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That this advice even needs to be said is telling of the startup culture. There seems to be alot of people attracted by the allure of billion dollar exits, or w
by svantana 13y ago
That this advice even needs to be said is telling of the startup culture. There seems to be alot of people attracted by the allure of billion dollar exits, or whatever motivates people to build stuff for "other people".
Personally, I only build things that I want myself. Being my own Customer Zero is really fun & rewarding, and even if the product doesn't sell, it wasn't a complete waste, because at least I got the product I wanted.
- unclebucknasty 13y agoYeah, and specifically a lot of businesses were born when the founders of a first business faced trouble in a certain area. They reasoned that if it was so hard for them to do X, then the same must be true for others, and so launched a separate company to help others solve x. Of course, care must be taken that using one's self as a reference customer is not being too myopic. But I suppose that's where the advice in the article could still be useful--that is, in vetting the idea.