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Ask HN: Laid-off product teams – why not build something together?

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Re: Ask HN: Laid-off product teams – why not build something together?

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Post by raw_anon_1111 » Thu, Oct 30, 2025, 2:10 PM UTC

_jsmh wrote: post #9

tacostakohashi wrote: post #2

Probably because those are completely different skill sets from raising capital, finding product market fit, and launching a new product as a startup without megacorp capital and marketing behind you.

An MVP of a new product can be launched in 1-2 weeks by a single developer. If it has a mobile app, I've seen it get 10,000+ users in 2 weeks.

And 99% of them die and whither in obscurity.

Re: Ask HN: Laid-off product teams – why not build something together?

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Post by shahbaby » Thu, Oct 30, 2025, 5:12 PM UTC

I tried this but it did not go well.

The problem is that being unemployed and having no income puts you in a bad position to build something of value.

Another problem is that job hunting is very time intensive, even more so than a full time job.

A better alternative, at least for me, has been to go all in on finding the next job first and only then start working on building something.

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