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by evanfarrell 1528 days ago
the canonical YC advice is to make something that you want, then to go find people like yourself and see if they want it too. whether that turns into a real market or not has a lot of luck, but it's often surprising how promising being your own user can be, especially when you solve a hair-on-fire problem for yourself!
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That’s also how you have a market oversaturated with products competing for the same upper middle class 20-somethings.
"I want the benefits of people serving me, but it's awkward to actually interact with them"