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> This is the default mode for startups. It results in failure. "If you build it, they will come," doesn't work in the marketplace. It worked for many open sou
by js8 5y ago
> This is the default mode for startups. It results in failure. "If you build it, they will come," doesn't work in the marketplace.
It worked for many open source products. It worked for games like Minecraft and Factorio.
Looks to me, if you're unique enough, they will come, but if you're not, tough - perhaps nobody really needs another crappy version of what's already out there.
- sanedigital 5y ago> Looks to me, if you're unique enough, they will come, but if you're not, tough - perhaps nobody really needs another crappy version of what's already out there. You should try raising funds with that attitude. See what YC's response is during an interview when you suggest that your marketing plan is to be "unique enough [that] they will come".
- js8 5y agoThat's irrelevant, because the goal of investor's funding is mostly economic conquest, not necessarily making a good product.