Before You Build Anything, Trace the Pain
Takeaway: A successful, scalable project should have an obvious problem and a robust solution, regardless of whether it is in the crypto industry.
Al Anany • I Consulted Over 50 Crypto Projects — Almost All of Them Do Not Know What They’re Doing.
“We focused too much on what we wanted to bring to the world. We needed to pay attention to what the world wanted from us.”, Ivan said. And people were just not interested in a no-code programming application.
That’s a really important takeaway — you need a wedge into your market. A specific problem and use case that is real
... See moreJaryd Hermann • How Notion Grows
Product-market fit works in both directions. The perspective of the builder is always toward what they can do to change their product, what features and functionality to add. But with a long enough lens on successful and failed technology launches, you see that things like market context really matters. If it didn’t, we wouldn’t see as many ideas t... See more
Colossus • A Q&A with Eugene Wei: The Timeline is Evolving
Fantastic startup advice from Marc Andreessen 15 years ago. https://t.co/slnUkIGB5j
Successfully building a consumer product in web3 after many years in web2 requires consciously undoing some fairly deep habits.
The fun part is that web3 work is less about tricks to unlock user motivation, so the undoing feels great.
Here are the big ones I've learned so far: