It's not a bad sign if there are lots of answers to these questions. It's a good sign. It means you're at least near some live demand, which is as much as you can hope for at first.
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One of the most useful questions you can ask in a startup is: How is what users want different than you expected? Are people using your product in unexpected ways? Are different people using it than you expected?
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E.g. Zuck once told me that they were surprised that early Facebook users kept changing their profile pics. That was how they realized users wanted to share images.
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There's a variant of Cunningham's Law for startups: the fastest way to learn what people want is to give them what they don't want.
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It happened to me. Got from 0 to 200k users in the first year, growth is still going on. Learned that they wanted things slightly different from what I thought. Adapted and then the % in growth increased as well! Plus the bottom line, of course
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Any particular insight you could share with a fellow founder yet to launch?
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An effective way to know how to extend your product. Good for established teams too! I have been blown away at what our customers (teachers and students) have done with our products. Waaay beyond our thinking.
Which helps guide the roadmap. #prodmgmtThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Not only a wonderful question to ask startup founders, but a fantastic one for the founders to ask their customers/team/analytics. Love it!
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In our case they have started suggesting and giving the use cases. It’s such a fun to listen to their thoughts and iterate. Your essays and tweets guided us to this stage, only continuous interaction with user and avoiding everything else at all costs.
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