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you can think of something you would want to buy, somebody else probably would too. Selling something you need yourself seems twice as hard as selling somethin
by ipaddr 1y ago
you can think of something you would want to buy, somebody else probably would too.
Selling something you need yourself seems twice as hard as selling something you don't need and have extra that others want and have few
- somenameforme 1y agoI was speaking more of software, but in general the thing I find is that when people try to figure out what other people want - when they themselves don't necessarily want it, they have trouble remaining objective. Some friends are serial entrepreneurs and they keep coming up with these horrible ideas that they convince themselves others people would want. Maybe one day they'll be right, but in the mean time it looks pretty silly. OTOH I think Amazon would have sounded like a horrible idea. A book store minus the ability to peruse the books, pick up a coffee, or browse in the same sort of way? I wonder if it really was a great idea, or it's just some weird butterfly effect that drove it up, up, and away.
- ipaddr 1y agoI remember the Amazon rollout. The pitch was order a book from anywhere and get a biggest selection of books and price. Small book stores were getting eaten up by Chapters letting you read the entire book. Amazon's secret sauce was accessable affiliate marketing. They had and probably still have the biggest affiliate program and at first the only game on town. Food/coffee came later when the in person business was declining.