It’s like all of these things tho. Like not spending on marketing or not using typed languages or literally all the other things. That’s the point. They were successful without spending the not insignificant effort required to get grants and rebates, despite advice such as yours.
Getting a product to market and getting sustainable revenue is the really, really hard part. Most of the stuff on their list is just work to be done - different kinds of technical debt, as it were. Leaving that work - even the low hanging fruit - until after the business is established is very disciplined.
Now that they’ve established a firm product and financial foundation, you could almost see this as a to-do list. They can do these other things confidently, and measure the impact of them.
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It’s like all of these things tho. Like not spending on marketing or not using typed languages or literally all the other things. That’s the point. They were successful without spending the not insignificant effort required to get grants and rebates, despite advice such as yours.
Getting a product to market and getting sustainable revenue is the really, really hard part. Most of the stuff on their list is just work to be done - different kinds of technical debt, as it were. Leaving that work - even the low hanging fruit - until after the business is established is very disciplined.
Now that they’ve established a firm product and financial foundation, you could almost see this as a to-do list. They can do these other things confidently, and measure the impact of them.