Our readingWhat is a korrent?
Build the product for yourself first: if it truly serves you, plenty of other people like you will want it too.
Drawn from what David Heinemeier Hansson, Jason Fried and 3 others said
Eyal Levin holds this
Our readingWhat is a korrent?
Drawn from what David Heinemeier Hansson, Jason Fried and 3 others said
Eyal Levin holds this
Their wordsAnd whenever I build something that really just hits the spot for me personally, there are thousands of others just like me or close enough to what I like that they find the same pleasure and joy in it.
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All 21 korrents from this recordingthis one is 1st
Their wordsSo that's the thing that's great about building something that you're going to use yourself, is that you have answers to questions that you might never actually be able to really truly get from somebody else.
Their wordsit's better to make things for yourself and solve your own problems, it has limitations as well but it means you're the expert on your own problem. The majority of people are trying to solve other people's problems.
Their wordsThe 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.
Their wordsWhen you make it a dream come true for yourself, it’ll be a dream come true for someone else, too.
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