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I launched 2 websites before my current startup. 1. Drawmics.com. It was about social comic creation. It failed because I couldn't find enough creative people to post comic on the website nor could I get them to create comic on it. There was no organic traffic and people wouldn't share the comic. Didn't know how to sell. 2. Findero.us. It was location based QnA iPhone app. People could post questions defined by radius of city/state/country. Failed because I sucked at user-acquisition strategies.

Now that I am on my third start-up I could see what different things I could have done with my previous 2. 1. Build a product that solves a problem, however small, for a big audience. This means that you have to work on your product until you find that problem. If there is none, it will not work. I remember I read something about finding questions before finding answers. Questions are more important than finding answers. 2. Once you know you have the solution, go aggressive with user-acquisition and then fine-tune the product. People will complain about missing features, but you want scale before you go for product enhancements if you are solving a real problem.