It didn't occur to me till a few minutes later, but this is exactly what I'm always nagging founders to do. No wonder I dislike ideologues so much. They're just like bad startup founders. They do what they think people should want, instead of what they actually do want.https://twitter.com/paulg/status/1326884095792648192 …
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How do you reconcile that with this? “The very best startup ideas tend to have three things in common: they're something the founders themselves want, that they themselves can build, and that few others realize are worth doing.”
In the case of a startup, those few others are the initial user pool, so those are the people they have to talk to.
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I think ideologues usually have an echo chamber of other ideologues they talk to who will tell each other how smart they are.
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Right, what is missing is testing. Startup founders build an MVP to test if customer needs are met. How many ideologues try to build a representative community that implements their nation-scale ideas?
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On top of that, just because "few realize up front something is worth doing", does not mean the founder(s) should develop it to their vision, and try to shove it down the market's throat. Feedback & flexibility is fundamental.
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