What skills are most crucial for running small internet companies?

Re:What skills are most crucial for running small internet c... by sshumaker on Wednesday November 20, 2019 @10:02PM (#21591080)

I disagree, and this is the mistake I made earlier in my career. Having the market is most important. I have built great products that flopped and ok products that were incredibly successful.

Quoting Andy Rachleff: If your startup addresses a market that really wants your product, you can screw almost everything up and still likely be successful. On the flip side, if you are really good at execution, but the “dogs aren’t eating the dog food”, you have no chance at winning.

“When a great team meets a lousy market, market wins. When a lousy team meets a great market, market wins. When a great team meets a great market, something special happens.”

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Re:What skills are most crucial for running small internet c... by shanecleveland on Wednesday November 20, 2019 @10:38PM (#21591224)

It sounds more like we agree. "Having a market" and "The ability to reach people who have the problem my software solves" aren't so different.

But while "people who have a problem" equals a market, it's nothing if you cannot reach them.

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