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@androidsixteen.eth
Being an entrepreneur is hard You're given two opposing directives: 1) Manifest your vision, even when nobody else believes in you 2) Listen to the market and adapt to what it tells you When do you choose option 1 over 2? Nobody can tell you deterministically -- it's an art. Respect to anyone who takes this path
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@sayangel
I don't think you ever get to choose #1 over #2. Your company's survival is contingent on at least one market choosing you. That could be VCs, customers, or users. If you can't get buy in from any market to keep you alive then the time runs out on #1. You can sometimes sell cereal boxes like the airbnb guys but that only buys you a bit of time and you do need to eventually hit an inflection point even if just a local maximum.
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@fun
1 for general things but 2 when it specifically affects your customers
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@know
unironically, does launching a token align the market with your vision ?
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@gregrob.eth
Super hard! Vision is the constant. “T” and “t” are the variables that determine the outcome. “T”emp (what’s hot, what’s not?) “t”ime (how long do you have?)
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@tldr
really good classic talk by reid hoffman on founding as being about navigating paradoxes: https://youtu.be/pkAum45ubWc?si=dZESadtmEvlan5zn&t=840
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what i love about being in crypto is that it has given me enough money over time (through random things that end up happening just for being part of farcaster) to be pursuing 1) relentless, despite the world telling that the "entrepreneur way" is to do 2) and do what customers want
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@sahil
the art is in managing the ebs and flows for 1 and 2. market tells you what part of the vision is acceptable today. many other factors go in prioritizing - team, runway, gtm.. at the end of the day, 'sequencing' the right things to work on is imp. wrote on something similar few weeks ago :) https://warpcast.com/sahil/0x2f372c30
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@nintynick.eth
with respect I think this is a false dichotomy. you have to do (1) *via* (2)
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@jdl
it’s a scary path sailor. any advice
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@woj.eth
> Being an entrepreneur is hard yet we do it anyway
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@hyp
foundations built on 1 , realize it with scale. but to get to scale you need to focus on 2. with right vision, foundations won’t change. going through this now and it *seems like market is catching up to vision
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@les
I think related. https://warpcast.com/les/0xf55d3be9
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@rumbl.eth
Manifest, always manifest, by the time you have heard the market its nigh impossible to shift your vision to match it, but the world may just catch up to your vision
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@robrecht
my rule of thumb is, keep going as long as you have ideas that can move the needle, pivot when you are out of ideas and stuck without a good way forward
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@meb
I think this is a false dichotomy. The people that believe or don’t believe in you in 1) don’t matter at all. That’s just mental fortitude to keep shipping. The only thing that matters is 2) can you find people your vision resonates with and who want to buy from you? Also, vision is a very abstract thing that can be manifested in a variety of ways. Understanding the market ie. the people you serve provides the bridge between idea and tangible reality
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@sprofane
The issue with both 1 and 2 is nicely encapsulated it Betamax though
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@maxapy
The above is very true, it's why we value building anoroduct around our community rather than a product we assume our community wants. Sometimes taking high Road is the best road.
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@arifasadique
Wellsaid
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@arifasadique
Great
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