I value this post. My ingenuity and creativity means I have a ‘scalable’ idea but perhaps due to my own uniqueness and brand, is unscalable, perhaps at least in the short term. I like the idea of being ‘visionless’, since a vision itself perhaps represents a mountain to climb rather than a molehill — one is evidently much easier to climb.
Super insightful as always @negin. Especially loved your take that the unscalable is a journey where the truth reveals itself. I am currently doing that for my PolyPaths cohorts and definitely this resonates. I reiterate to myself that the MVP has to be unscalable!
Btw this is what Y combinator recommends as well - To get your first 100 customers, do things that don't scale!
My big a ha moment for my own project was that human-scale, ~150, is enough. More than enough, it is what matters. The space where love is real.
Turns out, enough is enough.
I value this post. My ingenuity and creativity means I have a ‘scalable’ idea but perhaps due to my own uniqueness and brand, is unscalable, perhaps at least in the short term. I like the idea of being ‘visionless’, since a vision itself perhaps represents a mountain to climb rather than a molehill — one is evidently much easier to climb.
Super insightful as always @negin. Especially loved your take that the unscalable is a journey where the truth reveals itself. I am currently doing that for my PolyPaths cohorts and definitely this resonates. I reiterate to myself that the MVP has to be unscalable!
Btw this is what Y combinator recommends as well - To get your first 100 customers, do things that don't scale!