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Cool story, although I can't help but notice that the product is a tool to automate twitter, and twitter turned out to be a critical piece in marketing the prod
by javajosh 5y ago
Cool story, although I can't help but notice that the product is a tool to automate twitter, and twitter turned out to be a critical piece in marketing the product, and later, marketing (and even selling) the business. That is, it all seems very self-referential, revolving around twitter, and this is why the turn-around was so fast. Also, it was all very low stakes.
This comment probably sounds a little like sour grapes. But let me clear: this was a remarkable and laudable accomplishment. The time and place were right for OP, and it's bad sportsmanship to take anything away from a pilot that tacks with the wind to win the race.
- rhizome 5y ago"Your company makes equipment used to build roads, yet at the same time you use roads built by other companies. Interesting."
- coorasse2 5y agoActually this is supported also on Telegram for example. I guess also other platforms?
- joemasilotti 5y agoIt's supported on any platform that works with Open Graph tags, which is most social networks. Twitter was the primary target because I spend most of my time there and that's where my audience is.
- joemasilotti 5y agoHuh, that's a really good point. I never thought about it like that! To farther prove your point, my audience is also entirely on Twitter, so building in public worked really well _for me_.
- AlchemistCamp 5y ago> "That is, it all seems very self-referential, revolving around twitter, and this is why the turn-around was so fast. Also, it was all very low stakes." Aren't those a couple of useful lessons to draw from the story?