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by iancackett 13y ago
Fantastic point, thank-you! Yes, totally agree. I think we, as developers, often forget this. I think it's definitely about addressing things that people want to do / be. I may just have to write this above my monitor for the next
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by iancackett 13y ago
Absolutely, I think you have to be bullish with whatever solution you first present to a potential market. That belief and (apparent) momentum are, in my opinion, part of what leads people to look harder at your offering.
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by iancackett 13y ago
Thanks, that's useful to hear! Agreed, I'm highlighting one potential "problem", but it's probably more complex and multidimensional than that: my aspirations for a general product, marketing experience, educating u
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by iancackett 13y ago
That's fantastic! Never thought of that, and yet this very week, I was laughing at my purchase of "Men's" shower gel. Great example.
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by iancackett 13y ago
lol - Thanks absolutely, spot-on! I'm not ditching UbiquiList, but I plan to expose those few simple use cases more elegantly. I believe I can track back from this general solution, with marketing / education, and encourage folks
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by iancackett 13y ago
I began like this, with some market research amongst potential users that I know directly. Worked closely with a few. But my problem was that I let myself lose track of this and, when I came back to them with my MVP, it had deviated (by vir
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by iancackett 13y ago
"He basically suggests that you have to specialize in an industry vertical to get beyond the early adopters and into the masses" I think that pretty-much sums it up!
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by iancackett 13y ago
To clarify, I modified the title of the post slightly. Now "This Tech Founder's Blind Spot", as I'm writing primarily about MY blind spot, theorising other tech founders might have (or have had) the same. I definitely kn
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by iancackett 13y ago
Valid point, and I definitely see biting off more than I can chew as part of the problem. But I suspect architecting (in a lean way) for that bigger market, whilst hitting a smaller niche, may be the balance to be struck.
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by iancackett 13y ago
Very true, and you're right that these are totally different forms of validation. It's a steep learning curve (for me), but I figured this particular blind spot may be encountered by some (definitely not all) other tech folks on t
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by iancackett 13y ago
I agree that education is key. Also language / wording and what they see on a landing page to pull them down a path to actual use. I see this is MY problem, but I'm generalising about whether other tech folks also encounter(ed) it
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by iancackett 13y ago
I think you hit the nail on the head.
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by iancackett 13y ago
Totally agree - It's definitely a question of overcoming reluctance. Sometimes, people can describe why they like a product but they just don't translate that into actual use. They probably aren't aware of their own reluctanc
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by iancackett 13y ago
Absolutely! I agree, it's a sliding scale and either extreme is probably unproductive when finding a market for tech solutions.
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This Tech Founder’s Blind Spot: Building Over-Generalised Products(iancackett.wordpress.com)
59 points by iancackett 13y ago|37 comments
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Expanding our Startup Idea Comfort Zone(iancackett.wordpress.com)
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Landing Pages Come In Many Flavours (and my search for the right one)(iancackett.wordpress.com)
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by iancackett 13y ago
I discovered my app involves 15,000 lines of JavaScript that I hand-wrote, and another 15,000 generated from templates. The moment I saw that, I began to realise just how much work I had done. It soon adds up. The light at the end of the tu
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by iancackett 13y ago
Great point, Jack. I suspect my current app isn't "the one", and yet I felt I had learned enough from my time building it that I wanted to share. I'm at the "what next?" stage now, whilst still having one foot
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by iancackett 13y ago
Thanks... I think it has also been the most important point for me: Just remembering to sit down, and start. And to repeat that whenever the fear of the amount of work becomes too much.
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by iancackett 13y ago
Pomodoro happened to work for me, but other tools may have been as effective. I've tried a few and, at the worst point, I couldn't focus for more than 15 minutes before becoming distracted. It may also have been due to my massive
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by iancackett 13y ago
I suspect it's the reason that I'm single at the moment - lol. Seriously, I live and breathe work, and need to get the balance a bit more, err... balanced :-)
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What I Learned by Going It Alone(iancackett.wordpress.com)
132 points by iancackett 13y ago|35 comments
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Changes That Stick - Beta version. Life tracking / goal setting.(changesthatstick.com)
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Beyond the Quantified Self(iancackett.wordpress.com)
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