I ran into this trap very early in my entrepreneurial journey. Developed a data "standard" for events in a vacuum, convinced that nothing else in the world coul

I ran into this trap very early in my entrepreneurial journey. Developed a data "standard" for events in a vacuum, convinced that nothing else in the world could possibly exist. Then spent a good year learning the lessons that already-existing standards had learned and adapted from years ago. A protocol like this doesn't work without community adoption. And the best way to get the community to adopt is to build on what's already there rather than trying to reinvent the fridge.