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I quit my business to start an open-source dev tool

38 pointsby kirillrogovoyalmost 3 years ago

5 comments

Shindialmost 3 years ago
So wait, in your last venture you learned that you should do customer development on people who <i>pay</i> for products, not end users. And now you&#x27;re deciding to make open source tooling?<p>Who is going to pay for this?<p>I was in your shoes, building products and tools and not going anywhere for months. I am also an engineer by trade. But building a business is not about engineering, it&#x27;s about customers. You should have customers giving you real money or letters of intents before writing a <i>single</i> line of code.<p>Otherwise you have a side project, not a business.
ianberdinalmost 3 years ago
Hi Kirill. What a long story, nice to read. Thanks.<p>As a man, who&#x27;ve building a product for 6 years, I understand you well.<p>Keep pushing yourself. As @Shindi said, it is important to start from potential customers and their needs first.
phononalmost 3 years ago
Check out <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;PostHog&#x2F;hedgehog.vc" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;PostHog&#x2F;hedgehog.vc</a><p>What do you have to lose? :-)
avcab1984almost 3 years ago
Surprised you needed to dip into savings. VCs and SaaS companies are like moths to flames.
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warpechalmost 3 years ago
I appreciate the Post Scriptum. Good luck!