| As someone with a graveyard of failed projects and a few with moderate success, I agree with this advice. I have a day job, and run my SaaS as a side-business, so maybe not the OP’s aspirations. However, I want to add one point: > “...happy to be reminded that others have failed many more times before finally getting their overnight success.” Don’t build optimizing for overnight success, that’s essentially a casino. Waiting a few weeks to see what sticks and what doesn’t is way too short based my experience. From PG’s essays: “Actually startups take off because the founders make them take off. There may be a handful that just grew by themselves, but usually it takes some sort of push to get them going.” And while ideally you’d validate the product as quickly as possible, most businesses can take years to truly take off. Often involving many pivots along the way. Maybe I misunderstood, but don’t make “overnight success” your north star. |