Value is created in a startup when you solve a really hard problem for a customer in an insanely elegant way. Scaling is somehow continuing to do this despite the constant threats that get in the way.
The "in an insanely elegant way" part is optional, especially in the beginning.
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Often times the 'elegance' is smoke and mirrors in the early days
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No matter if it's messy, but it should work in the beginning.
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Depends on how crowded the market is.
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For me, elegance = frictionless. A product that solves the needs of desperate users seamlessly, frictionlessly can be elegant. Done for a hard problem builds fanaticism. Agree that elegance that is pretty or fragile is useless in the early days.
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Eye of the beholder. If it solves my problem it’s plenty elegant enough.
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An unpolished and crappy product that gets the job done is acceptable in the beginning.
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