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There's also the issue that solutions to "unacknowledged problems" can be perceived as grifts. "Your app predicts when my lightbulbs will go out and it costs $
by nefitty 5y ago
There's also the issue that solutions to "unacknowledged problems" can be perceived as grifts.
"Your app predicts when my lightbulbs will go out and it costs $1? Wait, why wouldn't I just do what I do now which is have some spares and wait till one actually goes out?"
- kristopolous 5y agoNice insight. Reminds me of another problem: targeting. If the target customers have already found each other, it's an easier sell. If they haven't then you have a "customer diaspora" For instance, if I have a new game, there's plenty of organizations, institutions, and forums I can introduce my game on. If instead, I have productivity software that helps disorganized people manage time better, there's no "disorganized users group" or "decluttering news" website to find the people ... it's a slog. Where would those people concentrate? A bar on a weekday night maybe? The most inconvenient parking spaces of an office park? I don't know. At least to me this is a harder problem