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Re:Ask HN: is customer development necessary for an existing... by bobdorf on Tuesday July 26, 2011 @11:22AM (#2807732)
As Steve Blank says, "most products fail for lack of customers, not technology." Why would you spend time building a product--almost any product--unless you are absolutely sure there's a market for it? What makes your file sharing service different from the others? Where will its market share(and revenue) come from? Why will people choose your product instead of entrenched competition? And why would you spend weeks or months building something unless you're absolutely certain there's a market for it?
Re:Ask HN: is customer development necessary for an existing... by toumhi on Wednesday July 27, 2011 @07:58AM (#2811746)
I'm almost sure there is a market for it because there are a couple of competitors in the english-speaking market. I intend to make better marketing than existing competitors, that's how I see the differenciation as of now. But I'm not sure exactly which feature is the most important to build at the beginning, so in that sense it might be useful to talk to customers beforehand.