“Either way, you’d have a really good shot at making something that they can’t live without simply because of your intimate knowledge of their interests. And odds are, since your product would be so laser focused to their interests, it wouldn’t already exist.”
― Start Small, Stay Small: A Developer's Guide to Launching a Startup
― Start Small, Stay Small: A Developer's Guide to Launching a Startup
“Bailing water in a leaky boat diverts energy from rowing the boat.”
― Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity
― Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity
“The lesson here is that the narrower you can make your product while still maintaining a large enough market, the more profit you will generate. It’s that simple – if you can find a small group of people and make them amazingly happy, you will make money.”
― Start Small, Stay Small: A Developer's Guide to Launching a Startup
― Start Small, Stay Small: A Developer's Guide to Launching a Startup
“It is a law of nature that two moving bodies in contact with each other create friction. This is as true for human beings as it is for inanimate objects.”
― Managing Oneself
― Managing Oneself
“Here’s an exercise: Pick one person you know well…your spouse, your brother, your sister, a parent, etc. How hard would it be to design a product that you’re sure this person would use…not very hard, right? That’s because you know so much about the intimate details of their life.”
― Start Small, Stay Small: A Developer's Guide to Launching a Startup
― Start Small, Stay Small: A Developer's Guide to Launching a Startup
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