I really believe so. I think it's essential to do a lot of manual work first. To shake every potential customer's hand to be figure out a way to get to product

I really believe so. I think it's essential to do a lot of manual work first. To shake every potential customer's hand to be figure out a way to get to product market fit. And only once we reached that product market fit and a critical mass, might technology (and growth hacks) help us reach that next level. Paul Graham wrote a brilliant article about this: http://paulgraham.com/ds.html http://paulgraham.com/ds.html