It's a bit dated now, but most of the advice is still relevant to solo engineers looking to turn solo founders.
- mtlynch 7y agoI like that book too! I wish I had read it before shipping that first MVP. My notes: https://mtlynch.io/book-reports/start-small-stay-small/ https://mtlynch.io/book-reports/start-small-stay-small/
- davnicwil 7y agoFollow up to my other comment, read your post and it's extremely entertaining - found myself laughing at (you can probably guess) the estimates part and a lot of the other stuff in there I know so well I felt almost as though you were writing my own thoughts better than I could :-) Very cool to hear from other bootstrappers / solo founders like yourself talking about things they've done, successes yes but also failures and lessons, and that was also my aim with this post. I feel like it's a pretty small niche within the much larger overall 'startup' world.
- mtlynch 7y agoOh, thanks! I'm glad you liked it.