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Re:Stop building apps no one wants by nicksergeant on Wednesday December 05, 2012 @12:10PM (#4877206)
Exactly. So suggesting to all entrepreneurs that their product is possibly failing because they haven't convinced people why they want it yet, is a bad idea.
Re:Stop building apps no one wants by derefr on Wednesday December 05, 2012 @01:43PM (#4877793)
Let me rephrase that. We both agree that it's fine in the case of great entrepreneurs, so let's subtract those out from your statement:

> So suggesting to bad entrepreneurs that their product is possibly failing because they haven't convinced people why they want it yet, is a bad idea.

When said this way, I don't see why it would be true. You don't give illiterate people different advice if they want to write a book: you tell them to read lots and lots of books. The fact that they can't, simply means that they can't, if-and-until they change themselves so they can.

Similarly, the fact that bad entrepreneurs can't convince people to want something, simply means they fail as entrepreneurs. They don't get a handicap lane to execute in; there's only one market. If they want to succeed, they don't need a crutch; they need to become better entrepreneurs.