[second_reef]

I learned this the hard way..

What stuck out to me once I reflected on my failed startup, after I gave up emailing ppl who didn't care about what I built, is that it's actually hard to imagine that I put months into validating instead of building.

It just doesn't really come naturally to my mind. Yet, the fact is, clear as day, that I would have been perhaps better off actually putting 8 (or 10) hrs a day investigating demand.

[natepoirier]

Building gives you code and screens, which show momentum, while investigating demand mostly gives you negative information, which feels like you're not going anywhere - even when it’s the highest leverage work. For me, I reframe validation as finding out what people already do ... not trying to convince anyone or predict any kind of behavior. It’s much more simple and less satisfying than building, but it helps me make decisions faster.

[second_reef]

Exactly, talk to them and learn from them.

I do want to do this at scale though, run various threads and ideas (meanwhile i checked OP's platform, it coudl actually be be useful, so thanks).