Ask HN: I built it, nobody came, now what?

Post by d--b » Fri, Apr 09, 2021, 12:48 PM UTC

Olreich wrote: post #229

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The way I talk about it in person is this is the "last mile for your data". The problem you have in Tableau, Splunk and all of them, is that you can do a shit load of heavy processing, but then the frontend is not very flexible. As in you can't do basic maths AFTER the data's been processed. In fact, all of these tool will allow you to download a CSV file for further processing in Excel. This is the part I want to co…

> As in you can't do basic maths AFTER the data's been processed. That's not true at all. It's just a different query language to yours and a different methodology to utilizing it. All the big BI and SIEM tools have post-processing capabilities able to do statistics at the Excel level, typically by creating new columns in the dataset. PowerBI has an excel-like function system for calculated columns. Tableau has a cro…

Post by d--b » Fri, Apr 09, 2021, 12:51 PM UTC

herbst wrote: post #232

In my experience time is the key. Keep posting, keep mentioning it, it takes me several months for any MVP to actually judge its value. In the meanwhile find and describe use cases to make it more discoverable.

Post by herbst » Fri, Apr 09, 2021, 12:54 PM UTC

lalokaya wrote: post #78

"Build it and they will come" doesn't work anymore. I see way too many people have killer skills to build something wonderful, but don't execute much when it comes to marketing. The reasons are plentiful: marketing is boring, it's a sleazy game, I don't want to spam people, I don't know how to, etc. That's why sometimes you see people that are good at marketing/sales out-succeed those that are great at building. Thes…

Post by d--b » Fri, Apr 09, 2021, 12:57 PM UTC

disordinary wrote: post #221

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To be frank, it would have looked sleazy to many people here. I kind of already knew that users of the tool are not here on HN. So messages like "I don't get your product" aren't very helpful. I was genuinely looking for advice as to what to do next.

Fair point, I think it depends how you frame it - and it is a fine line between being earnest and sleazy. As a founder you've gotta get comfortable walking it. Here's some feedback after I unearthed your homepage: You say users of the tool aren't on HN (which is a technology audience), yet your landing page is talking about technology and not the problem your solving. My guess is the audience for EXCEL are Business A…

Post by sjg007 » Fri, Apr 09, 2021, 1:21 PM UTC

d--b wrote: post #237

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Fair point, I think it depends how you frame it - and it is a fine line between being earnest and sleazy. As a founder you've gotta get comfortable walking it. Here's some feedback after I unearthed your homepage: You say users of the tool aren't on HN (which is a technology audience), yet your landing page is talking about technology and not the problem your solving. My guess is the audience for EXCEL are Business A…

Yes, this is all fair points. The problem I mostly have is I keep running in circles between the different possible ways this could grow. 1. It's a toy++ for javascript developers. Kind of like Linqpad for .net. "You have a problem with your backend. No problem, fire up Jig, and you can interact with your stuff in a neat way." 2. It's a way for executives to get internal reports much faster than what they have now. 3…