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This. Avoid the “If have hammer, everything looks like a nail” strategy. Find a customer pain point and use the right blend of tools. You can also make a new to

This. Avoid the “If have hammer, everything looks like a nail” strategy. Find a customer pain point and use the right blend of tools. You can also make a new tool where tools dont exist

ryandrake 3y ago
Being a "AI startup" makes about as much sense as being a "Python startup." What does your company do? We do Python! OK, but what problem are you solving? Lots of them, but what's important is we solve it using Python code!
- yen223 3y ago
  Welcome to the world of consultancies!
  - renjimen 3y ago
    As a consultant this rang far too true
- musicale 3y ago
  Unfortunately this seems to work as a funding strategy, as long as it's the current fad. At least "AI startups" might turn out to be more beneficial than "crypto startups" were.
- FullstakBlogger 3y ago
  It's funny you say that, because that's more or less how non-tech people seem to think about programming. It's not naturally intuitive to them that renaming files, rocket trajectory simulation, and data analytics are fundamentally different problems, and that a computer is just a tool that anyone can learn to program if they already understand those problems. I know someone who's relied on the same consultancy company for all things tech related since the early 90's. If they don't know how to do something, like build a website, they just outsource it on upwork or something, and charge a 10:1 markup.
- blackoil 3y ago
  No, it is more akin to having an Internet startup or Mobile startup. You would need a real problem to solve but there is a pool of 1000s of problems the tech. will be applicable to.
immibis 3y ago
If you have a very advanced hammer then looking for tough nails is how you improve the world. Still doesn't mean everything is a nail.
upsidesinclude 3y ago
Sometimes everything looks like a hammer. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHpDf-Q90OM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHpDf-Q90OM

This. Avoid the “If have hammer, everything looks like a nail” strategy. Find a customer pain point and use the right blend of tools. You can also make a new tool where tools dont exist

ryandrake 3y ago

Being a "AI startup" makes about as much sense as being a "Python startup." What does your company do? We do Python! OK, but what problem are you solving? Lots of them, but what's important is we solve it using Python code!

yen223 3y ago
Welcome to the world of consultancies!
- renjimen 3y ago
  As a consultant this rang far too true
musicale 3y ago
Unfortunately this seems to work as a funding strategy, as long as it's the current fad. At least "AI startups" might turn out to be more beneficial than "crypto startups" were.
FullstakBlogger 3y ago
It's funny you say that, because that's more or less how non-tech people seem to think about programming. It's not naturally intuitive to them that renaming files, rocket trajectory simulation, and data analytics are fundamentally different problems, and that a computer is just a tool that anyone can learn to program if they already understand those problems. I know someone who's relied on the same consultancy company for all things tech related since the early 90's. If they don't know how to do something, like build a website, they just outsource it on upwork or something, and charge a 10:1 markup.
blackoil 3y ago
No, it is more akin to having an Internet startup or Mobile startup. You would need a real problem to solve but there is a pool of 1000s of problems the tech. will be applicable to.

immibis 3y ago

If you have a very advanced hammer then looking for tough nails is how you improve the world. Still doesn't mean everything is a nail.

upsidesinclude 3y ago

Sometimes everything looks like a hammer. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHpDf-Q90OM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHpDf-Q90OM