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Okay let’s play this out. A few months is 2. For the sake of this hypothetical let’s say it’s 3. You’re saying that someone can build a product that’s capable
by ryanSrich 4y ago
Okay let’s play this out.
A few months is 2. For the sake of this hypothetical let’s say it’s 3.
You’re saying that someone can build a product that’s capable of having investor level revenue within a few months? Or not even revenue, but more than 5 companies using it? This one person is not only building a fully functioning software product that’s capable of being useful to companies, but also doing high levels of networking to find those customers and users. They’re doing this all within 3 months? I just don’t see how that’s possible. The fastest moving early stage teams I’ve ever seen have gone to market in no less than 4 months, and that was with multiple people working on the problem.
I think at a minimum you can expect it to take 6 months if you’re going at it alone. Certainly less if you have other co-founders.
- tiborsaas 4y agoI've built stuff in 2 months that was production ready indeed (3D apparel designer webapp) or I've built a video recording service that synced a PDF to your webcam over a weekend. Long story short, you can start sooner than quitting with research, prototyping. The key is to get the scope right. But I agree that "few" has a different meaning for us. I did suffer with sales, but that's another story.