Steve Jobs famously avoided asking people what they wanted, instead showing them what they wanted. His philosophy was often described as arrogant, but guess what? He was frequently right -- people often accepted his ideas about a product they couldn't imagine until he showed it to them.
Stop building apps no one wants
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Re: Stop building apps no one wants
#12Steve Jobs famously avoided asking people what they wanted, instead showing them what they wanted. His philosophy was often described as arrogant, but guess what? He was frequently right -- people often accepted his ideas about a product they couldn't imagine until he showed it to them.
Lots of people and creative entrepreneurs in the world.
1 steve jobs :)
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#13Earlier quoted context omitted.
Well, that's an assumption we're testing: early adopters / curious viewers / other entrepreneurs, will be quicker to give their support (and their email, through a secured gateway to the original poster) than their money. We'll be investing in the traffic/exposure of those visitors and entrepreneurs, and hope this launch page can help get the creators there.
I have loads of ideas, I have entered my e-mail and look foward to the launch :)
Awesome :)
Thanks for the kind words! people like you (and like us) are exactly why we're building this product.
If you have any feedback, feel free to email me directly --
Vlad (at) DarwinApps.com
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#14How is this different from a LaunchRock in essence? I feel like for many consumers, it's very hard for them to imagine the product w/o seeing/touching/interacting with it no matter how great you pitch or describe it. If someone were to describe to me a blog of funny cats or what's essentially Instagram, I don't think I would have cared much and never really appreciate how much enjoyment I would derive from both just…
In some ways this is similar to Launchrock from the perspective of the poster. However, whether or not it's usually true with most launch pages, when you show people your launch page you are implying that you intend to launch.
The purpose of posting to Launchsky is to get feedback, in the form of interest and comments. One user might post up five ideas (basically visual elevator pitches) and be able to decide from user comments and votes which idea holds the most promise (or which ones don't stand a chance for reasons X, Y).
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#15Steve Jobs famously avoided asking people what they wanted, instead showing them what they wanted. His philosophy was often described as arrogant, but guess what? He was frequently right -- people often accepted his ideas about a product they couldn't imagine until he showed it to them.
I don't think this approach is appropriate for the vast majority of entrepreneurs. Mr. Jobs was a unique character with a perspective on the world that few others (appear to) share.
It seems that entrepreneurs these days are concerned with "building something awesome (to also make money)", and that's not what Steve Jobs did.
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#16but when do you know to stop? eg http://www.LiveFanChat.com have been building sites for chatting during sports (14 so far) eg http://www.LiveFootballChat.com
The most popular site was still http://www.LiveCourtChat.com for the Casey Anthony trial.
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#17Looks pretty cool, but why wouldn't I just post my idea to KickStarter?
I think your missing the point of the web site. It could be used to find out if an idea is worth persuing and if it is, you could then go to kickstarter... that's how I see it.
Steve, that's EXACTLY how we see it being used
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#18But not necessarily what you have in mind can be conveyed properly in words.
Its better to get a prototype instead of pitching the idea.
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#19I gave you my email address, now how can I submit my first idea, as was promised? ("Sign up now, and submit your first idea for free")
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#20Here's my question: how do you get & keep a critical mass of people on the site to evaluate these ideas?