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The posts like this are all fantastic, because they're all "we built a dumb product in two weeks that nobody wanted, and then when that didn't work, we built a
by Jasper_ 4y ago
The posts like this are all fantastic, because they're all "we built a dumb product in two weeks that nobody wanted, and then when that didn't work, we built a data harvesting rig and everybody threw money at us". It's just the Mitch Hedberg joke about "that inspired me to make a movie about a gorilla"
My other favorite was the one that started with a dating app, then a corporate benefits HR package solution, before eventually finding "product market fit" and "success" by turning it into an internet payments company, with the founder going on all the podcasts to talk about all the lessons they learned. Then they shut down a year later, with the founder getting a hefty parachute for their wonderful invasive innovations they generously thrust into our world.
- ramraj07 4y agoIsn’t this the story of every post 2000 tech company? The prime examples being Google and Meta. In some generalizational way isn’t this the story of all capitalism? “We built the best baby formula ever, but then we realized our customer isn’t the mother, it’s the stockholder so we started caring more about making money product quality be damned.”
- khazhoux 4y ago> Isn’t this the story of every post 2000 tech company? The prime examples being Google and Meta. Not really... Google: "We built a search engine, and everyone who saw it immediately loved it. Then we sold ads and got rich." Meta: "We built a social website, and everyone who saw it immediately loved it. Then we sold ads and got rich."
- SQueeeeeL 4y agoNot enough acquiring random rival competition to prevent them from competing and optimizing engagement so hard you get a game show host elected president