caterpillarcowboy:

mikehudack:

jayparkinsonmd:

brycedotvc:
Google was in business over a year and a half before issuing its first press release. The product had a taken on a life of its own thanks to a community of fanatical users. That’s how word of great products spread.
You’ve got that right.

Usually. Sometimes.  Some products lend themselves to viral propagation, either because of network effects or because they’re dramatic improvements over what was there before.  It’s dangerous to operate a business on the theory that “they will come” once the product is sufficiently good.

So true, especially if your product is targeted at businesses.

caterpillarcowboy:

mikehudack:

jayparkinsonmd:

brycedotvc:

Google was in business over a year and a half before issuing its first press release. The product had a taken on a life of its own thanks to a community of fanatical users. That’s how word of great products spread.

You’ve got that right.

Usually. Sometimes. Some products lend themselves to viral propagation, either because of network effects or because they’re dramatic improvements over what was there before. It’s dangerous to operate a business on the theory that “they will come” once the product is sufficiently good.

So true, especially if your product is targeted at businesses.