Someone wondered how startups fail. In most cases, because they don't make something people want. That can happen by (a) failing to ship, (b) shipping but never getting any growth, or (c) mediocre growth combined with high expenses.
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This recipe will beat all three: ship quickly, then relentlessly optimize for growth, and don't hire a lot of people till you have it.
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Replying to @paulg
How do we balance that against the Henry Ford faster horses problem? Surely it's possible to create something great that has no initial traction? If your main (initial) metric is growth, doesn't that limit directions and possible products?
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Replying to @WillWorth
Build something you and your peers want, then spread organically out of that beachhead.
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