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Re:Ask HN: What'd you do to get your first 100 users? by logicallee on Monday February 17, 2014 @02:09PM (#7253778)
sure - the resources, or the vision.
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Re:Ask HN: What'd you do to get your first 100 users? by dhoulb on Wednesday February 19, 2014 @01:11AM (#7262105)
One of the biggest advantages some companies have, is having one or more people who can, kinda, SEE the future, without needing to focus group everything.

An ability to intuit what's right - what'll work - without needing to test and prove every hypothesis (expensive), or worse: launch a product that falls flat (crazy expensive). It's definitely something some people are better at than others. Jobs was obviously a total pro. Gates was alright. Ballmer sucks at it.

A lot of that is taste. Taste mixed with direction.

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