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This is the WORST advice for startups who statistically are more likely to fail before even getting to market. It's even terrible advice for large companies as
by taligent 14y ago
This is the WORST advice for startups who statistically are more likely to fail before even getting to market. It's even terrible advice for large companies as well.
Build what you want to build. Build something that you are proud of and that motivates you to get out of bed and keep working on. Build something that excites you and that you can see a roadmap for.
At least then you won't spend your life with regrets.
- mijustin 14y agoDon't you think that building something solely because it excites you is what causes startups to fail? I'm not sure customers really care about our motivation. That's the ultimate test: do enough customers buy the product to make it profitable? I was trying to think of a few product flops that might relate to this: Consumer example: New Coke Small app example: Backpack (by 37signals) Venture funded example: Color Big app example: Google Wave