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Has the author built anything substantial themselves? This might goes against HN wisdom to appeal to authority, but I'm highly skeptical of any product ideation
by Mimmy 6y ago
Has the author built anything substantial themselves? This might goes against HN wisdom to appeal to authority, but I'm highly skeptical of any product ideation advice from someone that haven't built anything significant themselves.
- KarimDaghari 6y agoI completely agree with you. Honestly, I think one should be skeptical of anyone who’s (1) giving advice and (2) don’t have the experience (knowledge itself is not enough) to back it up.
- itsovermyhead 6y agoIt looks like he's launched two products that have gotten a little traction on Product Hunt[1]. I agree with you. I wouldn't give this the time of day. If he hasn't built out a successful product before, then he has no track record(as you say experience) to back up his ideas. [1]: https://www.producthunt.com/@jakob_greenfeld/made https://www.producthunt.com/@jakob_greenfeld/made
- jakobgreenfeld 6y agoI’m the author and I can answer your question with a clear: no. (Not yet!) I’m currently in the middle of a learning experiment and wrote the article to get some clarity in my own thinking. One part of the experiment is that I want to learn how to come up with great product ideas. I spend the last few weeks reading everything I can about the topic and the article is the result of this deep dive. There’s no strategy in the article that I came up with myself. They are all from people who have built something substantial themselves. This is explicitly shown in the image at the beginning. All I’ve done is synthesize their thoughts and put them in a coherent context.