Sometimes my co-founder and I wonder if we're absolutely insane to keep building without selling, and expanding our MVP. Building for consumers and creating that 'magical moment' through an app takes tremendous effort and the bar is high to grab attention. But these stories remind us we aren't stupid or crazy. Every story is unique yet similar, only long-term survival leads to success. Day 1 or Day 10 don't need to be astounding successes, but Day 10,000 might be. If not, 10,000 days of doing what you love is still success, even if the world doesn't see it that way
Two questions that I would request you to ask these folks: 1) How did they keep themselves motivated in those tough times, their specific rituals/tricks whatever you call it. 2) How did they keep building their confidence to stay put? What signals kept them going?
Sometimes my co-founder and I wonder if we're absolutely insane to keep building without selling, and expanding our MVP. Building for consumers and creating that 'magical moment' through an app takes tremendous effort and the bar is high to grab attention. But these stories remind us we aren't stupid or crazy. Every story is unique yet similar, only long-term survival leads to success. Day 1 or Day 10 don't need to be astounding successes, but Day 10,000 might be. If not, 10,000 days of doing what you love is still success, even if the world doesn't see it that way
Two questions that I would request you to ask these folks: 1) How did they keep themselves motivated in those tough times, their specific rituals/tricks whatever you call it. 2) How did they keep building their confidence to stay put? What signals kept them going?