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Thanks for this. Great write up. Rings absolutely true. That said, all of this would be as expected, even for a great product, with product-market fit. Sellin

by jariel 7y ago

Thanks for this. Great write up. Rings absolutely true. That said, all of this would be as expected, even for a great product, with product-market fit. Selling is hard, you have to find the right niche of customers, references, and not everyone will love it right away. Great lesson that you will take with you on the next run.

bluewalt 7y ago
Thanks for the support. Yep even for me, now when I tell this story, the mistakes I made seem obvious. Selling is hard, and becomes close to impossible if like me, you don't know your target, and on top of that, you're socially anxious to talk to strangers and get a "no" as answer. Client prospection requires specific skills I don't have and I'll probably never get. Sometimes we (solo-dev people) need to be more humble and accept we can not do everything well. Or as an alternative, we need to find project ideas that suit our skills better (B2C would probably have been easier for me than B2B).