Congrats on making it!, and making it without doing things you didn't like to do! That is truly rate.
You were successful because you have very good product market fit period.
I think of all those did-nots as makeup, some are born with great genes don't need makeup or just basic excercise to look great to be in Hollywood or a model, for some they are good enough that they can make it with loads of makeup and lot of hard work to be in shape, and sadly for many there is no hope to be a model no matter what they do.
Product market fit is like that, you can succeed without it but that requires a really strong fit, most products don't have that strong fit, so the crutches are essential for their success.
The more interesting question for you is with some of those did-nots would have grown to say 20M ARR in the 7 years ?
Maximizing ARR likely is not your goal, you want to create your business and be happy doing only things you like. however when recommending your path to others you need to consider that hypothetical.
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Congrats on making it!, and making it without doing things you didn't like to do! That is truly rate.
You were successful because you have very good product market fit period.
I think of all those did-nots as makeup, some are born with great genes don't need makeup or just basic excercise to look great to be in Hollywood or a model, for some they are good enough that they can make it with loads of makeup and lot of hard work to be in shape, and sadly for many there is no hope to be a model no matter what they do.
Product market fit is like that, you can succeed without it but that requires a really strong fit, most products don't have that strong fit, so the crutches are essential for their success.
The more interesting question for you is with some of those did-nots would have grown to say 20M ARR in the 7 years ?
Maximizing ARR likely is not your goal, you want to create your business and be happy doing only things you like. however when recommending your path to others you need to consider that hypothetical.