What's the *one* thing you wish you'd known at the start?
Jim Morrison
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Hindsight isn't always useful...
.... unless you share it with others who can learn from your experience.
So I'll start¹ – I wish I'd known that "getting customers" has nothing to do with "having a great product"... and of the two - "getting customers" has to come first!
What's the *one* thing you wish you'd known at the start of your journey?
¹ I'll add more detail in the comments if it's helpful.
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Csaba Zajdo@zajdo_csaba
There's always a next step, even if you've already taken the last few. People are worth a million words (in reality, at least), and overcoming your fears is a piece of cake if you have some advice to help you out.
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Would like to hear more? And how do you get customers without a great product?
Ah, @laural - you sell them the *promise* of a great product.
If you think you have a great idea, I reckon you can generate a lot of proof with a good lander and an email list... to build up an audience before you've even started coding.
With the three products we're launching next week, we've spent nearly *four years!* creating a super-cool data model that can make these products do what they need to do... without really validating that we can build an audience. That's a super-scary place to be.
Understand your goals, learn how to be effective and grow your skills to complete what you need to do.
The best part of starting a business is the initial excitement. It's also the most challenging part. We often hear it – "I wish I knew what to expect."
That we need money to even afford the inexpensive passions.