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A comment on Ask HN: How to found a company as a single founder?.

Re:Ask HN: How to found a company as a single founder? by pbnjay on Tuesday January 08, 2019 @10:22AM (#18856087)
It doesn't matter if you have a strong idea if no-one is willing to pay for it. Get some sales commitments first, even some "soft" commitments will go a long way. Will you even be able to build the company at the rates people are willing to pay?
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Re:Ask HN: How to found a company as a single founder? by lbriner on Tuesday January 08, 2019 @11:05AM (#18856521)
Good advice. I met a guy who was selling screenshots of a product to ensure it did what people expected. He then got a team and built it and recently sold his company for some good dollars so this isn't as weird advice as it sounds!

Also be careful about using a single customer to "co-design" your product since it can affect appeal to other customers.

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Re:Ask HN: How to found a company as a single founder? by pbnjay on Tuesday January 08, 2019 @11:48AM (#18856963)
Yeah a single customer is dangerous, you're more like a consultancy if that continues for too long.
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