🇪🇪 Estonia · 💻 Technology · 20-29

I spent 14 months building a product nobody asked for

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What happened

I never talked to a customer because I was afraid someone would tell me the idea was bad. Launch day brought 31 signups and 2 payments.

What it cost me

€30,000

Time lost

14 months

Emotional cost

Deflating

Talk to twenty potential customers before you write one line of code. Being told no in week one is a gift.

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