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Infinite monkeys and infinite repos

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Re: Infinite monkeys and infinite repos

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Post by jt2190 » 

  > The... ecosystem [of random startup ideas] would be
  > arguably more diverse, more innovative and overall better
  > for consumers. Instead of having 8 million photo sharing
  > apps and 11 million social network aggregators, you would
  > instead have an infinite number of truly bold products.
Somehow I think that there must be a better approach to creating more innovation than generating ideas at random, but I get his point: There are a lot of "me too" startup ideas. I wonder though: Is that really a bad thing?

Re: Infinite monkeys and infinite repos

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Post by davedx »

>Creating something transcendentally awesome requires doing stuff that at the time looks completely random, and it’s the ability and willingness to do this that will make you incredible.

>Have the courage to try things that look like they could only have been conceived by an inexhaustible supply of apes. It’s not necessarily a terrible thing to be an Infinite Monkey Startup.

No thanks, I'm going to spend my valuable time trying to build things that fit a market and satisfy genuine customer problems.

I don't get this, it starts off talking about human startups being bad at customer development and feedback loops, but then says "just do something random, lol". I know it's supposed to be light hearted, but I've read more interesting articles on TechCrunch. (Zing).

Re: Infinite monkeys and infinite repos

#9

Post by davedx »

jt2190 wrote: post #6

> The... ecosystem [of random startup ideas] would be > arguably more diverse, more innovative and overall better > for consumers. Instead of having 8 million photo sharing > apps and 11 million social network aggregators, you would > instead have an infinite number of truly bold products. Somehow I think that there must be a better approach to creating more innovation than generating ideas at random, but I get his p…

I think to some degree, it can show you what is in demand. The problem is, is it something in demand by developers or by bill paying customers?

And there is definitely a better approach, it's called "market research". :-)

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