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The key learning: Get your product used by the React.js team for hyper growth.
by welder 6y ago
The key learning: Get your product used by the React.js team for hyper growth.
- a13n 6y agoI sure hope that wasn't the key learning from our post! It's not a very repeatable/helpful learning :) Luck can definitely play a big role in building a successful company. I think what a lot of people don't realize is how you can increase your exposure to luck. For example, if you have a bigger/better network, you're more likely to get lucky from that. If you talk to more people about your company, you're more likely to stumble across key partners/investors/customers. In our case, our luck with React.js can be attributed to my working at Facebook before starting Canny.
- David 6y agoOr: Focus on finding impactful early customers that increase your visibility (and then make them happy). Finding such a great customer may require luck, but that doesn't mean the odds are fixed.
- ZephyrBlu 6y agoThat's far easier said than done for most people though.
- exolymph 6y agoThe key learning: People will totally ignore everything you did to prep and find luck, as long as there's an element of luck they can use to dismiss your hard work.
- welder 6y agoSorry if it was ambiguous, but I didn't mean luck was involved more that marketing and getting eyeballs is super important.