>That doesn't mean that there wasn't a more fundamental pain that people were feeling: getting around more quickly. Yes, the product ultimately needs to be som

>That doesn't mean that there wasn't a more fundamental pain that people were feeling: getting around more quickly. Yes, the product ultimately needs to be something that people need or want, of course. But, that is so self-evident as to be a non-statement. Certainly no need to write an article about that. It's the advocated approach/conclusion that is nonsense. Failure to ask people what they need or want as this article and many before it advocate, is not the problem. In fact, such an approach can be counterproductive. What has gotten old (and was never true) is people advocating this as the way to build a product/company. The reason this matters is because it obscures the real point: Marketing is hard and is its own animal. There are many other moving parts involved in getting a product to market in a manner that reaches and compels the intended audience. To say that people aren't selling because they didn't build the right product is so simplistic and misleading that it does earnest entrepreneurs a disservice.