How we were building the wrong product

Re:How we were building the wrong product by andorov on Thursday March 10, 2016 @10:30AM (#11259734)

From a similar experience I have found this to be true. Specifically:

  - one size fits all is very difficult to do.  most companies have a critical feature that is unique to them

  - the CEO is likely to view this kind of product as 'trivial', without really considering how much engineering effort it will take / they really need that custom feature.  so yes they build it themselves.

  - very small companies are not comfortable providing 3rd party access to their db

  - larger companies want more than this

  - the selling cost to companies tends to be high enough that going the low cost / high volume route is difficult, quickly driving you into consulting level prices / a more fully featured & tailored product

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Re:How we were building the wrong product by tarr11 on Thursday March 10, 2016 @10:33AM (#11259751)

Another problem is that for startups, these metrics change all the time. Often you start measuring something to diagnose a problem.

Once you have done that, you don't need to diagnose it any more.

Also, I'm not sure how a few pretty charts help me here.

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