Biggest differences between building a company in the early 2010's vs early 2020's is that raising money is way easier but getting anyone other than investors (potential employees, customers, etc) to give a shit about what your building is way harder
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not really. I just think there is so much stuff out there now competing for attention that it's just harder to break through
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I think it was also unique to building something social media related in that era
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I agree on employees being harder to attract. I disagree on customers. More interest in buying innovative products from startups than ever before outweighs the competitive issue.
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yeah, that's probably right on b2b side. I am focused on consume where it feels like there is infinite noise and fatigue
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You think the first (easier to raise) is the primary cause of the second (harder to attract anything but $)?
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Too much undifferentiated dreck enabled by the easy money. Check out blue ocean strategy: differentiation and lower cost. People need to eliminate and reduce, to focus on painpoints. Instead, they just copy.