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(from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5642484)

I don't want to take anything away from Astrid.

I keeps dismissing my ideas as trivial and already done. When I think I have a new idea, my friends would dismiss it as trivial and already done. Take astrid's todo list or task sharing for example. My initial and only thought would be 'does the world need another todo app', 'another list making app' really? If I take the idea to my friends, they would bombard me with companies who do exactly the same thing. And yet here we are with Astrid being acquired. It seems to have some angel investment/funding even. The founders may not be millionaires but they definitely made more money than I did.

Note to self: do something. anything. and get acquired.



"Make something people want" is too esoteric?

Astrid was founded in 2008. If step (a) is above, and step (b) is simply "Persevere", then such a note to yourself becomes:

Make something people want. Persevere.

Somehow that seems far more likely to end in the manner you'd like.


The perseverance component is often overlooked, I personally believe it is the single most important factor determining the eventual success or failure of a business.


Actually no. 'Make something that people want' makes you over think and do all sorts of market analysis and guesstimates.

I would say this as 'make something you want and sell it to yourself.'


They were also first to market with a decent Android todo app and kept that momentum up.




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