Absolutely! Your insight on being cautious of "good enough" really resonated with me. When I went into my startup a few years ago, I definitely made that mistake of underestimating janky looking (un-techy) products.
Overlooking the difficulty of breaking behavioral inertia, and the other moats they had. I was indeed an overeager, ignorant, founder that thought modernization was a much stronger hook than it turned out to be.
Well thank you so much for the shout out!!!! 🤩
My pleasure! Love how you’re compiling an annual print edition too, such a lovely idea.
My fave part 😍
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Absolutely! Your insight on being cautious of "good enough" really resonated with me. When I went into my startup a few years ago, I definitely made that mistake of underestimating janky looking (un-techy) products.
Overlooking the difficulty of breaking behavioral inertia, and the other moats they had. I was indeed an overeager, ignorant, founder that thought modernization was a much stronger hook than it turned out to be.
You crystallized that really nicely.
Thanks. Been there done that too. It was brutal.
Founder (me), "But this is so obvious! Look at how much better my solution is!"
Customer, "Yup, it is. Now leave me be."
Founder (me), "sob."
😂 Oh man, the flash backs!